Jose, (Matias)
Will be looking forward to your review of the books you purchased. So do you recommend "The Pop Piano Book" to learn pop accompaniment?
Starkeeper

Starkeeper,
when I play chords for a given song, I try to keep always in mind the concept that I am really playing nothing else than a counter-melody, made by the highest note of the chords I am taking. So, the answer to your question -as far as I am concerned- is "Yes, you definitely have to play all kind of chord inversions, or even create your own chords, provided they make sense, musically".

Yes..... change up the inversions often. Arpeggiate the chords too. Fill up all the spaces AROUND the melody, but don't step on it. It'll come.... in time, it'll all make sense!

Thank Andrea for your response.
Uncle Dave thanks for the very positive encouragement. I'll keep at it, I'm just impatient.
Starkeeper

The role of accompaniment is to support rather than overpower the singer. Generally whilst the singer is singing the accompaniment should be simple and "back" and should only come up during the gaps.

So I suppose we can now start another debate about whether Yamaha's "simple" styles are better for backing than the SD1 "blimey that sounds good" variety!!!!!

I would MUCH rather sing to a Yamaha arrangement than a Ketron. It's lees cluttered, and give more room to personalize the arrangement myself. Too bad there is not a Yamaha kb I want right now.