Synthmania quick tip #16 - Crystal Waters' ''Gypsy Woman'' organ pattern

[@NamxZero]

It sounds just like the song the sheer amount of detail you picked up on and executed in order to replicate the sound is just incredible, and I've learned so much from this video alone wow

[@Thevamp1reking]

NamxZero it’s not a hard melody to copy

[@seezy4]

charles thomas yeah lmao its just a few simple chords

[@superE1113z]

The cool part about all this is that the piano and organ sounds of Gypsy Woman are actually factory preset sound patches on the synthesizer he’s using: the great Korg M1. Got one for Christmas a couple months ago, I’m still crying. 🥹 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lighterwaves5659]

@@Thevamp1reking masterful to create tho

[@garyabbot4659]

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[@tomygonzalez1227]

😆😆😆

[@tactical_ghost199]

2:42 When it ends with the low notes instead of the high notes it sounds soooo good

[@bobbyarellano014]

2:37 leaving this here to repeat :-)

[@joshuabrown7460]

I wish there was just this part somewhere

[@PJXay]

More like 2:36

[@LokoTheChannel]

KORG M1 the holy grail of the 90s :)

[@djdigital3806]

Don't forget the mighty Krog Wavestation.

[@pHiLKizer]

Early 90s: Korg M1 Late 90s: Korg Triton

[@LokoTheChannel]

@@pHiLKizer Yes!

[@paolosisi7487]

@@pHiLKizer Triton is the last upgrade of a milestone, the Trinity. In 90's another big synth is the T3, basically a upgrade of M1. To be right: M1 -> T3, Trinity -> Triton. Just the Z1 was the "ugly duckly" of late 90's synths, strange but extremely powerful

[@wickedwaiatamusic]

The complete breakdown of the song, the patch, the keys ... Pure genius! - How could I not like, sub and share!

[@Aardcore]

My daughter is gonna freak out when she hears me playing this now that this video has taught me how. She loves this song and sings it every day just before dropping her off to school. Thank you so much, SynthMania!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank *you for watching! I'm about to post another quick tip with the organ part for Haddaway's "What Is Love", similar era -

[@CynewulfDeLindisfarne]

I could listen this riff for years.

[@kingivey4672]

same

[@lowfirepierce]

I'd love to see you break down more early 90s house tracks

[@rickykuijpers3179]

2:37 absolutely bangers!

[@Noise_Meister_Records]

🔥

[@alwayscurious413]

Truly wonderful - whoever came up with those chords is a genius. Super tutorial.

[@FarmerEugene]

She wakes up early every morning just to do her hair now, cause she cares y’all! Brings me right back to the dance floor...1991

[@lambda494]

You nailed it. A lot of videos get this wrong! Great work.

[@thecouldntbe]

This is the most accurate tutorial on KZbin.

[@deckofcards87]

I love hearing that main organ sound to this day. Incredibly smooth.

[@comixdiscomix]

YES!! This is one of my all time favorite organ patterns 🎉💖

[@MrDanoman812]

Wow... mine too...!!!

[@gilbertopereira7925]

OMG I have been trying to decode this by ear for 25 years. It makes little sense from a classical point of view, but with the breakdown it made much more sense. Except that diminished Csharp with a natural C ??? Thank you :)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank *you for watching! That jazzy chords I'm not sure is C sharp. I think it's more like a C like I wrote in the chord names - or the relative A - chord, that plays right bere rightfully resolving back in the D min the song is in. Basically, I think the C# is the extra note in the chord, not the tonic, and the basic tonic is C (or A) instead of the other way around. But as you know, there are so many ways of interpreting chords in music theory. It's all good... if it sounds good.

[@unclebob1o1]

The C# is an extension that adds extra tension to the C7 chord

[@Tomica031]

In jazz you have complex chords that have one chord in upper part, and other in lower (bass)... that chord is g minor diminished 7 chord (g minor flat 5 and minor 7), but you can put in bass A or C to make it A dominant flat 9 or C dominant flat 9...try to listen that chord like combination of 2 chords, gb5b7 is naturally resolving into F major or parallel d minor from subdominat side, and A dominant or C dominant resolves into d minor or F major from dominant side...so you combine dominant and subdominant chord into one

[@DiegoCaponera]

It's a Db actually, making it a C7b9 chord -> it's a ii/V in F, going back to Dm ^^

[@shephrd]

Some other video tutorials on KZbin missed a few notes or got some notes wrong from this track or didn't have exactly the right patch with the right edits. This dude got everything 100% correct!

[@earlholland1955]

You don’t know how happy I am to have come across this video! Can’t thank you enough for sharing ❤️🎼❤️👊🏽

[@TomPitty]

I studied piano for 4 years, and was thinking about the chords of this tune on the train the whole time. Thank you for sharing!!!

