Keyboard playing techniques to emulate other instruments

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Titles - 0:00
Acoustic guitar - 0:44
Banjo - 6:39
Orchestral Strings - 9:45
Choir - 13:06
Flute - 15:17
Saxophone - 17:32
Trumpet - 20:14
Harp - 22:33
Marimba - 25:20
Electric Bass - 26:49
Synth rack expander: Kurzweil K2500RS
MIDI controller keyboard: M-Audio Axiom 61
The Handel piece is from the Passacaglia from the Suite No.7 in G minor, HWV432 - the italian children of my generation all learned that Händel piece from the RAI "interval" - it was magical and hypnotic to us (the music with photos of towns from all over Italy) and you can see and listen to what we experienced here: • Intervallo RAI anni 70...

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@djchetcobra 7 лет назад

I hope some of the beginners and younger people watching this channel will take a moment to appreciate what a privilege it is to have someone to teach you how to get all these sounds. It took me decades of experimenting by myself and picking up a tips one at a time to figure out some of the things Paolo shows in his videos. Now you can learn it all in an afternoon... for free!

@sulimankhan8322 2 года назад

sir i want to be a composer so does it mean that i need to learn keyboard with all the sounds to compose music or what zero idea sir.

@djchetcobra 2 года назад

@@sulimankhan8322 I don't think you need to learn keyboard to be a composer, but it is a very good instrument for a composer to learn.

@victor93532 5 лет назад

Trumpet player: I can play trumpet! Guitar player: I can play guitar! Banjo player: I can play banjo! Keyboard player: Reality can be whatever I want

@stereoblu 5 лет назад

lmfaooooo

@RaniLink 5 лет назад

piano player: yes

@purpleheartscott8553 4 года назад

Definitely with some practice and ingenuity. The emulations are spot on for some instruments. I have a Roland Juno and it has some very nice sounding instruments on it. Admittedly, I haven’t explored trying to play other instruments on it as I’m a fairly new keyboard player, play guitar and drums recreationally as well. I’m definitely gonna start experimenting with the keyboard though a bit more as the possibilities are crazy. I love love love drums, and I have to admit that I sometimes hear people who play superior drummer vst on their keyboard and put me to shame with my feet and hands. Absolutely killer. It’s all fun though.

@Toolgdskli 4 года назад

Mp3 player: hold my fresh milk

@maxalaintwo3578 4 года назад

EWI players: you're not the only one cursed with knowledge

@i-never-look-at-replies-lol 7 лет назад

Damn, those string bits sounded really good!

@SynthManiaDotCom 7 лет назад

Thanks!

@apathyonastick 7 лет назад

Kurzweil! I have a K2000, K2000RS, and K2500RS

@MrWkdWilly 6 лет назад

I agree wouldn't mind knowing what that progression was👍

@BixenteFabregas 6 лет назад

Try to play empty fourth or fifth to emulate some Bartok pieces too...

@AdityaGuitar1 5 лет назад

Any idea how can I produce such authentic sounding strings in Logic Pro X ?

@CarlosAvila8246 7 лет назад

This is absolute gold for composers/performers. Understanding the subtle nuances, unique characteristics and limitations of the emulated instruments is what sets apart the men from the boys when it comes to master keyboard playing! Cheers Paolo:))

@user-vb8fl2se7g 4 месяца назад

So true❤

@santiagoortiz9046 7 лет назад

A master class ... and free. What more can you want. Thanks for that.

@andinbriwel1092 7 лет назад

This has been one of my favorite qualities of your playing - that you work hard to emulate the actual playing style of each instrument's sound rather than just using each sound as a piano patch.

@crimsun7186 7 лет назад

For acoustic guitar, is also good to note that the maximum number of notes a regular player can do is equal to the number of strings the guitar has. Choirs tend to have 4-6 voices maximum. For harp, if you're playing a melody, you need to also do the pulling pluck they do, which is louder than the rest of the notes being played. For marimba, it has no sustain and any sustained note has to be done with rolls. But of course, the one that most people tend to do wrong is drums. People will often forget that drummers only have two arms and legs, and sequence stuff that would be impossible for a real drummer to perform.

