How to Really Play the Piano: The Stuff Your Teacher Never Taught You
by Bill Hilton · Carrier Books
Self-teaching book for adults who want to play pop, rock, jazz and blues from chord symbols. Covers lead sheets, chord voicings, left-hand accompaniment patterns and rhythm, so readers can build their own arrangements of songs without relying on fully notated scores.
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