[@itsamehector]

I liked the little story you gave about you remembering the song being played a lot while you were in Europe. I love how we'll always have one specific memory to each song we'll listen to in our lives.

[@steo.c]

Thanks for this. That C7 dim9 (jazzy) chord which has the C# in it is wrong in so many other tutorials, and the C# is either a C or D in those. I knew C# sounded correct and in this video it's extremely clear that it is. Nicely explained also. I was also trying to understand how that could make sense from a theoretical point of view, but I guess it just passes through from D, C# (accidental) then C, and it seems to just resolve itself back to D minor. It's a really cool chord in the context and works so well.

[@osella77]

Great patern. One of my favourite dance themes. You make It so easy.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you for watching!

[@bayradionews415]

This was the most educational video I have ever experienced.....I LOVE THAT SONG

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you very much

[@JigglyRuff]

I used to mess around on the korg M1 when I was a kid back in the 90s as we had them at school.

[@stigonutube]

yes definitely agree with SynthMania i also remember this song playing at clubs a lot in australia in the 90s

[@synthartist69]

Funny to see you playing this style of music as you mostly play 80's Ital disco...... sounds great!

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

synthartist69 Hes a multi genre badboy beleive !!!!!

[@synthartist69]

He's a badass.. I have been following him before KZbin!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Hi, synthartist69, thank you, I actually play and enjoy a lot of music genres, not mostly Italo Disco! :-) I'm Italian, and that's perhaps I am associated with Italo Disco, but that's just one genre that I like, because I grew up with it in Italy. A few examples of the many other genres I do: Punk kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGWln4mejJuUjNU House kzbin.info/www/bejne/hovOgqCYfNmYoJI Deep House kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4Owd5SEaNdsrMU Dream Pop kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZqseJqHnrt7i5o Shoegaze kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpCVoaylm9ibjbs Jazzy organ kzbin.info?o=U&video_id=hfSa4XYfuis New Age kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIuVkGqMfb-BpM0 Electro House kzbin.info/www/bejne/eV7OapysqpyasNk Lounge/Space Age kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6uolp-jgt-eqsk '70s electronic kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6i7haxnasmqmKM Ambient kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnfGpJqOaZmUmc0 '80s Funk kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHKlq4edabJ6ebM and a lot more.... by going into the history of videos. Thanks again!

[@evgenycostygin9333]

А когда будет тема евроденса 1990-х?

[@TransistorBased]

After selling my M1, I got the VST and it's amazing. I sampled the organ dry into my Fantom so I could play this. Then I just add chorus/reverb to approximate the original. It does a great job of filling that hole in my sound capabilities

[@KalakutaShow1976]

One of the best tutorials of this song that I've come across, really easy to follow! Thank you so much!:)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MagnusPaul1976]

Yes ! This is alot easier, because you show and you say the keys pressed. Going to practice this now on my Yamaha PSR-530 Portatone.

[@Afterlife.online]

thanks really benefitting from the very basic explanations,and details on your playing techniques ,thanks!

[@escapepartybanduk2950]

I watch a lot of tutorials and this is head and shoulders above all of them, thankyou Paolo and keep up the good work 👍👍👍

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you!

[@AcousticPhil1]

I’ve been looking for a KORG M1 for a while and in my search I came across a KORG 01/Wfd and it’s fantastic. It has all the sounds from the M1 plus many more and I love it. Thank you for your tutorials 🎹

[@joseovelasquez6264]

Phil Grainger what sound is this on the Korg 01-w ??

[@mima85]

@@joseovelasquez6264 Prog B-71 or B-72 if I recall correctly. It's exactely this sound as found in the M1.

[@omx-oberlausitzmaximal5481]

You are a wonderful sayer and player and tomorrow I become my first Roland S550 since 12 years. I know, you know it very well - I also. Tears... Thanks for your work from germany!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Have fun!

[@rrrrrobyn8]

2:36 I never knew I needed this so frickin much omg

[@mickfang1317]

This is my jam! Thanks for the breakdown. Odd choice of lyrical content for a club hit but it still bangs to this day!

[@stevewright4576]

HOLY SHIT! When he first played that thing I was stunned speechless, all the reverb and bass in every keystroke, such a rich sound!

[@xa1a]

I waited till the end for the 909 to drop in!!! Great work!

[@Will74Densetsu]

Thank you so much for sharing these chords !!! I love this tune since it came out. It-s such a pleasure to play it on my keyboard !! Thank you so much !!

[@PacifierMusic]

I miss my M1. I used to love the piano so much. I should have never sold it.

[@HH-xo7fu]

Get the korg legacy VST version! Worth every cent.