@casafilms 7 лет назад

Have you seen Terry Bozzio or Carl Palmer play live? ;-)

@TallicaMan1986 6 лет назад

CASA Films they cant hit 5 things at once

@hunterstrokin9195 5 лет назад

@@Gabriel-mw5ro Excellent comment etiquette 10/10

@williamdavenport4183 2 года назад

@@TallicaMan1986 they can if they use their head....literally

@carlthomas3930 3 месяца назад

Unless you're Neil Peart

@EgoShredder 7 лет назад

This is how I thought and played even as a newish musician back in 1990, when I had only been playing properly for months. It's all about having an intuitive feel and approach to music, rather than trying to be precise and technical. This is a really great video by the way! Anyone learning to play would do well to watch and pay special attention to this.

@installgentoo8561 7 лет назад

6:08 Glory to Arstotzka

@pliniogoiania 5 лет назад

Is good music. Minister of Interior grants certificate of: "sufficiency." Must be hang on wall immediately. Minister Inspectors may appear to check conformation soon.

@tiffanygabriel2311 6 лет назад

One thing to keep in mind with strings is that each section may be broken down into subsections, depending on how big the orchestra is. There may be a first violins, second violins, third violins, I've even run across compositions that required four subsections in one section (don't know what it would have sounded like because we couldn't perform it. there was a part in the score for 4th flutes but my small rural high school band only had one flute player). While too much polyphony does lead to a synth pad sound, it would be very possible depending on the size of the orchestra to hear ten note polyphony from the string section.

@Ndo01 6 лет назад

This is one of the best music tutorial vids on the internet!

@nezkeys79 7 лет назад

Those patches sound better than most modern keyboards tbh

@ShanMichaelEscasio 6 лет назад

nezkeys79 yeah, because he is using a module with accurately sampled sounds. 😊

@nezkeys79 6 лет назад

Shan Michael Escasio eh really? He makes out he is using just an old keyboard and patches from the 90s

@ShanMichaelEscasio 6 лет назад

nezkeys79 i think so. Look at that module like thing behind his keyboard. Notice that as he switches from guitar sound to piano sound and vice versa, he fiddles not on the keyboard selection controls but from that box. So yeah, i'm assuming that is indeed a module. If you listen to the piano patch, it's so realistic. I bet that's a roland rd series piano or something.

@nezkeys79 6 лет назад

Shan Michael Escasio it says kurzweill on it lol

@ShanMichaelEscasio 6 лет назад

nezkeys79 lmao. Sorry man. I'm a near sighted fellow. 😁😂😂 and, i duno much about kurzweils or if they do have a module but yeah, i really do like the sound of his patches. Very rich.?

@Aardcore 6 лет назад

That is insane; I seriously do not remember Kurzweil's sounding this good. Also, amazing break down of the elements of emulating other instruments via keyboard. I'd honestly been stumped on the guitar playing method for a while but this REALLY helped out alot! Thank you so much!!

@djmips 7 лет назад

Very good. I figured this out back when I worked at a music store and was frustrated why the demo discs always sounded so much better than me (same samples). What I would add is that for true guitar sound you have to span the octaves; it's more difficult. What I'm trying to say is that the notes that make up a guitar chord are not always the same as a piano because they are physically limited by how their need to fret on an actual guitar and transition from position to position. Kind of like how you are explaining harp. Thanks for the string knowledge! and the rest. Awesome video.

@oriomenoni7651 7 лет назад

djmips I agree, spanning the octaves is absolutely crucial.

@ColleenKitchen 6 лет назад

could you explain to this keyboard player please exactly what you mean by that with an example.

@absurdengineering 4 года назад

Colleen Kitchen Easy: play inversions, including long inversions where notes jump an octave up or down past the normal inversion. Say C3maj as E3 C4 G5, or C5 E4 C3+G3, etc.

@ezzong 4 года назад

Paolo you're a solo producer/bedroom musician saint. These techniques is incredibly valuable to anybody who wants to make music with limited number of instrument. Grazie mille!

@SynthManiaDotCom 4 года назад

Thank you, sir edzonko

@vjrei 7 лет назад

I am so happy because this guy is teaching what I learned back in early 90's from my teachers just like that, same thing. You have to lear how the actual instrument is played and emulate that dynamic.

