Piano for Dummies

353 Pages·1998·12.167 MB·English

by  Blake Neely

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About the Author
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fascination with music led him to other instruments, such as the French
horn, guitar, and drums, but the keyboard remains his baby.
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Angeles to experience the music business. He licensed music for Hollywood
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printed music publications.
An award-winning composer and author, he has written symphonies, a piano
concerto, and numerous orchestral and chamber works. He is co-author of
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Blake has worked as a composer, orchestrator, arranger, copyist, engraver,
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Leonard Corporation, Decca Records, Hyperion Books, composers Michael
Kamen and Alan Menken, and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
sih otni gninut emit eerf sih sdneps ekalB ,saxeT ,nitsuA ni gnivil yltnerruC
family: wife Elizabeth, daughter Jordan, and son Jacob. Blake is the proud
owner of a Kawai grand piano and Kurzweil, Ensoniq, and E-Mu synths and
samplen arrc eusoYa. ch Blak aeiev -mait la BlakeNee [email protected].
Dedication
This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever dreamed of being a musician
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can you.
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Special thanks to Cherry Lane Music, Ted Piechocinski, and John Cerullo for
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snhoJ moT dna retalS drahciR ot ;snoitcennoc eht rof htimS darB ot ;)!eciwt
nosaJ ot ;eludehcs sih gnignarraer rof sretlaW kciR ot ;sotohp eht rof
Frankhouser at Digital Lane for mastering the CD; and to Susan Borgeson for
getting me started in the business.
Additional thanks to Sandy Morgenthal at E-Mu, Joe Kramer at Ensoniq,
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.syot rieht tuoba noitamrofni dna snoitatlusnoc eht
ta rotide dnik dna tneitap ym ,niwdooG yraM ot sknaht laiceps artxE
1DG Books; to Stacey Mickelbart for catching all those darn passive verbs; to
Paul Kuzmic for downloading all those files; to Mark Butler for taking a
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the inspiring Jeff Sultanof, my technical editor/researcher/friend/therapist,
for his wealth of ideas, knowledge, encouragement, and humor.
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parents for enduring long hours of practice and dinner delays; to my sister
for playing piano duets with me; to my brother for finally opening my ears to
jazz; to my in-laws for letting their daughter marry a crazy musician; and to
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-pus dna evol tnatsnoc reh rof ,htebazilE ,efiw ym ot sknaht gnidne-reveN
port; and to my kids, Jordan and Jacob, for making the sun shine every day.