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Tables of Contents for How to Play the Piano Despite Years of Lessons
Chapter/Section Title
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Introduction
4
6
Norman Lloyd.
Who is allowed to read this book.
6
3
Part one Some of what music is, and is not.
9
16
How not to play the piano.
10
5
What everybody knows about music.
15
10
Part two The basic chord and its alterations.
25
18
The wonderful recipe for the basic chord.
26
5
Try it on your own piano.
31
4
A do-it-yourself crib sheet.
35
1
Inside out, it's still the basic chord.
36
2
Minor, diminished & augmented chords.
38
5
Part three The basic skeleton of our music.
43
14
Of orchestras and layers of sound.
44
4
The basic skeleton arrangement.
48
3
Try it on your own piano.
51
6
Part four Filling out the skeleton.
57
18
Four-note chords --- the 7th added.
58
3
Four-note chords --- the 6th added.
61
4
Four-note chords --- the Major 7th added.
65
2
Alternating the bass notes.
67
3
Hanging block notes from the melody.
70
5
Part five Camouflaging the skeleton
75
18
Variations of the 3/4 oom-pah-pah.
76
4
Variations of 4/4 attacks (& ragtime).
80
3
Moving the layers of sound around.
83
4
How to arrange a number.
87
6
Part six Camouflaging the skeleton. (continued).
93
18
The arpeggio and how to make one.
94
7
Turning arpeggios into counter-melodies.
101
5
The open position or 10th chord.
106
5
Part seven The over-all sound.
111
8
The cool open voicing arrangement.
112
7
Part eight Camouflaging the skeleton (concluded).
119
18
Bolero (& rhumba, beguine, calypso).
120
7
The tango.
127
3
Shuffle rhythm.
130
2
Full blocks & locked hands.
132
5
Part nine How harmony moves and chords change.
137
38
How melody moves.
138
5
Chords move on a circle.
143
4
Elementary Classical chord progressions.
147
4
Classical chord progressions.
151
10
Romantic progressions.
161
4
Impressionist & Modern progressions.
165
2
Chords also move on a line.
167
8
Part ten What everybody wants to know.
175
18
How to play by ear, and how not to.
176
9
Increasing the tension of chords.
185
5
How to end a number.
190
3
Part eleven A bonus folio of numbers to play.
193