@perfektpitch 7 лет назад

Very helpful and effective techniques. I've noticed a lot of keyboard players, in their quest to create authentic-sounding instruments, will focus more on the sound itself than on their playing technique. And as you've demonstrated, playing technique is as important, if not more important, than the sound itself. As a keyboard player myself, I'm always trying to find creative ways to emulate acoustic instruments. Another playing technique to consider when trying to emulate an acoustic guitar is the voicing of chords. For example, when playing an open D chord on the guitar, the order in which the notes are played when strumming down are D, A, D, and F#. And when playing those notes, and in that order, it sounds that much more authentic. At least to me. Again, great video! Thank you.

@ratinthetub5048 7 лет назад

This is always the kind of video I've been looking for, thank you.

@SynthManiaDotCom 7 лет назад

Thank *you for watching

@SteamvilleQuintet 7 лет назад

One of the best how2 music films on the tube! BE the guitar, BE the cello...... Brilliant, thanx!

@sosnin1 7 лет назад

Really liked the sound of Orchestral Strings at minute 10:55.SUPER !!!

@AltoonaYourPiano 3 года назад

Pretty neat! Many of those I'd figured out myself from 30+ years of musical experience, but the method of approximating the guitar, saxophone, and bass were much better than anything I'd been doing, so thank you for this!

@Appleboy78165 7 лет назад

Dude, your videos are so fascinating to watch. I've actually learned quite a bit from this channel!

@timwilderspin 7 лет назад

You're one of my favourite things on You Tube. Your talent and insight is a joy to watch.

@Hagb3rd 4 года назад

Best, most useful video I've seen in months. Excellente, Signor!!!

@djgeorgieporgie7862 7 лет назад

Simply Gold. Great tutorial brother 👍

@OuterTapes 5 лет назад

Thank you very much! As a pure, beginner keyboardist I had real struggle with making instruments sound real no matter how good patches I had (at one point I even borrowed Fantom-G from my friend to mask some of my poor skills). This is really helpful, once again, thank you very much

@SynthManiaDotCom 5 лет назад

Filip, thank you!

@selfai1238 5 лет назад

The strings part makes you want to cry. Thanks for the knowledge. Appreciate it very much.

@SynthManiaDotCom 5 лет назад

Thank you

@vividtreks Год назад

Phenomenal! Thank you so much for the guidance.

@wolfgang4468 5 лет назад

Hats off to your skills! Fantastic that you share these hard earned techniques, thank you!

@KRSStudiosIndia 2 месяца назад

Strings sounded like : A war movie ending , huge losses but still its over , good side finally wins.

@L77kim77l 7 лет назад

Lovely, very kind of you! You do this in such a nice and motivating way, thank you :)

@egiff100 4 года назад

Wow! Awesome video man! This little bit of info is gold! Thanks!

@SynthManiaDotCom 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Nachteulenschreck 7 лет назад

Cheers. Love that video - and thanks for making it!

@MONKIEDUO 7 лет назад

New inspiration every new single video 매번 유익한 영상 고맙습니다!

@amodiogiordano4516 7 лет назад

You're the best! Great video. Thank you!

@dinkarshirke6125 6 лет назад

This is what I actually was searching for ; thanx a lot !

@ZackWebsite 7 лет назад

THIS WAS SO INCREDIBLY HELPFUL

@gvillela77 6 лет назад

Great ideas. This is the important thing to know when you play synths. Thank you for your valued tips.

@connor6842 6 лет назад

This is just awesome!

@santoshpss 5 лет назад

Omg this is incredible! I really enjoyed this!

@EqDior 5 лет назад

Very nice tutorial. This is something that i have figured out over the years as well. Its very important to learn some what playing style of an organic instrument!

@acialist 7 лет назад

*Banjo:* me- "It will sound terrible" *Two seconds later"* :0

@mortenandre8288 5 лет назад

@facundovaz2439 5 лет назад

@FocusMrbjarke 5 лет назад

@antiRuka 4 года назад

@helpmefortheloveofshrek6623 3 года назад

@uniquebeatsboutique 6 лет назад

Great tutorials! So helpful.

