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#460537 - 10/30/18 12:44 PM Re: Playing solo with hammered action keyboard [Re: travlin'easy]
Bachus Offline
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Registered: 03/02/06
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Originally Posted By travlin'easy
Dave, I agree with the piano part, but most of the time I'm not using a piano when playing an arranger keyboard. I use saxes, horns strings, vibes and lots of guitars, but rarely a piano comes into the song unless it's part of the style itself. With nearly all the other instruments I use the pitch bend wheel, which produces the expression I wish to impart.

All the best,

Gary cool


The improved expression goes for all sounds that are vllocity sensitive.(so excluding organ)..

The downside of a heavy hammer action comes with fast passages.. however the somehat lighter kronos 88 hammeraction makes is a perfect trade off allowing both...
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#460544 - 10/30/18 04:05 PM Re: Playing solo with hammered action keyboard [Re: travlin'easy]
Uncle Dave Offline
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Originally Posted By travlin'easy
With nearly all the other instruments I use the pitch bend wheel, which produces the expression I wish to impart.


Different beast, altogether, when comping chords. Mod wheel is not the same as velocity changes. Like I said - it's more for the piano chords, regardless of the tone chosen. For lead sounds, it's no where near as important.
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#460548 - 10/30/18 07:09 PM Re: Playing solo with hammered action keyboard [Re: guitpic1]
Stephenm52 Offline
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Ditto to weighted keys and the thoughts on expression. At least for me there’s nothing like playing piano with weighted keys

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#460556 - 10/30/18 11:40 PM Re: Playing solo with hammered action keyboard [Re: Stephenm52]
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I’m thinking I would prefer playing with hammered action. But way too much extra gear to haul.
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#460577 - 10/31/18 08:29 AM Re: Playing solo with hammered action keyboard [Re: guitpic1]
captain Russ Offline
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Registered: 01/02/04
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Been playing a weighted action Yamaha at my regular job for 5 years.

It stays there, and I roll it around to the various room at the club. Added a mixer and a sans Amp so I can play either acoustic or electric guitar and do vocals, all in one movable, self contained unit.

Miss it when I go out to do one nighters.

R.

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