Top 5 Secrets To Play Keyboards Better

Today I show you 5 ways to become a better synthesizer and keyboard player!
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[@Doctormix]

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[@Doctormix]

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[@quantumnoiselab]

Claudio, you're really wonderful as a teacher! Why don't you create an entire music course covering not just (or not at all) the classical teaching, but all the things nobody tells you when you study music?!? 😃🤟 You know: basic students usually don't know a lot of harmony, rhythms, basic orchestration and thing like these, advanced students probably are very good at theory and practice, but sometimes lack of experience and global vision to master by themselves these topics. I'm sure a lot of people would be happy to pay for a product like this!!! 😜

[@MichaelBgl]

100% agree. I'm in.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Definitely Claudio! Please!

[@patriciaoudart1508]

Every video from Claudio is a course, if you think about!🙏💚🧡🤗

[@ron_gerson]

This is seriously one of the greatest music lessons I have seen on the web! There’s a lifetime of experience covered in a matter of minutes. Thanks for this!

[@Doctormix]

Wow, thank you!

[@Autotrope]

34 years ago, my piano teacher telling me "KEEP UP ON THUMB CORNERS" all coming back to me! That's overcoming the tendency for beginners to drop your hand position flat when going to the thumb. I agree this is a good starter tutorial.

[@FLH3official]

The 5th point. So IMPORTANT. Actulay in every art. Painting, writing, etc... Be bold enough to say what you have/need to say, This is the core essence of art, as an artist you have open your brain with your tool (music, sculpture, poetry, etc...) in order to make others to see in it. Some people will not like it, some others will. It's painfull, don't care but do it with the more strength and sincerity you can. Thank you.

[@Doctormix]

Yeah baby :)

[@Tordenstjerne]

Totally agree and well said! But not only in art but also in life. Art is propably an excellent tool to build up self esteem, character and a free will and mind. A VERY important lesson indeed. Cheers :)

[@macronencer]

Brilliant lesson with great advice, thank you! I've played keyboards now for fifty years, and in the end you do tend to invent your own practice patterns, as the same old scales become monotonous and there are lots of other things you can do. I have a few interesting new ways to do scales and arpeggios, including: * LH goes up and down two octaves while RH goes up and down FOUR octaves, at twice the speed (I find this good for separating the hands and getting them more independent) * Parallel chromatic scales at arbitrary intervals (e.g. LH starts on C, RH on G, or Eb, or F#...) * Add diminished arpeggios if you're only playing minor and major ones. Or even "suspended" ones (1 2 5, or 1 4 5...) * Practise all the modes, keeping a root note in the LH so you *hear* the mode better.

[@peterldelong]

Playing for 50+ years and you have nailed it. Listen to him.

[@bradscott3165]

Ask someone to hum the ,elody to Jerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" and they will almost inevitably hum the sax solo...

[@ufopilotFPV]

The last point is interesting and something I have become aware of as I got older. In my head I call it "swagger" .. I learn a part or write a part, but when it comes to record or perform it I have to add that swagger, that extra level of expression to the notes and I do think of it like singing with my instrument. It makes a big difference.

[@midi_in]

Thank you Claudio. The word 'Intention' is something I think I've been searching for all my musical life, and I feel that that one thought is a life-changer. Please keep doing what you do.

[@Doctormix]

🙏👏🕺🙌

[@michaldomagala6998]

Hey Dr. Mix🤩 The world has recently gone crazy about Running Up That Hill -Kate Bush! It would be fun to hear your recreation.

[@shvrdavid]

Number 6: Learn to transpose everything you play to any other key, on the fly. Which is usually not taught because it teaches you most of the other numbers at the same time.... It is shocking how many players can not play a song that they already know how to play, in another key. Keyboards are not like a stringed instrument in the way you transpose. It is physically and mentally much harder. Most teachers never teach anyone how to transpose on the fly on a keyboard... Usually it is because they can't do it on the fly either, and would not know where to start to teach you how to do it.. I was lucky and had a teacher that knew how to do it, and knew how to teach it. I am curious how many people here were taught to do it on a keyboard, on the fly....

