Breathe / Time (Pink Floyd) Keyboard Tutorial

[@lilliangray2113]

Thanks for the tutorial. I believe Rick Wright actually played Cmaj7, Bm7, Fmaj7, Gmaj7 and D7#9 D7b9 Em in Breathe.

[@marques04rj]

You're wright. I saw a video where he talks in an interview that used "Hendrix" chord (D7(#9) ), but not because of Hendrix, but because of a jazz music he heard ("Hendrix" chords was commonly used on jazz songs before Hendrix).

[@marques04rj]

By the way, Wright didn't called it "hendrix" chords. I used "hendrix" on the post because it is how this chord is most known.

[@marques04rj]

I didn't checked, but maybe the two chords that Allan used on each hand could result on a Hendrix chord, if you consider both hands together

[@marques04rj]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaLPe5uinrNnr9U See here, Richard Wright talking about it. He says that D7 (#9) was inspired on an Miles Davis album.

[@lilliangray2113]

@@marques04rj exactly. this video is how i knew :)

[@ramiguirguis3502]

Great tutorial. Thank you so much. Can you please do a tutorial for Shine on you crazy Diamond.

[@arthurbc6]

Tutorial for Shine on you crazy diamond is out, and it is perfect made.

[@coverssongsbycarlossergio3112]

Parabéns, mestre ! Estou aguardando os novos pacotes de timbres rsrs... Abração!

[@PrinceOfFools]

Great sounds... hope some day i'll have enough money to buy them 😭

[@IvanSantos-gl1mf]

Aprendemos muito. Obrigado Allan.

[@MMnane1112]

Hello Allan. Thanks for your tuto. I play the verse in Breathe more like Em7 (2nd inversion) /A. The harmonic suite (at the end of the chorus) I play E7#9 / E7b9 / Em7. Time : During the chorus I play D7/A7. But I can be wrong, I would appreciate your point of view. :)

[@Dillpickles_]

Rick used to play Dmaj and C#maj/A (A on the bass) during the live 70s versions (holding them down since he had to sing) and during the studio (he does some weird noodling after he hits the chords too) .The actual chords on that section is Amaj7 and Dmaj7

[@francoiscroizet6346]

Hi Allan, thanks for the tuto. Is it possible to get the score of this part, ot the midifile ?

[@jeffbarker4895]

What sound patch does this song use ?

[@aac085]

parabéns! valeu A dica

[@muscl3beard]

eclipse!!!

[@Dillpickles_]

Great fucking tutorial! Stuff like this really helped me out when I was barely starting out on keys! Your echoes tutorial especially was helpful! Anyways, here's a little insight to the keyboard tones on these particular two songs (according to the 2003 docu and my good ol' ears) Breathe is basically a clean Rhodes going through a leslie, and apparently the hammond organ has some binson echorec on it according to the track sheets. The organ is Abbey Road's RT3, basically a B3 with extra bass pedals. Time is a little different, there is no rhodes anywhere in this song. In the intro you can hear a clean Wurlitzer being played softly, and in the verses it's being played with a leslie, which gives it that characteristic phasery ish sound that makes that particular wurli part famous. Time's illusive organ is one of great debate: However according to the 2003 Classic Albums Doc, it's simply a farfisa organ, which I think is being ran through a leslie too (rick did this a lot during the 72-75 tours). The farfisa's characteristic repeat function is heard quite clearly in the quadraphonic and atmos mixes of the album, arturia's recreation of the farfisa basically can get that exact sound with GSI's Leslie. Of course I have no evidence other than my ear, some people I've talked to say there is no rhodes on Dark side and that it's all wurlitzer, but i actually contacted Jon Carin to confirm whether or not there's rhodes or not in the album.

[@AllanLoboVST]

Hahaha nice, did Jon respond?

[@Dillpickles_]

@@AllanLoboVST he did!

[@luisbovleck5173]

Listening to isolated keyboards, there may be both Rhodes and Wurli on "Breathe". Intro and verses is definitely Rhodes, you can hear the typical Rhodes tine, bell-like, more mellow sound, that Wurli is not capable of, but after "Run, rabbit, run" line and Hammond RT-3 burn, the sound of electric piano chords loses that sweet "bell" and becomes more aggressive and "barky" like "Time" Wurli verses piano tone. At one point Richard plays that short staccato Wurli chord, characteristic element of his playing style. Before "Animals", when he switched to Rhodes, that short staccato Wurli is all over the place. Time (and Breathe Reprise), Money, Have a Cigar, Shine On Pt. 8, and I think, Breathe ending too. Wurli would later re-appear on "Young Lust" during guitar solo and on "Not Now John" (though, at that time, 1983, must be played by someone else, as Rick wasn't around anymore).

[@Dillpickles_]

@@luisbovleck5173 ahhh yes that part after rabbit run is something that used to confuse me, however, at certain points you can clearly tell it’s Rhodes and hear it’s characteristic tines ring (when rick does the little A to D part(I’ll have to get a proper time stamp later lol)) also fun fact shine on part 8 did include Wurlitzer at one point (extraction tapes take is quite clearly the blocky sharp staccato wurli trademark), but if you listen to the quads third channel you can hear the Rhodes, complete with its tine-y glassy awesomeness. It really shines through when you hear rick play the bits before the clav stuff. A Wurlitzer would sound much much sharper. I think the stereo mix kinda obscures the finer details so it kinda sounds like the wurli lol.

[@luisbovleck5173]

@@Dillpickles_ Interesting. In stereo that Shine Pt. 8 part always sounded like a cross of Rhodes and Wurli to me, where I wasn't completely sure which one it was, the bass freq range gives away Rhodes, it has that boldness in the lower octaves, but the nasty bite characteristic poked me towards Wurli. I think it's EQ-ed, processed Rhodes where the mellow top end is filtered out and we get to hear just the barky low end of it. Live recordings are also interesting. On 1975 WYWH tour Rick notably plays Wurlitzer on all of these songs, but on 1977 Animals tour he switches to Rhodes. He needs it for "Sheep" and he doesn't bring Wurli piano with him anymore, it seems. Shine On Part 8 on 1977 tour is played on Rhodes.