John Novello

The Contemporary Keyboardist for Beginners

Tracklist

1
The Five Practice Tools
3:11
3:11
2
The Musical Alphabet
0:31
0:31
3
Key Note Locations
0:54
0:54
4
Half and Whole Steps
1:11
1:11
5
Sharps and Flats
1:49
1:49
6
Accidentals
1:28
1:28
7
Enharmonic Notes
0:24
0:24
8
Musical Notes
0:09
0:09
9
Treble and Bass Clefs
0:12
0:12
10
The Grand Staff with Notes
0:24
0:24
11
Tied Notes
0:11
0:11
12
Time Signatures
0:48
0:48
13
Opus de Dos Notes
0:24
0:24
14
Walkin'
0:25
0:25
15
The Perfect Relative Pitch Drill
2:08
2:08
16
The Five Finger Drill
0:35
0:35
17
The Key Regimen
1:01
1:01
18
The Nine basic Rhythms Drill
0:35
0:35
19
Free Improvisation 36a
0:20
0:20
20
Free Improvisation 36b
0:19
0:19
21
Free Improvisation 36c
0:30
0:30
22
Free Improvisation 36d
1:22
1:22
23
Etude #1
0:44
0:44
24
Reverse Relative Pitch Drill
1:35
1:35
25
Five Finger Drill for Speed and Endurance
0:35
0:35
26
C Blues Scal
0:08
0:08
27
The 12 Blues Scales
0:38
0:38
28
The Diatonic Major Progression
0:37
0:37
29
The Basic Rhythm Etude
0:45
0:45
30
Key Center Improvising
0:25
0:25
31
Making the Changes
0:27
0:27
32
The Six Fundamental Basic Chord Breakdowns
2:04
2:04
33
Etude #2
0:47
0:47
34
The Five Finger Drill, Rhythm #5
0:21
0:21
35
The Five Finger Drill, Rhythm #6
0:22
0:22
36
The Chromatic Scale
0:45
0:45
37
The Diatonic Progression Circle of Fifths
0:42
0:42
38
The Tie Drill
0:26
0:26
39
Etude #3
0:52
0:52
40
The Triad Drill
0:51
0:51
41
The Double Thirds Drill
0:24
0:24
42
The Diatonic Circle of Fifths Voice Led
0:47
0:47
43
The Nine Basic Rhythms Rest Drill
0:26
0:26
44
Stylistic Blues Licks
2:52
2:52
45
Blue Intros and Turnarounds
0:39
0:39
46
Blues Endings
0:48
0:48
47
Etude #4
1:18
1:18
48
The Scat and Play Drill
1:39
1:39
49
The Double Thirds Drill (Four notes per beat)
0:33
0:33
50
The Rhythm Combination Tie and Rest Etude
0:35
0:35
51
Etude #5
0:37
0:37
52
The Scat and Play Drill Phrases
0:52
0:52
53
The Five Finger Trill Drill
1:09
1:09
54
Cadences
0:51
0:51
55
The II-V-I Major Progressions
2:57
2:57
56
The II-V-I Minor Progressions
1:03
1:03
57
Three Against Two
0:51
0:51
58
Four Against Three
0:52
0:52
59
Four Against Three
0:43
0:43
60
Permutation #1: Melodic Thirds
0:28
0:28
61
Permutation #2: Melodic Fourths
0:19
0:19
62
Permutation #3: Melodic Double Thirds
0:21
0:21
63
Permutation #4: Melodic Double Fourths
0:22
0:22
64
Permutation #5: Melodic Free Form
0:55
0:55
65
One Chord Jazz Improvisation
0:14
0:14
66
Motific Playing
0:10
0:10
67
Etude #6
0:38
0:38
68
Melodic Transposition Drill
3:42
3:42
69
C Major Scale
1:13
1:13
70
C Mixolydian Scale
0:35
0:35
71
C Altered Dominant Scale
0:37
0:37
72
C Symmetrical Diminished Half Whole Scall
0:39
0:39
73
C Dominant b9 Scale
0:35
0:35
74
C Whole Tone Scale
1:43
1:43
75
C Dorian Scale
0:38
0:38
76
C Locrian Scale
1:32
1:32
77
C Symmetrical Diminished Whole Half Scale
1:07
1:07
78
C Melodic minor Scale (Ascending)
0:23
0:23
79
Basic Chord Conversion
1:31
1:31
80
"Dear Old Stockholm" Chord Conversions
1:32
1:32
81
Advanced Rhythm Subdivisions
1:45
1:45
82
Jazz Improvisation
0:55
0:55
83
Note Bending Examples a-g
2:43
2:43
84
"Hair of the Dog"
1:02
1:02