Using Keyboard Voices

Lesson 2/43 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Rock Keyboard Method

Using Keyboard Voices

Here are some more inversions which are commonly used together. This time the C chord is a first inversion, the F chord is in root position and the G chord is second inversion.

Another important thing to remember when playing a keyboard part is the sound or voice used to play the part. The following examples are played organ style. Organ is an instrument which can easily sustain notes, so organ parts often contain more long notes than piano parts.

Here is a 12 Bar Blues played Organ style.

Continuing on with the study of inversions, here are some more inversions which are commonly used together. This time the C chord is a second inversion, the F chord is a first inversion and the G chord is in root position.

The following examples are played with an electric piano voice. Once again, notice the effect produced by the sound of the instrument. These same parts could be played on acoustic piano, but they sound great on electric piano when combined with bass and drums.

This example introduces octaves in the left hand part. Take it slowly at first and practice the left hand by itself if necessary.

Here is a 12 Bar Blues played with an electric piano voice. The use of repeated eighth notes in the left hand part helps to drive the music along. This is a common technique in Rock playing.

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1- Basic Chords, Rhythms and Sounds 2- Alternating Octaves 3- Blues Scales in E 4- The Blues Scale 5- The Minor Pentatonic Scale 6- Minor Keys 7- Using Ties 8- How to Transpose 9- Chord Construction 10- Scale Tone Chords 11- More New Chords 12- Turnaround Progressions 13- Combining Major and Minor Chords 14- Minor Chords 15- New Chords and Keys, Transposing, Pentatonic and Blues Scale Riffs 16- Using Keyboard Voices 17- INTRODUCTION 18- The Major Chord 19- Creating a Part 20- The 12 Bar Blues 21- Chord Inversions 22- Eighth Note Rhythms 23- A Major Scale 24- The C Major Chord 25- New Chords in the Key of G 26- Slash Chords 27- Intervals 28- Riffs 29- D Minor Chord Inversions 30- C Major Chord Inversions 31- The Chromatic Scale 32- A Minor Chord Inversions 33- E Minor Chord Inversions 34- D Major Chord Inversions 35- Chord Diagrams 36- G Major Chord Inversions 37- B Diminished Chord Inversions 38- Interval Names 39- B Minor Chord Inversions 40- The G Major Chord 41- F Major Chord Inversions 42- F<span class="symbolA">#</span> Diminished Chord Inversions 43- The F Major Chord

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Using Keyboard Voices