[@hadinajafpour7858]

Hello can I ask what is mean " fly" because my English is not good . I found doctormix only 2 months I am so depressed the only thing can make me happy playing keyboard I don't remember exactly how old I was maybe 19 20 I went to learning classic guitar only 9 months but I left it because I didn't like play from sheet notes I liked to know about scales chords harmony and how they comes together and after many years again I was 24 25 I went to learning piano and I was practicing from Byer book and Hannon but aging I was at the end of book and didn't finish it . Because I didn't play sheet notes like a robot I wanted to learning how to play melodies that I heard like jean michael jarr Modern Talking etc and adding rhythm and harmony to it but I couldn't. Recently I bought Axel benthien 1 and 2 book to learning keyboard I want to finish all 6 levels book but I am not sure I can learning keyboard well or note excuse me the reply became long

[@shvrdavid]

@@hadinajafpour7858 on the fly basically means do it without much thought or effort.

[@patriciaoudart1508]

👌💚🧡Kitaro uses this method, play some of his melodies like silk roads! At least as guitarist he learned keyboards and composition on the go!

[@patriciaoudart1508]

@@hadinajafpour7858 on the fly is exactly ' as flying ' or ' on the go ' or without had thoughts before. 🙏💚🧡👌Yes I discovered Doctor mix, as listening a lot of stuff about instruments I have or I wand to buy, in an artistic music search. As you i'm not so familiar with English, but I learned for years ''on the fly'' 🤗 in doing a lot of work in scientific publications. More I learned more by YT video channels because the information war we are in worldwide. As you tried lot of method, I would ask you , close you eyes and play!👌👌😎😎☺️

[@cadavez5086]

Always Claudio :) The World need people like you !!!

[@MedardKrzisnik]

Thank you Claudio for this very helpful, encouraging lesson, by stressing the elements of playing that are really necessary but we weren't told about them, when we were struggling to learn the instrument as kids with musical teachers. Nobody has told us about them, because they all point to the purpose of playing which is to create something meaningfully to ourselves with the instrument. Thank you Claudio immensely for this very valuable lesson.

[@lundsweden]

One thing I do is create a melody, then see what chords fit this melody. It feels totally opposite to first play a chord progression, then find a melody that fits in with that.

[@JoelBursztyn]

Wow!! best teacher ever. In very few moments discover the real secrets of playing music. Thanks!!!

[@CatFish107]

"Just try and find out things you don't know" Nice! Glad to have some reinforcement for my experimental fun techniques.

[@ozzy3933]

he just keeps on giving, i'll be using your advise for melodies now as it's been one of my weakpoints, the bending/vibrato trick really helped and you made it seem so simple, your channel is a fantastic resource i learned so much from you, thank you! ❤

[@mudi2000a]

Thank you Claudio, I think this is very valuable information. Especially the „just try it out“ part. That for me is also part of the fun of music.

[@emilyquinn5047]

Thanks so much! This really helped me more than any other music lesson I've ever had.

[@renan_delon]

You're my favorite professor, thank you so much Doc! Huge hugs from Brazil!

[@evaldotiger4014]

Dr. Mix bringing you the best! 👏👏👏

[@ronhutcherson9845]

Thank you! You are a really good teacher. I will try to employ your step #5 the next time I practice.

[@rosalindwebb7729]

Thank you Claudio for your lesson love the education ❤️🙏🌹

[@sharingmatters]

I love playing around with my piano. Just to get on with it. Even if I am tired at the end of the day, once I watch your videos and I am getting na inspiration boost from you and go and play. Thanks.

[@ruk2023--]

Very inspirational video. I’m just starting to learn to play synth instead of doing everything in the box on piano roll and the first point hit home the most.

[@carouselcoinleisure4141]

I like your style… I follow your instructions and am getting much better. Thank you.

[@attiliobastosguarnieri5416]

Seu Inglês é ótimo !! Entendo tudo perfeitamente !!! Obrigado pela aula.

[@facuna99]

Gracias !!! for each of the tips y por cada video que compartis ! Siempre con una gran energia que traspasa la pantalla !

[@coensen]

The Doctor is also a great teacher. Nicely done, Great tips.

[@larryporter5308]

I appreciate your passion and great detail.

