I'm sure that many of us keyboard players play from 'Busker' type music, which just shows the melody line with chord Symbols. The whole idea of this type of music is to give you a basic frame to play from. It gives you the chords (harmony of the piece) and the melody line. One of the things that is ...
Brian, Great choice of voicing for that one. From Wikipedia: " Durham Town (The Leavin') " is a song, written and sung by Roger Whittaker, released as a single in 1969. Whittaker's original intent, to set the song in Newcastle, was abandoned in favour of nearby Durham because Whittaker agr...
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Ken, Liked the way you played that. I reckon it's much easier to get a bit of vibrato on a violin when playing a keyboard than when playing the real instrument. I don't play the violin, but presumably any vibrato has to be done by rocking a finger on the string? From a Violin Masterclass. What Is Vi...
John, You get a great sound from your Tyros 5! I have always liked how they incorporated this song into The Music Man .. having a barbershop quartet singing 'Goodnight' to the ladies while at the same time the ladies were singing 'Pick-a-little'. This version below is from an amateur stage productio...
At our organ Club tonight we had a Quiz . Name That Song from a line in the LYRICS. These are songs that were very popular during the war years (you can tell from that what the average age of our organ club Members is!). When we named the song, the Artiste (pianist this time) played the song and we ...
The October Challenge has CLOSED .. but ... When a Challenge CLOSES at the end of the month .. this just means that you can't post another entry. But feel free to post REPLIES to any of the songs that are already up there. If you find something interesting that you think other Members would like to ...
True Love Ways . Now this was sung by Buddy Holly (not a Duo), Robson and Jerome (a Duo) and by Peter and Gordon (a Duo). I think this is one of my favourite pieces of all time, with that wonderful harmony throughout the piece. My take on this. Played on my AR80 organ. The 'answering phrases' were ...
If you haven't already seen it, please read the comments about what we are aiming for in this Challenge section. Click this LINK: Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab. http://www.tierce-de-picardie.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=408&t=12263 For the November Challenge we thought we'd go back to ...
When Johnny comes Marching Home - American Civil War Song Originally written by Patrick Gilmore in 1863. This version (below) is done by Mitch Miller. Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab. https://youtu.be/d9uarq2_hQ8
As this Challenge is to play a piece of music that tells a 'story', some of you may be wondering what the 'story' is behind this classical piece, which was composed by Handel and performed as an opera. The Clemency of Scipio is an episode in the life of the Roman general Scipio Africanus, recounted ...
Ken, Are they MEMBERS? Or non-Members. If they are not Members, go to: http://www.tierce-de-picrdie.co.uk .. where the will see this: https://www.ar-group.org/Files/Forum.jpg Clicking on the board for Guests & Visitors they will see this: https://www.ar-group.org/Files/Forum2.jpg Click on the In...
Your version of Handel's Largo was soft and pleasing to the ear. And the organ clips you had in your video were perfect for the piece you were playing. Really enjoyed listening.
Somethin' Stupid. I reckon we have all said 'something stupid' to someone at some point in our lives. Somethin' Stupid? Don't reckon those three words are that stupid as they can change our lives! Played on my AR80 organ. 1778508151235040 Here are the words to this song. Somethin' Stupid - Frank &a...
The October Challenge is to post a song where the lyrics 'tell a story'. Eg. Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree ; or Little Jimmie Brown . But not 'Michael Row The Boat Ashore'! So we all know what 'story' is being told, either post all the verses of the song (you can COPY and PASTE them fro...
A new approach to the monthly Challenges When we started the "New Challenges" Ian Wolstenholme wanted to feature the 'Winner(s)' on his Radio Show, “Community Keyboards” - Oldham Community Radio 99.7FM. So we needed a 'Winner'. As Admin didn't want to get involved in choosing 'Winners', w...
First, watch the beginning of this video to see what Travelin' Easy from the PSR Tutorial Forum is commenting about .. namely notes on the PSR-SX900 and 700 that do not 'sound' when played. (I do not recommend that you dismantle your keyboard in the way he describes in order to fix it!) YAMAHA PSR-S...
Cricket (as explained to a foreign visitor) You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's bee...
My one (little?) problem ... My fault! I had pressed the STOP for the Multipad just after the first beat of the next bar. So that's why I had a bar of silence before it came in again. You have to STOP the Multipad a fraction before the end of the bar . So just recording the BASS part for one verse ...
The advantage of setting up a MULTIPAD using Method 2 above (with the CHORD MATCH ON ) is that it will give you the bass pattern in whatever key you play your piece in. The disadvantage is that all the notes you want to hear have to be put in as 'intervals' with C as the root. Takes a bit of working...
Ron, You are right in what you say. The notes to be played for the BASS in that particular script were based on having the MULTIPAD in CHORD MATCH mode. This means the Miultipad will play it's 'pattern of notes' based on the chord you are actually playing at the time . To work in this mode, you have...
Ron, Thanks for that. Yes. you're right. I recorded the bass notes with the MIDI recorder and then used the SCORE function on my Tyros 4 to get those notes put on the stave .. and took a 'screen shot' of them. http://www.ar-group.org/Files/Tyros4Score.jpg Not reading music, I hadn't appreciated how ...
One thought I had was that I have often used a MULTIPAD to add a 'counter melody' to a song I have been playing. So why not create a Multipad for the Bass Player? Here below is how I have done this. When I create my MULTIPAD I need a VOICE set up in R1 . From the BASS section I have chosen LowBass (...
What would a real BASS player play when accompanying you playing your song? When you play a song using a STYLE you have a 'band' that plays along with you, with a drummer, a bass player, and various other instruments like guitars etc. all blending together to make a suitable backing. But let's be c...