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Piano lessons should be more like guitar lessons. After many years gigging, teaching pupils of all ages and generally messing around at the keyboard, that’s the conclusion drawn by Bob Chappell, author-composer of the Pyramids Variations. The result is a set of variations on a simple chord sequence that teaches, by means of musical examples, diagrams and text, the knowledge and skills of the proficient popular music keyboard player. This volume covers chords, chord symbols and sequences, broken chord patterns, inversions and suspensions, seventh chords, slash chords, developing melody and bass lines, playing a chord sequence in different rhythms, syncopation, 32-bar AABA form, the circle of fifths, memorising, playing from lead sheets and much more. The Pyramids Variations material is designed to be used in a number of ways. Piano teachers will be able to use it in their lessons as a supplement to more traditional material and methods. More advanced pupils such as young adults and adult continuers can use the material whether working with a teacher or not. The Pyramids Variations is an ideal method for setting your creativity free and discovering the enjoyment a practical grasp of music theory makes possible. Copyright R A Chappell. All rights reserved.