[@bitbotrecords]

Love this, great work ❤

[@duanecostello2188]

Very helpful, thank you so much for sharing!

[@Desperados1349]

Awesome!👌 Thanks Doc😁

[@orpheuscreativeco9236]

Very valuable lessons here, thanks Claudio! ✌️

[@rosalindannwebb685]

That’s cool thank you for sharing .and your lesson. X

[@0626love]

I think the assertiveness also comes from the simplicity of melody - repeating confirming patterns in it, emphasized re-occurring bits. Rhythmic component included. But there needs to be a balance between repeats and unexpected patterns to keep it interesting and not develop into bad ear-worms. :D

[@fiix7026]

Pure Gold! Thank you !

[@travisguide4516]

Such a great video i feel these are ways that already help me and it feels good to know im on the right track

[@vitaliistep]

Thank you for sharing.

[@ridgerider7402]

Now this is a good lesson, thankyou 🙏🙌

[@richarddufresne2683]

Merci ! 🙂 I have been learning the piano, for the past year. Your five secrets are great ! 🙂

[@lukakoprivica]

Great video! Thanks. Practicing basics is absolutely the paramount thing.

[@mikeekto]

Even though its a paid endorsement, I totally think the best tip here is to use melodics. I was lucky enough to be given a subscription at the start of the pandemic and even though i never had to pay for it (its not super cheap) I think its got to be great value for money if youre serious about learning keys. I'm not the most diligent learner but it became addictive and had me playing for hours at a time and the progress came much faster than I ever expected.

[@scottweber2413]

You are a true inspiration every time I watch you. Thank you for your insight on music, as you showed in this one. I look forward to more of your video's and tips that help in this world of music!

[@domingossaude]

This is a very helpful video. Thank you very much.

[@JagiChan]

Perfect explanation, couldn't be simpler.

[@nigelreadon8381]

well the piano is just one of many voices, can you play the saxphone on keyboard in the same way. you can use it as a sound effects machine.and just place one finger on one key.

[@DavidsStockMusics]

I like that you presents an advert video with useful content. Seriously, I don't mind sponsorship in your videos.

[@jyemi1215]

Thx Claudio! Being musical is a natural process!

[@javierag1656]

Thank you, it's a very good video!

[@HappyOrganMan]

Nice hints, thanks Claudio 👍🏻🤩

[@jairboada]

Claudio, great video! thanks for the inspiration and the fun watching your videos! Greetings from Colombia.

[@aziefimamali]

Very nice video again bro, very helpful

[@VIRALBEATS360]

You are awesome, my friend! I am in the process of learning technique, and this couldn't have been more timed more perfectly. Thank you!

[@Doctormix]

Awesome!

[@gregglynn3763]

Great lesson!!

[@PatrickRosenbalm]

Spot on bro!!!

[@noonzy1624]

Legend, love your channel. Learnt alot of cool concept from it. Keep up the great work dr mix. 👍

[@TeddyLeppard]

Notes on technique are invaluable. Good video, Doc!

[@elektrokatzer]

great guy with great doable tips! 🙏

[@AlOne-xg6dv]

Nice and helpful. Thanks.

[@williamfoster6733]

Stumbled across Dr mix a couple of days ago, after watching KZbin about the TB303. I don't know why I started watching about the TB303, but ended up watching videos on the prophet 5 and many other synths. Brilliant and inspiring, and would love a decent synth, when I can play one properly. Keep up the great work.

[@alaindion2326]

Great tricks Claudio! 🤗

[@positivemind6010]

Thank you for sharing 🙏 😍😍😍

[@romanpistelak58]

your always fun and nice personne to watch.

[@ZoranImsiragic]

Very nice way to present the topic. And so useful! Thank you. It is much more purposeful than what my piano teacher was talking to me for a year.

[@mon0light]

I don't know what I was expecting, these are literally the basics, however I'm still glad I've watched it, thanks doc

[@kamalel-mesellati3649]

keep up the good work DOC.

[@marcello2066]

Good tips tanks

[@roccoceselin]

Bravissimo! Now it's time for me to study after your inspirational lesson !

[@kristopherdetar4346]

Your the best. Thanks again !

