I played keys and piano for 12 years gigging and I'm trying to remember what my thought process was on all this back then. I'm talking from 1992 to 2004. Definitely one of the first things I learned was to stay out of the lower keys. Bass players are NOT into that and its very confusing for them becasue they are not used to competing with sounds in their range. However you COULD help accentuate a note with them now and then and they seemed to appreciate it. Its always been my experience that keyboard/piano players still tend to under play rather than over play. They are usually pretty cautious. Often they cannot be heard at all and sometimes this is becasue the soundman does not know what to do with them, so they just turn them down. I always did by best to make sure my solo's were loud and clear. Keyboardists also need to remember that often they are secondary instruments to the 6 string guitars. Not always...but mostly. Which makes a keyboardists job tough becasue often you are just holding rock organ notes and the like to fill up the sound. Often the audience CANNOT hear you, but if you suddenly stopped playing , they would know something is missing. Even I sometimes wondered if I was making any real sound becasue playing background harmony notes can get boring. One thing I'm jealous of these days is the live equipment and PA's seem SO much better than what we used. At 56 I don't do it anymore though. I thought I would ALWAYS play music. For me it just takes up too much time to keep my chops up. I also learned that if I don't have gigs to practice for, I don't really even feel like playing
@Greenriver8424 жыл бұрын
The worst enemy of a bass player is the left hand of a keyboard player
@abimaelyisrael8584 жыл бұрын
LOL.
@officialWWM4 жыл бұрын
My bass player is always telling me not to use my left hand, lol!
@tommckinnon10053 жыл бұрын
Wish all keyboardists understood this but when you tell them they act offended, I have had this problem for years
@samuelaung53773 жыл бұрын
My left hand always follows what i play with my right hand.😆
@officialWWM3 жыл бұрын
Tom McKinnon it's easier to just get rid of the bass player...
@poopoo215310 ай бұрын
My problem with playing in a band for the first time wasn't so much playing in the same range as it was playing on the same beats as the guitarist. I was so accustomed to emphasizing the beats because I had been playing by myself for so long
@user-uz5wl2lw3v Жыл бұрын
This really helps me a lot. I'm a beginner, and I don't know what to do when I'm in a band. Gotta say thank you very much.
@dougedwards19842 жыл бұрын
Extremely helpful! Thank you.
@abrahamlincoln80132 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this tip, cause I've wondered why I can't stop playing bass on keyboard whereas the bassist is not enjoying the sound. All I gotta do is let him do his work
@dsoule4902 Жыл бұрын
It doesn't sound good, the sound waves are fatter down there so it gets really muddy as he said. Even if it's syntonic, ie, you're playing the same chord but different roots, its too close together on the scale. It's not about right or wrong or ego... its physics.
@AlanH2B3 жыл бұрын
Cool vid - it would be also good to talk about developing keys parts where there's other instruments sharing the mid frequencies too like vocals and guitars.
@sharalamanda76402 жыл бұрын
Hey can you tell me what he is actually playing it soynds good
@AlanH2B2 жыл бұрын
@@sharalamanda7640 sounds like a jazzy bluesy thing in the key of C.
@tinotendamandizvidza19032 жыл бұрын
Some rootless chord voicing is good too when playing with a bassist
@adamb4610 Жыл бұрын
True, works better for jazz
@dsoule4902 Жыл бұрын
Thnx
@tinotendamandizvidza19039 ай бұрын
@@adamb4610also gospel
@aegeanras39635 жыл бұрын
0:36 whattt aree thooseee
@YouTubeAntarctica5 жыл бұрын
Pants
@aaa-vq8nm4 жыл бұрын
those. are. my. CROCKS.
@bulldogger14674 жыл бұрын
The secret is not to play the bass in the left hand. It muddies everything up terribly. Any experienced bass player can tell you this.
@44nnddyy Жыл бұрын
you can't not play the bass if ur a pianist😃 Either don't play with a pianist or remove the bassguy😃
@bulldogger1467 Жыл бұрын
@@44nnddyy yeah its actually really easy you just don't do it and go play chords or something
@44nnddyy Жыл бұрын
@@bulldogger1467 🤣🤣
@jackhaugh Жыл бұрын
Bass and piano go together so well if done correctly.
@Sky-on2cy2 жыл бұрын
Dang man, this is a great lesson
@afrin1907 Жыл бұрын
AMAZING! 😄😄😄
@chadbierman80586 жыл бұрын
Awesome thanks!
@larryinews13 жыл бұрын
I have ongoing issues with the band that I am playing keyboard with. The lead guitar player issues a song and a chord chart, which is fine. But he never checks to see if I can practice it is a key that is on KZbin or another video. Since I don't have the sheet music, I can't really practice the song. He doesn't not seem to understand this. I think it's because he plays by ear, and just uses a capo to adjust the key on his guitar.
@imanagemydamage3 жыл бұрын
he gives you chords and you still can't learn the song? stop whining and start practicing!!
@DiscreetHobo3 жыл бұрын
@@imanagemydamage thats not the issue. using a capo on a guitar you actually play slightly different chord shapes compared to other issues like the piano that dont need to. This happened with my old band. we tried to learn wonderwall by Oasis. issue is is that the chords are tuned down a whole step because of the capo. so people who dont use guitar capos will have to transpose up a whole step and thats a massive pain to do constantly Guitar plays C, E, G, for example. pianist has to play D, F# and A
@TanJurusma6 жыл бұрын
Quick question: is there a specific term for the “lick” he always does at the end? I want to look deeper into that on KZbin but barely find anything with keyword lick. I suppose lick is a bit jazzy. This thing he does is more pop -ish which is not exactly the same thing(is it?)
