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Originally posted by John DiLeo:
Ian....No Chips here, I understand what you saying & do play LH bass when needed besides mostly triad chords + more.
But it just seems we're always defending our playing & our purchases & what's right & wrong. When I would rather just discuss playing techniques, tips & tricks, etc wouldn't you?.. & also how we can help each other play better no matter what level people think they're at or what type music they enjoy performing..

BTW, yes I have played a few instruments with bands years ago organ & sax being some of them.


Don't get us confused, John... He's the smart one, I'm the good looking one!

John, to be honest, that's exactly the point I am trying to make... Techniques, tips and tricks, trying to help us play better!

Rediscovering what your LH can do, if you already knew, is one of the things I bring up a LOT... There ARE workarounds that can let you play primarily in arranger mode, but for styles and songs that WOULD benefit from these two handed techniques, still allow you to use them. Rather than just give up and say 'I GOT to play the chords, no matter WHAT'.

You're a Yamaha user, aren't you? You have the benefit of synced style and SMF sections. Use the arranger for most of the song, and for the section you want to do the two hand thing, prepare up a sequence, start it while you are playing, it takes over seamlessly, do your thing, and go back to the arranger mode when you are done.

Of course, you HAVE to prepare up the sequence in advance... THAT'S the benefit of the Chord Sequencer or the looper. You do it on the fly, every night a bit different if you choose, without any preparation. Best of BOTH worlds!

You play sax, huh? Wouldn't it be nice to blow a solo whenever you felt like it, rather than just over sequences? Looper or CS would allow you to do this...

The whole point is I am trying to encourage some here to try to reinvestigate their band roots, and some of the techniques that are VERY effective, but close to impossible to pull off in regular arranger play. But rather than do what so many HAVE to, I am investigating equipment and software that allows us to COMBINE these things, not REPLACE the very things we all love! I am not advocating you STOP using LH chords, RH solos. I am merely suggesting you ADD to it...

Sounds like a 'playing technique tip and trick' to ME, anyway...
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