[@mellepasveer6173]

Thanks Claudio

[@wiggesobk]

This is very helpful!

[@gentinmedia]

Yeah, so true man this is Gold. You're one of the best teachers I've seen, and to the point, very nice my friend, thank you.

[@twocanucksful]

Good stuff! 😎👍

[@jaydekaytv]

You're such a great player - thanks for the tips!

[@ldp7090]

Thanks for creating this vid! I was about to search your past vids or ask if you could give us some pointers on playing keys and you delivered it 😄

[@Doctormix]

Nice!

[@MarkPlaysPiano]

Precious teaching, thanks Claudio! Greetings from Switzerland, Markus🇨🇭 🎹

[@a2roland]

Thank you!

[@drsumantamajumdar2771]

My little cent " the 5 most important techniques are Practice Practice Practice Practice Practice Hard work and dedication has no parallel Great to have u as a teacher... U r a joy to watch when u play Thank you!

[@issiewizzie]

serious education ....Good work

[@iml057]

I love this channel so much 👌👌👌

[@tjompo34]

You are number one :) Thank you so much. I have almost seen every video you have done. very helpful.

[@Doctormix]

Oh wow! Really?!! 🕺❤️

[@christianchall8169]

Dr.Mix, this video was a very important impact in a short way to explain the essence of what to do and to be. Sometimes i´m in a mood of learning everything in a static way to know all the things in a static way. I was to shy to play and to say something with music and that hurts so much because i can´t let it out. Now i understand that it´s me, and me is the music....thanks a lot for the short cut information of a long lasting way ....stay healthy man

[@Doctormix]

❤️

[@eligioelini9194]

This video is clearly addressed to young people or to those who are approaching the musical world. I would like to say that as far as point 5 is concerned, the deepening of the concept is also important for many experienced and established musicians .... As for your videos, congratulations because you manage to be interesting and very nice.

[@andreasl597]

At 4:00 I thought, when will he take out the Hanon 😂

[@paolofarolfi3895]

Doc, è sempre un piacere ascoltare i tuoi preziosi consigli !! Number one !!

[@Doctormix]

Grazie amico

[@davlippo7]

After watching this it rang a bell with what you are describing. Vangelis spoke to the principle of emotion when describing the CS80 and the expressiveness over a static on/off/hold synth or piano press. When I got the Osmose it taught me to talk on the keys like no other "dead-key" keyboard or it actually makes you talk or sing because it's an actual instrument and not a programmed in-tune single tone with each key press. Or it behaves like an actual instrument but obviously it is programmed beyond reality. This technology takes you way beyond boring keys. In fact, after playing it you will naturally try to express yourself on a "dead-key" keyboard and it will totally piss you off when absolutely nothing happens that's interesting. Your fingers were always meant to be individual voice envelopes and now is the time for that to happen. There's always a place for percussive fixed notes but if you want to live and breath your sound you need a better transportation system. No, I have no affiliation with Expressive E. I liked what DM was saying and I thought about the Osmose as a good teacher probably mostly because playing becomes exciting as opposed to boring. I hope he gets ones and does a demo for us.

[@anthonyscrase7372]

hey dr mix, love your channel. Especially love the deconstructions you've done of some classics. Thriller! just, wow! Love to see you deconstruct a Petshop Boys, like it's a sin or always on my mind. Keep up with the great show, I love it!

[@mh22xv]

Hey Doc! Awesome Segway 😄

[@aleksandari.7834]

I open your video with the sole intention of being annoyed and hating your over-hyped enthusiasm, thus completing my lousy day, but every single time you put a smile on my face. I can't help it. It is like a switch. 😄

[@evhwannabe6590]

Hi Claudio, do you have a video that details your Jupiter X? I’m wanting to buy one, but no local stores have one to demo. Thanks!

[@davelordy]

My top 5 Secrets To Playing Better Keyboards. 1) Move your fingers really fast like you know what you're doing. 2) Pinot Noir. 3) White dinner jacket, sleeves rolled up. 4) Sunglasses. 5) Ashtray on keyboard.

[@Doctormix]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@majestic4755]

Dr mix u are best cool dude in keyboard I had seen 👌 😀

[@Autotrope]

Spotted that korg microkey in the sponsor segment, thought you could hide it from me huh. Love that little thing.