@tiergrinder 7 лет назад

Superb tutorial! Golden!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience.

@whaleguy 7 лет назад

Thanks a lot for this. I learnt a lot of new ways in thinking about keyboard lines after watching this. Those acoustic guitar sections you played in the beginning were great. With a more realistic patch, I doubt anyone could tell the difference just by listening.

@basspig 4 года назад

Yamaha Montage really nails realism with guitar.

@TheIvoryman 4 года назад

Great information here. This is my exact approach to emulating acoustic instruments. As a keyboard player, it is imperative to spend time listening to the way each instrument is approached by the individual musician. To emulate acoustic instruments with some level of believability, you must play each instrument in the characteristic way they are normally played. By doing this I have been able to create very rich, more believable instruments and instrumental sections than many keyboard players do.

@MrKjDrake 7 лет назад

Love my Kurzweil k25000 Underrated synth that stands the test of time.

@ChrisLodyMusic 7 лет назад

This is great stuff to hear and I'll sure be using your advice in the future!

@gorbashgaming1470 6 лет назад

Excellent tips! Thank you.

@benjiwill 7 лет назад

Really enjoyed this, thank you! Lovely sounds but more so fantastic playing and explanations! :D

@DavidBoura 7 лет назад

As usual, so much thanks to share your unvaluable knowledge :)

@SynthManiaDotCom 7 лет назад

David, Thank *you for watching!

@autobotsNdecepticons 5 лет назад

Very nice. Surprising how well some of those sounds have held up.

@hauterpop9619 5 лет назад

10:56 *why are we still here, just to suffer*

@hauterpop9619 5 лет назад

@@DanFourts i know

@Jaburu 5 лет назад

sounds like ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iRgtzZ-mOQo.html

@thiloschroeder9877 5 лет назад

Great tutorial! There are a lot of awesome tips in there. What you should also keep in mind is the note range that the individual instruments have.

@wizmos74 6 лет назад

Great lesson ,thank you very much!

@100clm 6 лет назад

WOW. I just bought a Korg Kronos that has MANY of these sound engines. But I've struggled (until now) with how to get the darn thing to actually SOUND like these instruments. This video did the job. THANK YOU!

@dorotheemackenbach4808 6 лет назад

Wow! What great sounds! Really realistic. Thank you for sharing,

@synthmill 7 лет назад

Thank you for this, you are a great musician and teacher!

@janetteroca8884 6 лет назад

Thank you for this ...its great info.

@moottori_paa 7 лет назад

Thank you sir! I have learned so much your videos. Very enjoyable too. You really know your machines and music. Allways waiting for new video be released :)

@SynthManiaDotCom 7 лет назад

Thank *you so much for watching!

@jrsmoots 5 лет назад

VERY helpful information! Thanks for posting!

@SynthManiaDotCom 5 лет назад

Thank you very much!

@WorldsWorstBoy 7 лет назад

Love the channel man! Keep it up.

@SynthManiaDotCom 7 лет назад

Thanks!

@SlashZooka 5 лет назад

this is absolutely FANTASTIC! :D I thank you for the video ^-^

@SynthManiaDotCom 5 лет назад

Thank you

@JemGabriel 7 лет назад

This is very helpful. Thank you so much!

@SynthManiaDotCom 7 лет назад

Thank *you for watching!

@amaverick7469 7 лет назад

Very good! Enjoyed this video.

@ShanMichaelEscasio 6 лет назад

Wonderful and helpful content! Thank you! 😊

@rb8058 5 лет назад

This was awesome. We need more of this kind of instruction on YT. Subscribed.

@less3117 2 года назад

Very good video.i have been trying out flute, sax and strings on my keyboards and have been impressed with the quality of the voices. I'm now encouraged to experiment further.

@gullyfoyle6354 7 лет назад

Fantastic vid, Paolo! You nailed it again with this complete tutorial, we always learn new things from you, even being an old fox like me ;) Grazie Maestro. Your channel is still in my personnal top, together with Sensei Ujie. :))

@t.diddle7998 4 года назад

This is a really amazing tutorial. Seriously, thanks. It's inspiring.

