Peter, I have found a YouTube recording of your Requiem by Christopher Rouse. Christopher Rouse: Requiem (2002) b-_CtR9Fxxg It lasts for 1hr 31mins and is pretty rousing .. so watch those volumes! Peter ... Thanks for putting together this fascinating synopsis on 'noise' and 'music'. Must admit, I h...

James,

Your topic has had 680 view since you put your topic up on 14th January 2020. Not bad for a Korg (only joking!).

Hugh

Den ... I like that story! Peter ... You were talking about a volume limiter. I had a tape recorder once that had 'automatic volume' ie. the quiet bits were made louder so you could hear them, and the very loud bits were toned down to make them quieter. What a disaster that was .. for a musician! W...

Lego animation of an old (very English) Flanders & Swann song.

The Lego Gasman Cometh

Update on Oldham Community Radio Oldham Community Radio - MAY 2020 Ian has produced 4 Editions of his May broadcast. During the present lockdowns, Ian has also put up an array of 'Lockdown Listen' programs featuring the professionals playing, who of course are not able to play 'live' at any venues ...

Hi Carloss, Your Yamaha PSR E433 keyboard has a very good piano sound. I did see you had recorded this on an iPad. I am wondering how your piano drifted between a left 'pan' and a right 'pan' (I listen with headphones on)? I had wondered if your keyboard was basically a piano, so I have looked it up...

Les. Here's my list. No help from Google. Just songs I play ... so a CONCERT to boot! If you do listen to any of the music tracks (and there's no compulsion to do so) click the back-button at the top after to get back to this page. Something to Wear - Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny, Yellow Polkadot Bikini h...

Hi Tony. It's that Church Organ sound that I really enjoy listening to. But you already know that. Hugh

Hi Carloss,

Thought that was very good. What a great idea to show those stellarium.web interactive images. Made a nice background for your composition.

Hugh

I wouldn't normally put up comments from newspapers, but this one had me in stitches. By Henry Deeds in the Daily Mail on Thursday 21st May 2020. An article about PMs Questions the day before: The PM was much improved, even if his hair looked as though he had just stuck his tongue against a 9v batte...

Update on Oldham Community Radio Oldham Community Radio - APRIL 2020 The Winners of the TDP FEBRUARY 2020 Challenge are featured in their APRIL 2020 broadcast. APRIL 2020 EDITION 2 Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab https://anchor.fm/communitykeyboards/episodes/2020_April_Edition_2-ed719...

Looking through the archives, I have come across this version too, an 'animated video' done by Rocco ( Roconi ). 0R78uJdDRSk This song was composed and sung by John Lennon in 1977 but only recorded as a 'home DEMO'. Then many years later the tapes for it were 'discovered' and the Beatles got back to...

Now here's one where the 'standard' of C - Am - Dm - G7 has been 'twisted' to create a very unusual and striking chord progression. Instead of: / C - Am - Dm - G7 / C - Am - Dm - G7 / we have: / C - Am - Abmaj7 - G7 / C - Am - Fm - G7 / .. or strictly speaking, as the piece is actually played in A ....

Den,

Lovely music, lovely pictures .. and so well put together. Enjoyed watching. Nice little trick to put captions in between the photos so we had an explanation of what we were looking at.

Hugh

Here's my friend Jon D at it again playing what should be a Waltz ... "played with that bounce beat to liven it up, I hope ??? :roll: :roll: :roll: First, this is how this song should be played .. as a Waltz. To prove a point, don't forget to count 1, 2, 3 while it'e playing. Roy Rogers - Home ...

Brian ( Brian007 ) has played another piece on his PSR-SX700 with that straightforward C, Am, Dm, G7 chord progression I mentioned at the beginning of this Topic. There must be hundreds (if not thousands) of songs that follow this pattern. Oh Carol Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab https...

There's no doubt that Brian ( Brian007 ) has a talent for knowing exactly what he wants to hear in a multi-tracked arrangement, and finding just the right sounds to complement each other. Here he is with his 'multi-tracking hat' on again. Played on his Yamaha PSR-SX700. When My Little Girl is Smilin...

The latest OS for the Korg PA4X is 3.1.0 If this isn't the one you have it can be downloaded for FREE from here: Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab https://www.korg.com/uk/news/2019/0710/ ... scroll down the page until you see this: http://www.ar-group.org/Files/KorgDownload1.jpg ... and...

Brian, I do agree with your comment ... Using left hand voices is very much a personal choice, and used correctly they can certainly enhance a piece of music .. but sparingly. Now I have at least one 'voice' allocated to the left hand for every piece I play. This is where the use of inversions comes...

Now here is one that Brian007 has played with a 'Choir' behind his Style. This adds 'body' to what he's playing. No More Lonely Nights Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab https://app.box.com/s/74kxus05grq7z7i543xv6f3baivp8iag This is what I said about his piece: Warmed the cockles of my he...

And then of course you can play something and change the rhythm completely in the middle, as I have done in these two pieces below. Change of mood in the middle. Red River Valley (Foxtrot? Twist?) Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab https://app.box.com/s/x0g15m4toujmsfcmcxqg6qiz4ao7zkxu Cr...

PSR-SX700 Firmware Updater V1.03

Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the LINK to the Update.

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PSR-SX900 Firmware Updater V1.04

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Tyros5 Firmware Updater V1.13

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https://uk.yamaha.com/en/support/updates/firm_tyros5.html

Genos Firmware Updater V2.02

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Came across this. Vanessa Challis Vocalist, Keyboard & Pianist playing We'll Meet Again on a Tyros 4.

Listen to the Vocal Harmony she dropped into her performance at various times. Fabulous!



Hugh

Hi Ken, More on hymns and the music that goes with them. On our wedding day (52 years ago now) my wife and I both chose a hymn for everyone to sing at the service .. a favourite for both of us. Love divine all love's excelling Joy of heaven to earth come down, Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy ...

Hi Tony, Some nice hymns there. But what has happened to your Viscount Envoy 35FV Digital Organ ? Your lovely 'Church Organ' seems to have developed a 'vibrato'! Reminds me of the funeral of an organist friend of mine I went to up North (he lived in Great Mills). During the service the lady organist...

Hi Ken, Interesting melody for this hymn! I am aware that a hymn is not like a pop song, which has a specific melody to go with the words. Hymns are written, and composers put music to the words, so there can be several 'tunes' to a hymn. Who was the composer of this one? The below is the one we use...

Den, I have found another video where Kent Hewitt demonstrates the Locked Hands Technique. This time it's to play Fly Me To The Moon. He goes into some depth regarding the chords he uses (which as you have pointed out you can slow down to see his fingering more clearly). I find it fascinating how he...

Hi Carloss,

That's a very rich sounding piano you have there.

Hugh

Den, I find this a really interesting way of playing the piano, and it gives it a unique sound. It must be difficult to work out what notes to play in between those two melody lines to get the harmony that you want to hear. Playing with all those notes using the fingers of both hands must be really ...

Hi Den, I have listened to your 'End Of The World' through my stereo headphones, and you've done a great job there. In the first bit where you are playing piano as the melody voice, the strings in the background are playing a definite 'Counter Melody'. But .. when you have the bit with the choir com...

Hi James,

The only video I have been able to find on Voice Set is the one below. Although not specifically for your keyboard it's worth watching as it tells you what the Voice Set Function will do.

PSR-A3000 Tutorial - Voice Set



Hugh

Tony,

You never know, perhaps second time round playing it they'll get it right. I say this to my wife when we're watching action replays of sport on the television.

Hugh