We think it's important that you play the style of music that you like,
and we often ask you to bring in recordings of your favorite artists for
inspiration and study. If you'd like to broaden your musical horizons,
we
will introduce you to new and different kinds of music in an exciting and
challenging way.
In addition to the basic categories of musical styles above, we also teach Soul, Dance, Hip-hop, Gospel, Latin, Folk, Broadway, World, New Age - any style that you are interested in learning.
Email Keyboard Collective Phone: 646-744-6655
Whether its blues, jazz or rock lead playing, you will be given the skills you need to create your own music spontaneously and expressively.
Many of
our beginner methods involve improvising,
which enables you to sound good,
without reading
notes, from the very start.
Email Keyboard Collective Phone: 646-744-6655
Learn how to play songs - with your own arrangements - from lead sheets or recordings, without the need for reading written notes.
We use several ear-training methods that will open up your hearing so that your enjoyment of music will increase as well. You will learn to develop your own personal style of playing.
Email Keyboard Collective Phone: 646-744-6655
Learn the language of music - reading and writing music notation, intervals, scales, chords, and basic harmony - the foundation you need for playing and composing any type of music. Instead of tedious scales and exercises, we teach practical concepts that you can apply to making music immediately.
Email Keyboard Collective Phone: 646-744-6655
These are the important physical and mental skills you'll need for playing. We've developed creative tools and methods that will provide you with the strength, concentration and confidence to play even the most demanding music and have fun doing it.
Email Keyboard Collective Phone: 646-744-6655
Many of our students are singer/songwriters who want to be able to realize
their music without depending on other musicians. We teach you how to accompany
yourself,
as well as expand your songwriting skills on the keyboard.
Our students learn to sing and play by themselves for the first
time.
Email Keyboard Collective Phone: 646-744-6655
Learn how to write songs and develop compositional skills.
The starting
point can be either lyrics, a melody, or a chord
progression. Learn about
bass lines, "hooks", grooves, and
many other elements of pop songwriting.
After your song is
written, we'll show you how to arrange and produce it
on a
finished CD.
Email Keyboard Collective Phone: 646-744-6655