@BlueBass25 жыл бұрын
T Jumrustanasan Blues Scale :) Intervals from your tonic (or the first note of the key you’re in) is 3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2. hope this helps!
@pjlabarge4 жыл бұрын
I think the term you're looking for is a "turnaround". Quite common in the blues
@DocBree134 жыл бұрын
BlueBass2 thanks!
@StratosFair3 жыл бұрын
So I'm supposed not to use my left hand at all or what ?
@REM9773 жыл бұрын
Ha!
@George27484 Жыл бұрын
You can use it, just stay away from the octaves in the left. Thoose are bass player territory
@dsoule4902 Жыл бұрын
@@George27484yup. Get off my lawn!!!! Lol
@Munneke19622 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@humphrey49305 жыл бұрын
I literally can't hear the base
@zazithym35694 жыл бұрын
Then you need this thing called headphone good sir
@ThermAquaGaming4 жыл бұрын
@@zazithym3569 Then you need this thing called ears good sir. I'm listening from my reference monitors, but the bass is like -30dB.
@have74764 жыл бұрын
It might be because I listen to more guitar centered music, but the base seemed to stick out a lot clearer than the low notes on the piano.
@have74763 жыл бұрын
My last comment was a little pretentious. Still, the bass is panned to the left. If you just focus on your left earbud/speaker, you should be able to hear the bass clearly.
@1TreukFlyyy4 жыл бұрын
Is there a video for those song endings pls ?
@jjsgaymes84526 жыл бұрын
brilliant video
@eleukhin Жыл бұрын
How to play if also add guitar?
@nathanbyrum72882 жыл бұрын
Yep, just because you _can_ do it all, does not mean you _should_ !
@fabiancosster299211 ай бұрын
I have a question may i play the root of the chord in the middle register without clashing with the bass player? Because sometime the song ask to use the root if i am wrong please could you give me the tip what to do thank you very much and GodBlessing
@nobodyuknow.4 ай бұрын
4:02
@sharalamanda76402 жыл бұрын
Can anyone tell me what music he is playing on piano????
@nobodyuknow.4 ай бұрын
3:28
@theodorekorbos2804 Жыл бұрын
The problem is I am left-handed and I love to play bass on my piano I was wondering if I can ask somebody maybe somebody can help me is there any way that I and the bass player whoever I work with can work something out? Because just to play chords in my left hand in the middle of the middle section that's just bored to live in hell out of me.
@dsoule4902 Жыл бұрын
If you play piano this way-- heavy left hand, you just might actually be a bass player. 😉
@theodorekorbos2804 Жыл бұрын
@@dsoule4902 thank you very much for your replying I've tried playing bass maybe once or twice but I still love playing the piano. I'm still looking for some kind of assistance maybe somebody can help me out there. Like I says I'm wondering if I can work something out between me and the bass player so that I don't get in his way and he doesn't get in mind.
@AudioReplica20235 жыл бұрын
is pianote as ..piano note.....or pianote as big piano in Spanish ? lol
@PianoteOfficial5 жыл бұрын
We had no idea it meant big piano! Haha
@familysounds3 жыл бұрын
It means small piano 😭 rs
@joelstephenson80173 жыл бұрын
Where is the guitar???
@chenab.83626 жыл бұрын
Woo!!!!!!!!!!!
@MG-Nordster3 жыл бұрын
Parts of this border on the ridiculous. No piano player who has even rudimentary playing ability, hammers every note like the "bad" example. Also, these tips might be ok for jamming, but if you are in a band, and or doing covers, the piano/keyboards shouldn't be played to 'avoid' playing in the same octave as other instruments. My piano never sounds like an electric bass, or a drum. Might as well tell the drummer to get rid of his Bass Drum too. and tell them to get rid of the snare, because the highs are within the octave of the singer etc. Based on these tips songs like Hold the Line would never have been written because they hammer the piano like a drum. How can you honestly tell a piano player to play closer to middle C??? why bother having 88 keys then? Bass notes on a piano sound much grittier than an electric bass. They can complement not compete with each other. Obivously you have never heard Jon Lord play organ using the low registers, and doubling his leads with Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. I'd say they were a pretty successful band.
@adamb4610 Жыл бұрын
Bro chill. These are just general guidelines.
@mballs894 жыл бұрын
That’s just not the new sound I’ve been looking for.
@sharalamanda76402 жыл бұрын
What is he playing sounding good 👀
@spooon_leo Жыл бұрын
Yeah that’s cool and all, but how the hell do I know what keys to use?
@czamyrjacobamandy53275 жыл бұрын
Hello Can I plug a surge protector into an extension Cord?
@UrbanLegend1244 жыл бұрын
Yeah....
@greg90696 ай бұрын
Most bands have a guitar as lead instrument… this wouldn’t work.
@Jason759134 жыл бұрын
bass is too subdued and muddy at all times, and I know the issue is definitely in the recording
Add these 3 tips to my 7 Things Not To Do When Playing Keyboards In A Band video , and we've got 10 Tips my friend.
@RogerERodriguez1k5 жыл бұрын
You're a moron.
@zazithym35694 жыл бұрын
Lol why
@bobbydigital34072 жыл бұрын
Dude what about Dynamics? Dynamics has to be the SINGLE most important element of a piano player in a band! You've consistently played with one volume in this entire video! Can't even hear the bass!!!
@adamb4610 Жыл бұрын
Dynamics is definitely not the most important part of playing piano in a band.