keyquest@live.com

Keyquest Books

 

Keyquest  is a unique series of four electronic keyboard tutor books which provide progressive material from beginner right through to an advanced level. The Keyquest books:

 

  • Systematically introduce all the features of the modern digital keyboard
  • Develop music reading skills logically and avoiding the errors commonly found in keyboard tutors, starting with treble clef and simple chord notation and ultimately including both bass clef and advanced chords
  • Include a mixture of well known tunes and original education pieces, and incorporate ensemble pieces
  • Encourage creativity including developing arrangements of pieces, using registrations effectively, improvising within pieces, and composing
  • Foster good playing technique, including introducing major, minor and pentatonic scales and arpeggios in every key by Keyquest Book 4
  • Introduce chords in a structured manner, starting with single-finger, moving to full triads, and then incorporating a comprehensive range of extensions and altered chords to give an advanced understanding

Each  Keyquest  Book contains sufficient material to keep most pupils occupied for about a year. The series is ideal for group teaching, as the skills and understanding introduced in each unit are common to all, while the choice of pieces from the unit and rate of progress may vary between pupils, allowing for suitable differentiation.

 

Although the Keyquest series is suitable for any and all aspiring keyboard players - whenever and wherever they are taught - the material has been carefully tailored to be used in conjunction with  A Common Approach and relate to the first four Programmes of Study. The books are also ideal for those wishing to take the  ABRSM Music Medals  for electronic keyboard, and contain selected solo pieces for every one of the five Medals available.

 

But of course, these books provide excellent material whatever your curriculum is!    

 

 

Reviews

 

"Keyquest is an exciting introduction to the electronic keyboard. It provides a thorough course of tuition with an emphasis on creativity and exploration. Primarily designed to be used with a teacher it also provides a useful source of learning for the independant student. Andrew Eales, the author, has a passionate enthusiasm for the electronic keyboard as a fully-fledged musical instrument in its own right. He ensures that pupils using Keyquest are motivated to share in his belief by developing their skills in a coherent, systematic and enjoyable way."

John Witchell, Chairman, Federation of Music Services.

 

 

"Keyquest offers students clear and progressive material to make music with electronic keyboards. The books are well proven in schools and successfully used across a wide age range, teaching both individuals and groups not only the necessary technical skills but also encouraging imaginative and musical use of these instruments. Keyquest is a powerful musical method."

Nigel Mainard, Director, Bedfordshire Youth Music Trust

 

 

"The electronic keyboard is a versatile instrument with great potential for playing and creating music. That potential is explored to the full through the Keyquest series of books, with students building skills methodically through music they will enjoy performing."

 Graeme Smith, Director, Croydon Music Service.

 

 

"Thorough and informative, in a bright readable style and easy to follow with a selection of new and familiar tunes to experiment with."

 Music Teacher magazine review, March 2001.

 

 

Availability

The Keyquest Books are available from all good music shops throughout the UK and from online music retailers.

 

They are available at a specially discounted price from the following online retailer: Milton Keynes Music»

 

For bulk orders, educational and trade sales please contact the publisher.

A list of selected stockists is also published on the  publisher's website»

 

Cost

 

The standard cost of the Keyquest Books is £6.95 per book.

Listen to Samples

You can listen to Andrew perform all the pieces from each of the four books by downloading the FREE MP3 files available on this site.

 

Listen Here»

 

 

 

 Contact Andrew» 

 

 

Music Lessons»

 

 

Compositions»

 

Publications»

 

Other Services»

 

 

Please note that all content supplied on the Keyquest Music website is protected by applicable copyright law.  Keyquest Music © 2008-2010

 

Keyquest Music

piano & keyboard tuition | composition | educational consultancy & publications