Answers to SK880user's Above Questions:

1) what do you mean by "rootless chord voicings in "full keyboard" and "split keyboard" mode."? What do you mean by the "rootless chord voicings"?
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Rootless voicings are popular jazz style chord voicings (made famous by jazz piano
legend: Bill Evans)which leave out playing the root of the chord. This chord comping style is particularly popular when playing with a live jazz combo as the pianist leaves out playing the root of chord as to not get in the way of the bass player. The chords I outlined for you to test out are considered 'rootless' chord voicings because they do not include the root of the chord.

As you can see, the below chord voicings do not include playing the root of the chord.You do not play the note D in the Dm9 chord, the note G in the G13 chord or the note C in the C6/9 chord.

Dm9: (F-C-E) F=3rd, C=7th, E=9th
G13: (F-B-E) F=7th, B=3rd, E=13th
C6/9 (E-A-D) E=3rd, A-6th, D=9th

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2)II - V - I Chord Progression in the key of C? What do you mean by that? If you take the scale of C major: "I" would be C major chord, "II" would be d minor chord, "V" would be the Gmajor chord. So would do you mean by the progression?
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You are right SK880user, the "V" represents a major triad not a dominant chord. I meant to it to be a "V7" chord which includes the flatted 7th. I'm sorry to have mislead you into thinking the the "V" chord to be a major triad. Thus the chord progression should read:

II - V7 -I or even more precisesly for

Dm9 - G13 - C 6/9

II9 - V13 - 1 6/9

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3) Dm9 - G13 - C6/9.... most likely yes. But today I will double check.
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Great, I am anxious to hear your test results

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4) (F-C-E) - (F-B-E) - (E-A-D), I am going to play these chords and see what do I get from it.
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Crossing my fingers that the WK8 will be able to recognize these chords as: DM9; G13; C69 (or at least close to these chord types).

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5)3 fingered rootless voicings (left to right)? would you give me an example please-----------------------------------------------

I am referring to the (F-C-E); (F-B-E); and (E-A-D) notes:

Left to right means playing:
(F-C-E)
F as the lowest note, C middle note, E highest note in the chord.

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Regards,

- Scott


[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 10-05-2000).]