WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND Keyboard Tutorial & Playthrough

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This has been one of my most viewed keyboard tutorial videos - I think for the following reasons:
The song is still pretty popular as a "classic rock" cut.
The keyboard part is actually pretty cool.
The keyboard part is also kind of tricky.
Whatever the reasons are, I am glad my tutorial has become helpful for a lot of keyboard players trying to learn the part.
In this video are all the notes and sounds you need to know how to play the Loverboy classic, "Working for the Weekend" on keyboard. Includes explanation and full song playthrough.
I wrote a transcription you can download FREE when you join my Keyboard Musicianship email list: mikebardenpiano.podia.com/wor...
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Here's what I cover in my video review:
0:00 Introduction
0:14 Playing Tips
2:05 Song Playthrough
If you have a cover band keyboardist request, let me know!
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11 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 63

@rachelortiz391 Год назад

You are my hero omg.

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

Aww 😊

@MJ-tg6wb 2 года назад

One of the hardest to figure out when I was in an 80s cover band, in the 80s we didn't have RU-vid! Thanks!! I was missing a couple things. Great job

@mikebardenpiano 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful! I enjoyed putting it together.

@mrstutz3333 2 года назад

Thank you for this. So much easier, faster, and cheaper than purchasing sheet music

@mikebardenpiano 2 года назад

You're welcome. And the sheet music would probably only be a piano/vocal version, not what the keyboard player would play in a band.

@ajmpatriot4899 4 месяца назад

Amazing! I knew there was a happy feeling element in this song! And this is it! Id wager to say that Ed Van Halen was inspired by this, if he heard it. Best happy keyboard in history, in my opinion, and you NAILED it ! Great job thank you’ 🙏 ❤

@wouterdesmedt1736 2 года назад

Awesome to find a tutorial for such a classic, I'm always looking to better understand eighties keyboard styles and techniques.

@mikebardenpiano 2 года назад

Thanks so much. Glad you liked it!

@douggubbe 5 месяцев назад

Awesome tutorial. Thank you!. More complicated that I thought!

@donaldzarling1767 8 месяцев назад

Thank You again Music Brother That is amazing

@mikebardenpiano 2 года назад

I hope this lesson helps you learn the keyboard part for this song! Let me know if you have any questions about how I played the part in the comments, or text me at 715-412-0167.

@davegross7014 10 месяцев назад

nicely done!! Liked and Subscribed! diving in for more :)

@mikebardenpiano 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the sub!

@donaldzarling1767 8 месяцев назад

Yes Brother I can only imagine So thank you so much.I’m pretty sure no I now for fact I wouldn’t be able to get every note Like you did Amazing Job.Thank You again

@boodrow6969 2 года назад

Just started in a cover band as rhythm guitar/keyboard/backup vocals. This is awesome. Keep 'em coming. If you're taking requests, I'd like the interlude part of Still of the Night.

@mikebardenpiano 2 года назад

Glad it's helpful! And thanks for the recommendation. Great song!

@georgechacon2648 Год назад

👌 supercool bro!

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

Thanks ✌

@mariacretney7635 2 года назад

Fantastic tutorial!

@mikebardenpiano 2 года назад

Thank you!

@fizgak 2 года назад

Just starting out - helpful, thanks!

@mikebardenpiano 2 года назад

Great!

@gregshaw5367 2 года назад

Thank you

@mikebardenpiano 2 года назад

You're welcome!

@axelschmidt1929 Год назад

Hey Mike, very useful for my next rehearsal with my cover band! For me it's the best song from Loverboy. I love it, but I've never tried back in the last 40 years to play it on a keyboard. Now I do!

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

So great to hear. Thanks for letting me know!

@djorlando57 2 года назад

Thanks for this , already figured it out for gig tonight but I noted a few things to add from your video ! Thanks bro !

@mikebardenpiano 2 года назад

Great!

@davegross7014 9 месяцев назад

I've watched a few different vids of this tune.. your over/under fingering makes way more sense. I wish RU-vid had a 1/2 speed function though to really see and hear it slower. The Blinky Lights help.. hah :)

@DanSasakiTamLung Год назад

I like your 3-view and 2-section (tutorial/play-thru) approach. Many of us may not have the most high-end keyboard to play on, so it's helpful when you share and let us know what keyboard sounds and setttngs you're using that closely match the keyboard sound in the song. I look forward to more tutorials and transcriptions from you. Do you take tutorial requests? . . . perhaps the following . . . "Jump" by Van Halen, "Perfect Strangers" by Deep Purple, "Little By Little" by Robert Plant, and "On The Loose" by Saga?

