Chords for Kids (Pick Up and Play): Quick Start, Easy Diagrams

Spiral bound

Main Details

Title Chords for Kids (Pick Up and Play): Quick Start, Easy Diagrams
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jake Jackson
SeriesPick Up & Play
Physical Properties
Format:Spiral bound
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 233,Width 162
Category/GenreTechniques of music and music tutorials
ISBN/Barcode 9781786648013
ClassificationsDewey:781.252
Audience
General
Edition New edition
Illustrations 240 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Flame Tree Publishing
Imprint Flame Tree Publishing
NZ Release Date 10 September 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Chords are one of the most important ways that children can learn about music. They provide a fast route into playing with others and encourage a feeling for structure and composition. This title covers the basic chords in each key, including majors, minors, triads, fourths, sixths, sevenths and ninths. With notation and TAB. Chords for Kids is a handy resource for children and early learners of guitar and keyboard. Chords are one of the most important ways that children can learn about music. They provide a fast route into playing with others and encourage a feeling for structure and composition. The simple and clean layout provides chord diagrams on each spread, for both guitar and keyboard, allowing a parent or teacher to explain easily. Using a simple tab-per-key approach, it covers all of the basic chords in each key, including majors, minors, triads, fourths, sixths, sevenths and ninths. Some variations are included at the back for further exploration. With notation and TAB. AUTHOR: Jake Jackson is writer, editor or contributor to over 30 music books, including "Scales and Modes", "How to Play Guitar" and "Play Flamenco". As guitarist and songwriter he has been in a number of bands, including Slice, The Harmonics and Starbank and has studied a form of Flamenco guitar. Although Jake has a range of fine guitars his favourite music software is Sibelius and Logic Pro. SELLING POINTS: . Ideal companion to our guitar book . Supported online with chords and scales . Great for any age. . Helpful diagrams alongside clear accessible text. . Practical, easy-to-open format. 240 colour illustrations

Author Biography

Jake Jackson is creator, editor or contributor to over 30 music books, including 'Guitar Chords', 'Beginners Guide to Reading Music', 'The Songwriters' Rhyming Dictionary', 'Piano and Keyboard Chords', 'Scales and Modes', 'How to Play Guitar'. As guitarist and songwriter he has gigged in a number of bands, including Slice, The Harmonics and Starbank and studied a form of Flamenco guitar. He is now a heavy user of Sibelius and Logic Pro. He has created a core database of guitar learning materials which is constantly updated, and used to create a range of books and supporting websites for Flame Tree music. His music can be found on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Pandora and all other streaming services.