Back to my video of Blueberry Hill . I have re-loaded the Project into PhotoStage Slideshow so I can make a couple more adjustments to the video. Having discovered that I can do a 'Zoom' on my Intro I am going to do that for this video. Clicking on that first clip, I can do the text again by clickin...

If you've done (or have) an MP4 for Music with Movies then the place to put it for others to listen to is on YouTube (or there are other places like Vimeo). To create a YouTube Channel you need to be logged in to your Google Account. You will have an Email Address associated with this so always use ...

More features of this program I am investigating. 1. One thing I always like to do is to have my Title "zooming in", so am wondering if it will do that for me in PhotoStage Slide Show. It had said at one point that you couldn't do two Effects (you can do as many as you like in VideoPad) bu...

Den, I find changing the slide at the right point in the music distracting. Why? Because it is distracting me from listening to the music . I am waiting for the change of picture to come with the end of a music phrase. I think like anything we do, too much of the same thing doesn't bode well. You sa...

An interesting video of where 7th chords lead, by Jake Lizzio.

Secondary Dominants - Write Better Chord Progressions!

Hi Ernest,

Sounds like you have some real choirs there! Very moving!

Hugh

Den,

This is taking making videos one step further .. to coordinate the pictures with the phrases in the music. Well done you!

Hugh

Hi Ken, That was a novel idea .. to use screenshots for your video. Glad you have got your head round this program for making videos that you have found. I have done a video using it and have put up step by step instructions on what I did as I went along. It's here: http://www.tierce-de-picardie.co....

Back to Animations , Pan & Zoom . Second picture, of the hill Start Point . http://www.ar-group.org/Files/PhotoStage71.jpg End Point . http://www.ar-group.org/Files/PhotoStage72.jpg This is why I like this program. The picture will move from my first frame to my second, and these are areas of th...

Back to my Blueberry Hill Project. As mentioned above, when I click on a photo in the Slideshow Timeline and try to Pan & Zoom it, I get this. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/PhotoStage66.jpg I have discovered that I can remove the black bars at the same time as doing a Pan & Zoom so have no n...

Zoom and Pan both work by having a first rectangular frame positioned over your picture (the Start frame), followed by a second (the End frame). Both frames have to be 16:9 and the program automatically puts the frames onto your picture as a red rectangle. The first frame, when it's running, 'fills'...

TRANSITIONS Between each picture on the Slide Show there is a marker for you to be able to change the Transition .. with the time taken to do it underneath (2.0 secs). Place your mouse cursor over the Transition icon and you see this: http://www.ar-group.org/Files/PhotoStage47.jpg The 'default' Tra...

I have mentioned Chord Inversions in another Topic, where I use Chord Inversions for getting the harmony I want to hear by using a Left Hand Voice . When I do this I am focussing on the top note of the inversion, and getting this to move about in a 'pattern'. In this video David Bennett talks about ...

Some comments on getting those photos/video clips where you want them on the slideshow. 1. To find a photo/video clip already in the slideshow, grab (Click and Hold) the grey bar showing at the bottom and drag it to the right or left. This will move all the pictures across the screen so you can find...

Had had an email from John Bridgett (who owns and hosts our TDP Forum .. http://www.lincit.com ) as follows: Hi Hugh, I don't know if you're aware, as of 1st July, 2021 Yamaha have made all Tyros and Genos expansion packs free. Simply go online, download the Yamaha Expansion Manager, and install. I'...

I'm sure you're all wanting to see my progress so far. So am I! As I can see great potential with getting this program to do what I want it to do I have decided to purchase it. Now I can SAVE what I have done as an MP4, which I have put up on YouTube. c304HIOjWo8 Note in particular what this basic D...

As I move my photos/video clips into the Slideshow Timeline (into the bottom section) the program will use it's 'default' settings. I have realised now that I could have changed these, but would have had to have done this before loading any pictures/video clips into that top left hand section (the M...

Now that I have got all the material I need into that top left hand section I need to take a break (it's getting late!), so have SAVED what I have done so far by clicking on Menu (on the down-arrow) ... http://www.ar-group.org/Files/PhotoStage24.jpg http://www.ar-group.org/Files/PhotoStage25.jpg The...

Ernest, Loved the Mississipi piece you played! That's why I decided to do a video of it! I was expecting to have to have pictures of any old river, but when I put a Search in to Pixabay for "Mississipi" it came up with all those .. specific to Mississipi. So that made doing the video much ...

Continuing with my ramblings on Creating Videos ... Now go back to the PhotoStage Slide Show program. Click on the Add Photos . http://www.ar-group.org/Files/PhotoStage6.jpg A box comes up showing your computer/laptop filing system and you have to find the FOLDER where your photos are. Only the phot...

PhotoStage Slide Show from NCH Software. As Ken has been experimenting with this program and has been successful in using it, I thought I would give it a go and see what is involved. I shall create a video to go with my MP3 of Blueberry Hill and explain each step I take along the way. Download Phot...

Here's another one with two completely different rhythms. I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango . I have played this on my Tyros 4, first as a Waltz; and then as a Tango. This was done originally by Alma Cogan in 1954, but her piece is a Tango from beginning to end. No Waltz in it (an opportunity missed...

Genos Tipsters (previously called Tyros Tipsters) have put up several videos featuring Peter Baartmans, a Yamaha Demonstrator from the Netherlands. He answers questions that are put to him, and in this video he answers a question about using a Left Hand Voice . Yamaha Genos - Peter Baartmans Intervi...

Hi Ken, Using the expression pedal is important. You need an expression pedal to put 'life' into your music. Organs come with them anyway, but with keyboards you have to buy them separately. They are called 'volume' pedals, and on keyboards you can choose which parts of your setup you control. Eg. E...

Hi Ken,

Know that one well. Nicely played.

Hugh

Video from David Bennett on 'Tierce-de-Picardie'.

Picardy Third: When Minor Resolves to the Major Chord

What is a Diminished chord? A diminished chord is root + 3 semitones up + another 3 semitones up + another 3 semitones up .. and another 3 semitones up brings you back to the root. Here is another fascinating video about how and when you can/should use a diminished chord. 5 Easy Ways to Use and Writ...

More on the Augmented chord, this time by David Bennett. A really fascinating look at it. Well worth watching! Songs that use Augmented Chords Ys6SDpBgWzc Comment to David Bennett from underneath the video: Holy hell man, I've played music for almost my entire life in some form, and I've never prope...

Glen Campbell's fantastic guitar solo on "Galveston"



Wow!!

Here's another example of Jon using his volume pedal to give 'expression' to his music. A slow piece this time (a Waltz) so it is more obvious what effect the volume pedal is having. Without using it, the piece would sound technically perfect, but would be 'lifeless'. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling / C...

Peter Baartmans interviews with Genos Tipsters

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWGTCiugOd5lOTCzYhfl9B4a-lMv0U9CD

Each video covers a feature of the Genos .. but I'm sure most of what he says will be the same on other Yamaha keyboards too.