[@OmarGarcia-zx2yl]

Me listening the beginning of the video with earphones: Why is it s p i n i n g

[@giuseppeiovino1687]

Yes it done! Everywhere in Italy disc was spin round. When I was a kid can felt jazzy taste but can't appreciate disco groove also for low quality hi fi stuffs spread out. Today I consider this very cool jazzy house hit, deliciuos and a little bit mysterius chord sequence, the Em7 create unexpected tension breaking out monotony. About sound design turn off effects was a right move producer's intuition that's made aseptic sound opposite reverberated drum pattern

[@motocatz87]

I love this song! And love Crystal Waters!!

[@whykiki6238]

Thank you so much for posting this tutorial. I really appreciate you breaking it down the way you did. All the best!!!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you!

[@mikeanthony718]

This is my first time, watching this.. I can't believe I was able to play this by ear, when i first heard it..

[@chaidizm1430]

Great video, thank you so much for breaking it down!!!

[@normapadro9704]

I thought I heard a few songs out there with the same synth. I like how you taught how to play this song. I always wondered how it was played. At one time I thought it was a loop that just kept on playing over and over. Now I see how they did that. This was a nice tutorial, but you made me want to listen to the song now. I will visit your site soon. Have a great day.

[@agustinjuarez7500]

Great ! Please can you do the same with the piano riff by Black Box in I don't know anybody else?

[@torbenanschau6641]

That was good - I never could figure out the Emin7 chord. What makes this song very special after that pattern is that lately bass which gives it a certain drive and its notes are quite akward, might be useful to add them too in a tutorial along with the drum machine which I suspect might be a 909

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Torben, yes, I plan to do a full rendition of the whole song at some point. Yes, TR-909 (probably sampled in a sampler) and a few other bits and pieces, a loop from the era, and bass. I have all that stuff on my original sample CDs and will do a video on it

[@bobz1736]

One of my favourite tracks from back in the day. . Thanks

[@combojerman28]

Holly Cow! Grazie!!!!! Love your tutorials!!!!! AWESOME!!!!

[@dosgos]

Thanks Paolo. That organ line was made for that Korg sound. Great tutorial once again and would be happy to see more step by step lick & sound videos like this!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank *you for watching!

[@ExStaticBass]

Having just listened to the track on Crystal Waters' Vevo KZbin channel for reference, I'd say you're pretty spot on. I think they add just a little reverb to it once the rest of the accompaniment comes in though I could be mistaken. I may try programming this in Fruity later just for fun...

[@ronaldgreen5292]

That's great playing man ! Sounds like the original song. Crystal Waters would be proud! Now, add the beat, and the bass line.

[@justanotherfella4585]

Those 3 keyboards you mentioned pretty much covered the charts for a good few years back then.

[@ronbanks312]

Thank You so much for this tutorial, just going off of ear I thought I'd never figure out what seems to sound like a CRAZZZZY pattern. However after watching this vid I realized I was very familiar with all of those chords. A little bit of an odd voicing on a couple chords, but even still I was familiar with all of them. I really do appreciate you taking the time to post.this. I know I would never.be.able to learn it just from listening to it. You saved me so much time with.this lesson..TY again. 🎹 🎵

[@doobyboy21]

Your amazing man ! Love how easy you make this look !

[@prodjxp]

Just headbangin my head watching the whole video🔥

[@fk2r953]

I made a version of this on my Korg M01 (Nintendo DSi)

[@juanmanuelrodriguez5492]

I remember well that background tune in the beginning of the 90's disco songs, good sound

[@davehere7695]

juan manuel rodriguez it wasn’t 90s disco it was house music

[@OPTIONALWATCH]

I didn't know the M1 had the sound. This is a very accurate chord tutorial on this progression.

[@daltonjohnmichael]

Old skool pumping and thumping..bliss 😎

[@aidanminnick9306]

THANK YOU SO MUCH learned it in 5 mins with your help I'm so stoked.

[@kaystoeffler]

It seems to me that in the original track they also edited the sound to have a little softer, less percussive attack.

[@filb911]

Love your explanations - Great work. Would love to see do a Gat Decor Passion tutorial. Nothing about on this classic track.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks. Gat Decor's Passion uses the typical instruments used in era - Yamaha TX81z , Korg M1 and samplers

[@filb911]

@@SynthManiaDotCom come on you know u wanna ;)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

TBH I don't wanna.... sorry... I don't think it's that great of a track. It's cool, but not great.

[@patrickerazore1871]

J'adore ...my favorite track on dancefloor when I was dj

[@adamstraker1153]

on point as always, wanted to learn this for years, many thanks.

[@eugeniomeza2886]

Excellent tutorial, and excellent keyboard.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you!

[@NostalKeys]

Belo tutorial. M1, the most iconic workstation ever! Valeu, brazuca! Teu sotaque não nega. Rs. Abs.

