By Sachin Murdeshwar

Mumbai : Music is good for health. It has the power to perk you up, relieve stress, enhance your mental well-being, and calm you down. Moreover, in India, music is a way of life. Majority of us like to listen to Bollywood songs, and many also aspire to become playback singer or a musician in the B-Town. Bollywood has given us many memorable songs that still play in our minds despite repeated encores. People wish to learn and play these songs but unfortunately can’t do so owing to the unavailability of easy notations. To help people do so, author Vanshika Verma Khare has come out with a book that can aid musicians to recreate the top Bollywood songs with ease.

The books,‘Playing Keyboard Made Easy Volume 1 and 2,’ by Vanshika Verma Khare have  been published by the Notion Press, India’s fastest growing self-publishing company, and is available on Amazon, Flipkart, and other e-commerce stores. The books are the bestsellers in the music book section of Amazon kindle.

‘Playing Keyboard Made Easy Volume  1 and 2’, involve 81 chords and notations of the famous Bollywood songs like AjeebDastaan, Gulabi Ankhein, Tum Hi Ho, Mein Tenu Samjhawan Ki,  Zehnaseeb, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil,  Jag Ghumeya, Sun Mere Humsafar and many more. These books are a boon for keyboard lovers, students, professionals as well as novices. These are the most comprehensive books that have been structured in a way which are easy to follow, and teach naming of the  black and white keys according to scientific pitch notation system, chords formation and guide  selection of keyboard and help one learn keyboard quickly, and is ideal for all ages and levels.

Vanshika Verma Khare, highlighted, “I had never thought of writing a book. During pregnancy, I was suggested bed rest. My mother Rajni Verma advised me to do something creative, and that is how I decided to write a music book, ‘Playing Keyboard Made Easy Volume1’.  I decided to write a book on music as I love playing Bollywood songs, and like me, there are many who too like to do so. But, they do not get proper training. Hence, I wrote the book and published my first book when my daughter Shambhavi was 6- months -old. then published volume 2 the next year. both the books follow same writing style, but have different song collections. all the songs are popular bollywood numbers. books are independent of each other. you do not need to buy volume 1 to buy volume 2.  Playing the keyboard is my dearest hobby. My father late Shri Krishna Kumar Verma used to play keyboard, and I learned notations from him. We would play together, and now, I dedicate all my books to him.”

The author added, “The books are written using scientific pitch notation system, which uses C, D, E, F, G, A, B to name the keys, and consists of popular Bollywood songs. These books don’t use staff notations which are complicated to learn. Thus helps you in ear training. Through these books one can easily read the notations and play the songs on the keyboard or any piano app downloaded from the play store of the mobile as these piano apps also use the same naming style which is there in my books, there is no need to buy a keyboard.”