Originally posted by Scott Langholff:
I would love to find the shortcut way to play piano style left hand, in conjunction with how to work with a Yamaha arranger fingering system. I guess knowing the MOST used postions would be the biggest help.
The weird frustrating thing is that arranger keyboard 'left hand' spit & full keyboard chord recognition differs between brands & models. They share basic type chord recognition, but unforuntatly, not for the more professinal sounding jazz (rootless) type chords.
Originally posted by Scott Langholff:
For example: I know most good piano players play C9 as E,Bb,D. Realizing the bass player is playing the C and G. Same ought to hold true with the PSR2000, Tyros etc, but I don't really know the ins and outs of this yet.
Scott, in addition to dominant 9th type chord voicing you mentioned, and the basic type chords (triads, and 4 note chords) which include the root, here are some other chords (without roots) I know that the Yamaha brand arrangers left hand 'fingered mode' will recognize. this also demonstrates the smooth voice leading when playing a basic II-V- I chrod progreession:
II - V - I Chord Progression:
Key of C:
Dm7(9): (F-C-E)
G13: (F-B-E)
C69: (E-A-D)
Key of C#:
Ebm7(9): (Gb-Db-F)
Ab7(13): (Gb-C- F)
Db69: (F-Bb-Eb)
The above rootless style chord voicings work (of course) in all the other 10 keys as well. This makes a total of 36 chords. Memorize these chord fingering patterns to expand your left hand arranger playing potential to sound like a real PRO piano sounding left hand arranger chord comp kb player. - Scott
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