[@torybrasileiro3026]

Ele é italiano

[@torybrasileiro3026]

Mas o m1 de fato é uma puta máquina e não é tão ultrapassado assim, apesar de 31 anos de lançamento.

[@NostalKeys]

@@torybrasileiro3026 Será que ele não é brasileiro/italiano? Anyway, o cara é phoda, assim como o M1. hehe. Abs.

[@kenwilliamsvoice]

A Jimmy Smith groove! Say whaaa...man that was going way way back! I dig your tutorials, but will you please demonstrate that heavy bass groove for the Crystal Waters song? Thanks, you're awesome!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, will do - the bass groove should be doable with the TX81z or similar, I'll keep you posted. If you like organ groove, I have a bunch of videos done on the Hammond XK-3c organ on the channel -

[@kenwilliamsvoice]

SynthMania Ok, cool. I'm a subscriber and I'll be looking forward to your bass groove demo. Appreciate the equipment suggestion. Meanwhile, I'll check out your channel for some organ demos. Much thanks....

[@OrionB1498]

Love your videos man.

[@cromulence]

Love these videos, you're a great host!

[@michaelvuijk9309]

Thank you very mach! I van it now playing!

[@YOURTECHFRIEND]

Very very good 👍👍

[@mima85]

Great tutorial :-) By watching it I just realized a couple of errors I did in my video of this song...

[@TeauhiaProduction]

It's great your KORG M1.

[@brianptguitarkeyboardcover9957]

Thanks for the lesson! Wish I had a original M1 to play it on but found a close organ sound on my Yamaha Mx

[@richardpictures]

Great vid! You’d actually call that chord a C7b9. Sounds like it’s a diminished chord when you say it like that! Thanks for this

[@Esperluet]

Jazzy one, miss some more like this.

[@leonardobadilla3374]

Thanks for this EXCELLENT lesson !

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad you liked it!

[@snoopdoggdankkush9285]

That poppy green is so beautiful

[@emmaguevara1148]

2:37 esos acordes sonaran cuando yo vaya llegando al cielo

[@SkratchKerouac]

Love this channel !!

[@samxday]

Thank you. Having fun learning this with my son. 👍

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Great to hear!

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

Absolutly brilliant , myself and a freind who you actually may know from uk , Owen (Hattrixx) had a lot debate about this a few years ago. Top marks on this vid .

[@PastTime777]

I still have a Korg 01W/FD and a Hammond XK-2 that is my main gigging rig, in perfect condition. Amazing to see the patterns broken down and the patches used. The organ patches on the O1W and other synths can sound "electronic" compared to the Hammond, but they are good. You also have to take into account the effects processing and mixing. For example, on my Hammond XK-2, I now run it through a Neo Ventilator 2 which gives it a great Leslie sound.

[@anthonbova3556]

Excelente ! Maestro Jedi !

[@knasigboll]

the voiceleading makes me drool it's so good

[@aufenthaltxy]

wow , this is reaL acoustic science , love it 🥰

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks for listening

[@guky667]

Thank you for the tutorial! There was some things I got wrong when learning this myself and you've cleared it up!

[@gestelt]

Awesome, great demo!

[@crominion6045]

Dude showing us what chords to play....Me glancing at my monophonic keyboard with a tear slowly rolling down my cheek...😄

[@Sky-on2cy]

I just picked one up for $20 on FB, shit you not.

[@istvandroeshaut752]

very nice and of all the video the only one with the right chords i hate when people symplify the chords ...

[@VoidPaul97]

I'm surprised that he didn't had a copyright strike, this is very accurate!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

It does have a copyright claim. Since fair use, it shares the ad revenues.

[@electronash]

Such a weird coincidence. I just learned to play this the other day on the M1 VST, as I was inspired by the vid on Woody Piano Shack. Did his recent vids also inspire you, or is it just one of those "must play" riffs? :p

[@reeper1086]

Dude i was litterally just trying to learn this on my rs09 when this popped up in my subs lol

[@electronash]

It must be catching. lol The "curse" of the Gypsy Woman strikes again.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

I haven't seen the video you're talking about (post a link?) but I do know Woody's channel, he is great and he has posted here before. Yeah, this is just one of the "must-play" riffs. I'm sure there are a lot more people than me and Woody who posted a similar tutorial on KZbin of the same song

[@Dudeitsmeee]

Woody just sold his M1 didn't he? in his big selloff

[@WoodyPianoShack]

people have been asking me to do a tutorial, thank you, now I will send them here instead. Synthmania plays it better than me anyways :) great vid!

Logically after this you watch and listen Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman

[@DeSantta]

omg this video is so awesome

[@pabluresmg6203]

Great class. Thank you very much.

[@bigred7271]

This is great! Thank you chief.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

You're very welcome, boss!

[@Fingaphunk3000]

Thanks so much for this...had M1 in 1992