@SynthManiaDotCom 4 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@victornoagbodji 7 лет назад

wow thank you so much for doing this!

@Mailme2ar 5 лет назад

Great sounds and techniques! Thanks!

@Cyberias74 7 лет назад

Excellent lesson! :)) That banjopart made me tap my feet and gave sudden crave of moonshine! :D

@reneportal542 7 лет назад

you sir just gained one new subscriber! Excited for new videos 😁

@take942 10 месяцев назад

Excellent tutorial! I will be practicing these techniques. Thank you

@SynthManiaDotCom 10 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@Sabalon 7 лет назад

Saw David Sancious playing woodwind parts with a breath controller on Stings Soul Cages tour, which always amazed me that he had to know how both instruments worked and were played. Or Jens Johansson from Yngwie, whose keyboard solos I thought were guitar solor through an equalizer. Amazing job!!! Love your videos!

@heikkiwi 7 лет назад

K2500 still sounds great! One of those "I'll never sell" boxes 😎 Great video! Thanks!

@basspig 4 года назад

Shame it uses 3x as much electricity as new synths though...

@MrBryan90 5 лет назад

What the hell have I been learning... so much time in the piano roll editor, this is what modern producers NEED! Thank you for this in-depth presentation.

@SynthManiaDotCom 5 лет назад

D. Bryan, thank you very much and yes, learning to play "the old fashioned way" is definitely recommended... nothing wrong with using computers once you know how to play, but the problem I see with many young people skipping the "hard" part of learning how to play, and using the piano roll only, to paint the notes, is that they make serious judgement errors on how to compose music, i.e. painting forty notes in the same chord / time, only using basic major and minor triads, forgoing more complex composition in favor of simple chords but lots of stacking etc. - basically, gimmicks instead of going to search (and research) what the true value and beauty of music is.... I wish you great luck going from the piano roll editor, to the real piano keyboard. Thanks for this comment, I really appreciate it. I think I need to make a video about this.

@9musesproduction574 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this video! That's so helpful, you literally opened an door in my mind!

@SynthManiaDotCom 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@Bapuuify 2 года назад

Awesome! Unparalleled mastery, indeed!

@avijitsadhukhan8371 7 лет назад

amazing video sir. thank you.

@cwel68 4 года назад

Paolo, always straight down to the core of it ... After consulting your ,everybody wants to rule the world’ video for the chords, I had to look at, how to make my synths sounding like guitars. And once again found inspiration in your well explained tutorial. Thanks a lot! Keep on & keep well! Greetings from France.

@SynthManiaDotCom 4 года назад

Thank you, Christof!

@gerozayas9425 4 года назад

Great Video, Thanks a lot! Keep up the good work.

@SynthManiaDotCom 4 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@PuzzL_ 7 лет назад

Wow a whole day and no dislikes. That says a lot about this community.

@RiDankulous 7 лет назад

I like when a community has varying opinions. That's just me.

@kyra7891 5 лет назад

"I'm so proud of this community"

@ikreate4u 4 года назад

You are Amazing!! Thanks so much for this. Been struggling with getting authentic sounds and so far you are the only one that illustrates it so clearly. I'm using an old Casio so I know the native sounds are lacking authenticity but I am hoping my DAW's midi instrument sounds will help round it up.

@SynthManiaDotCom 4 года назад

Thank you very much, glad if I can help

@b2b513 5 лет назад

This lesson is excelllent. Thank you so much!

@ganragRAM 6 лет назад

awesome dude. very much helpful indeed

@LouisSerieusement 7 лет назад

This was really an awesome tutorial ! Truly helpful on those modern times were we forgot all of this simple technics ! Today it's more easy to find a tutorial concerning soundesign or computer technics than simple but awesome tips like you gave us ; Thank you so much !!! Cheers from france :) Louis

@dothanhtung. 2 года назад

Thank you so much for one of best tutorial for me :)

7 лет назад

The arpeggios sound so well wow!

@buraqcarter 6 лет назад

Hi. I've been playing the electric bass for like 9-10 years and recently begun learning the keyboard. Just wanted to say thank you, because your videos are really helpful.

@SynthManiaDotCom 6 лет назад

Thank *you for watching!