[@armucoartworks1732]

I was starting music with guitare and The big Beatles Song Book guitare edition. So my fist type is play and learn with something your really like. I started far later with keyboard as i earned my own money, with the basic knowledge of Beatles chords, and which chord fit together. I dint know lot about music theorie, scales and chord theory but just made lot of improvisation with my basic Beatles knowledge. Far later i learned theory with jazz, but didnt really know what to do with before we got youtube. Then only i started to understand how thing fit together and im still learning every day from contentmaker like you Claudio and other. There is an other hint i'm missing in the video is the muscle memory. I translate chords in shapes of finger position and then only search all avaible chords and inversions in one scale. After short time finger and brain knowing where to go for next note . It is important to train other scales not getting lazy. This is needed later to be able to combine scales and notes out of keys.

[@josegonzalo]

Master Great.. Saludos desde Monterrey Mexico

[@giovannicasimira]

Very interesting !

[@patriciaoudart1508]

🙏🧡💚👌😎love the way you chosen to explain things I discovered by myself from my childhood. But when you discover playing by yourself, by your brain hearing , you always think you wrongly invented it! So happy to listen you as an ideal professor, giving a sense to my roots😺🤗 ..let my tell a little story. At 2 years old I began to put a finger on a old piano that was at my grand mother home with some notes not working, total chaos, but one thing was magic for me to listen the string's harmonics for hours. With that I was playing some years after short ring melodies with the notes available. At seven I asked to my mother, going to conservatory learning solfege, and rent/buy a piano, but, mum answered me ''as you are left handed and unable to write correctly, you will not be able to learn notes, and play piano''. So if you ask me where is the C, I would have to play notes to tell you, because I kept blocked to try to learn. But, I play expressively with my ten finger. My second daughter as I encouraged her to learn piano, says that she don't know how I play and playing so fast in the erratic way I put my hands , to do some funambulism job over the notes. Mostly this is the brain heating in some music center, guiding the fingers, this is not good, I have to correct lot of defects, but improvisation is what I love, listening those harmonic (chords can be see in an academic way to recreate the strings harmonics . I've had tuned with the square key an old piano in it's entirety, so I had the occasion to recreate the memory from my childhood , wich gives me an advantage over music theory. At the beginning of my times, my grandma, father side, was a singer, opera style, so I learned by listening her melodies, the singers She loved, she was whistling too, and her brother, wich was a clarinetist in the Army, told me I had long thin fingers ideal for piano. Now I'm 63, hand works, my articulated tools are pain and inflated, but, can stop playing a year, everything renew in one hour. One thing good with synths, is using presets for training. Every preset have it's song, it's proper melody!👌🤗. And playing with a 88 heavy piano touch, like my studio logic SL 88, fatar, everyone will understand then, why you should be able to play with an egg in your hand!... An other thing perhaps interesting is to close your eyes in playing to miss you eyes activity generally slowing you hands. Brain is driving your hands faster than you eyes!... So try to play a gimmick very fast for a minute, you will clearly have the sentation of heating in one corner of your brain, and this is your Absolute Ear location🙏🧡💚👌 scientific fact!.... That's why you can use this sensation to be free from what you learned in the conservatory (however those academic lessons are missing for me, and I have ten methods of piano from my daughter, but unable to open one and learn) but this is that. I let my brain being my world, that's why I appreciate largely the work you do in every of your videos, I'm familiar with your claims! (And sorry for my English, I'm french like Edith Piaf...Woman of melody and character just saying!)🧡☺️

[@HammondDirk]

Very true all, a lot of stuff I heard also from my teachers! And in the end, having the guts to play is very important, I guess that's missing with a lot of people, maybe me too... Specially for keyboard players: what helped me a lot, is practising on a real acoustic piano, my Hammond organ teacher also said that. Getting accustomed to the heavier key feeling, and the very sensitive dynamics helps a lot to other keyboard instruments, in my opinion!

[@linksoundnetwork23]

Very nice video I like your work very much. Very nice explained. Greatings from Austria. 😃

[@Doctormix]

Thanks!!!