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Hand Independence in Improvisation
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By Dan Tepfer
ART TATUM ONCE TOLD A YOUNG, BOASTING BUD POWELL, “LOOK, YOU COME IN HERE TOMORROW,
and anything you do with your right hand, I’ll
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The Fine Art of Phrasing
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By Armen DonelianPHRASING IS AN OFTEN OVERLOOKED BUT INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF KEYBOARD
performance, where two worlds merge: science and
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Live on a Laptop: Top Tips for Hassle-Free Gigs With Virtual Instruments
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Fig. 1. The free utility DPC Latency Checker. Left: A Windows laptop with WiFi enabled and system power plan set to balanced. Right: What happens
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The Art of Synth Soloing: Filter FUNdamentals
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Fig. 1. The Filter Mod page in a sound program on the Korg Kronos. AMS means “alternate modulation source.” I’ve assigned the up direction of the
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Monster Leads Part 2
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By Francis PreveLAST MONTH, WE LOOKED AT A CLASSIC APPROACH TO MAKING MONSTER LEADS VIA LAYERING AND
blending multiple synths playing the same riff.
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The Art of Synth Soloing: Pitch-Bend as Manual Vibrato
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Fig. 1. Logic’s ES2, with CC16 (our ribbon/X-axis) set up as Ctrl C, routed to Pitch123 (to control all three oscillators at once). You set range or
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Monster Leads, Part 1
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By Francis Preve
A TIME-TESTED TECHNIQUE FOR CREATING A MASSIVE SOUND IS TO KEEP YOUR OVERALL TRACK VERY
simple and focus on three components:
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Think Like a Section
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Earth, Wind, and Fire famously used a large horn section to great effect.
By Brian Charette
KEYBOARDISTS HAVE AN INHERENT
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Strategies for Supporting Singer-Songwriters
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By Josh Dodes
FEW GIGS ARE MORE CHALLENGING AND REWARDING FOR A KEYBOARDIST THAN PLAYING BEHIND
singer-songwriters. More often than not, my goal
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Improvise With Intervals
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By Alan Pasqua
INTERVALLIC IMPROVISATION LEADS TO A MORE INDIVIDUAL STYLE OF PLAYING. IT CAN HELP YOU
find your own voice by forcing you to avoid
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The Art of Synth Soloing: Beyond the Whole-Step Bend
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By Jerry Kovarsky
LAST MONTH WE STARTED TO EXPLORE SOME REPEATED NOTE EXERCISES,
learning to play a “real” note and then repeating it with a bent
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French Twists
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By Francis Preve
ONE OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC’S MOST VIRAL VIDEOS IN 2011 WAS “POP
Culture” by French whiz kid Madeon. He mashed up over 30
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6 Ways to Play Like Otis Spann
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By Clifford Carter
OTIS SPANN MAY HAVE BEEN FROM JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, BUT HE MADE HIS
name as a Chicago bluesman, and was posthumously inducted
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Go Fourth!
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McCoy Tyner’s name is almost synonymous with the creative use of fourths in jazz.
By George Colligan
DURING MY FIRST YEAR IN
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The Keyboard Know-It-All: Tips and Tricks to Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better
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It’s no secret that we hope every issue of this magazine helps you do everything better. This month,
though, we’ve assembled a gargantuan grab bag
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