As the title suggests, this book has been written for absolute beginners
who wish to play keyboard using auto-accompaniment and assumes no prior
musical knowledge - just the desire to do it! Items covered include:
Buying your first keyboard or piano; Reading music from scratch (treble
clef mainly, bass clef briefly); Easy, effective finger exercises which
require minimal reading ability; Important musical symbols; Your first
tunes; Audio links for tunes and exercises; Key signatures and
transposition; Pre-scale exercises; Major and minor scales in keyboard
and notation view; Chord construction; Chord fingering; Chord charts in
keyboard view; Arpeggios in keyboard and notation view; Arpeggio
exercises; Playing from a Fake Book with auto-accompaniment; Over 25
tunes included and free link to more; Plus, more! After completing this
book, you will have a good basic understanding of music theory as well
as a good basic playing technique, paving the way for more advanced
study in your chosen field - jazz, blues, pop, etc.