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

Hey Dan, I really appreciate your feedback, and those are all definitely things I could incorporate into my tutorials. I am currently in process of launching an online keyboardist community where we can all share knowledge, get questions answered, and where I could take requests like the great ones you gave here. I see that you sent me a message through my website so I'll follow up with you there as I'd really like your input on how we can provide quality resources for working or aspiring keyboardists. Thanks again for the comment and question!

@mercurysteve1 Год назад

Great transcription... the chorus is a lot trickier than what I used to fake 30 years ago, lol

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

I play this all the time in my band. And yes, it's still challenging!

@sjdebella 4 месяца назад

Great Vid! I have that exact keyboard with ultimate keys expansion. What patch are you using? Thanks :)

@nsera9462 Год назад

Hey Mike, this is an awesome video. If you are taking requests, would you be able to do Power of Love by Huey Lewis And The News. Thanks and all the best for the new year.

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

I actually play keyboard for that song in my band so I could do that. It's a lot of synth brass. Thanks for the suggestion!

@nsera9462 Год назад

@@mikebardenpiano Your videos are really helpful. A couple of other songs I was going to suggest are Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield or Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams. Thanks again

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

@@nsera9462 good suggestions! I do know both of those.

@jessejamessimons483 11 месяцев назад

I have a Roland fantom G8 which patch are you using to create that sound?

@gregcashner527 Год назад

Sheet music for the keyboard part would be nice. Do you have it or know where to get it?

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

Yes. The link to get it is in the video description.

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

It's my own transcription.

@Baouzt Год назад

Hi can you do a tutorial for electric dreams by Philip oakey & giorgio moroder

@mikebardenpiano 11 месяцев назад

I don't know that song but I'll check it out!

@Baouzt 11 месяцев назад

@@mikebardenpiano thank ü 😊😊😊

@JLoveSings76 Год назад

Is anyone willing to break down the more challenging 2nd part of the arpeggiated chorus? I've tried on 50% playback speed & still can't understand what's happening. I love the sound, and would love to replicate it, rather than doing my own thing. Thank you so much for creating this video, Mike!

@JLoveSings76 Год назад

Ohhhh! I didn't realize the transcript was available at the time of my original comment. Very helpful!

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

it's an Easter Egg. Lol Yes, I didn't even mention it in the video. Glad you found it too!

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

You're welcome! Hoping to keep these coming as time permits me to!

@jagerardi 2 года назад

The C2 would actually be a Csus2, with the 2nd being suspended from the G chord. ..Joe

@mikebardenpiano 2 года назад

Fair enough! I suppose that's my own short hand for the same thing.

@donaldzarling1767 8 месяцев назад

No, the band wants to learn the kid is hot tonight by loverboy, and I cannot find anything

@roblinsjr01 7 месяцев назад

I split the keyboard and octave up the bottom section so the fingers don’t get in the way….

@erictriplett33 2 года назад

Overall good tutorial, but would it have killed you to show the two separate hand parts on the actual most difficult part of the song, which is the second part of the chorus? You showed separate hands on the first easier part... but then when you got to the second part you just kind of glossed over it and said there's lots of hands-overlapping stuff.

@mikebardenpiano 2 года назад

Good thought, thanks for bringing that up!

@erictriplett33 Год назад

@@mikebardenpiano Thanks for the tutorial, and sorry about that last comment being kind of rude. This was a helpful tutorial and I appreciate it. But I am having a touch of trouble exactly figuring out what's going on with each hand arpeggio on the latter half of the chorus when it goes higher.

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

@@erictriplett33 I agree that would be a better way to demonstrate the part and I hope to update this video with that information. But do you by chance read piano sheet music? I have a transcription of the whole part you can download for free, and the link for that is in the video description.

@gregcashner527 Год назад

It’s too hard to learn following little colored keys in a video. Sheet music or tabs would be much easier

@mikebardenpiano Год назад

Hi Greg, I transcribed the part. You can download it from the link my description.