Solo Rock Keyboard Tips

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In this clip we're going to be talking about the differences between playing keyboards in a solo context versus playing them in a rock and roll band setting. There are a number of things that are different. When you're playing by yourself, you have to cover all the bases yourself and when you're playing with a band, there are lots of things you have to do differently in order to make what you're doing contribute to the band and not get in the way of everybody else. I'm going to start with just a little section of the song that we'll use as we're going through talking about the different ways that you'll change the way you play. This will be an example of how you would start with something you would play by yourself and then we'll move onto some of the different ways that you would do that in a band context. OK, so this is how you would play something, just a general little bluesy kind of piece by yourself, and then we'll take that and play around with it. So you can see from there, you have to do everything on your own when you're playing by yourself, you have to do the accompaniment, the bass part which also brings a lot of the rhythm into it and then also you have to do the solo part or the melodic part up on top. In the next few clips, we're going to be breaking down how you take things away or add things based on the group that you're playing in.

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