Originally Posted By: hammer
Riki,
I currently own the Tyros 4, Ketron SD7, and the Korg PA4X. In the past I have owned the PSR 3000, Tyros 3, S950, PA900, PA1X, Pa2X Pro, Rolands E50 and E80 and the MicroArranger. Without any hesitation I will tell you NONE of these arrangers have the styles for Christmas music that even comes close to the Yamaha arrangers - NONE!

I am not saying I think any of these arrangers are better than the others - only addressing the questions here about Christmas music styles.

Deane


Hi Deane,
can't disagree with you on the styles front. Yamaha appears to have the biggest selection of commercial styles around. They support their keyboards really well. I get an email at least once a week to say they have added something new.
As for Xmas styles, yes, I have a few song specific styles in my yammie collection, but
( I'm no performer) for me having a generic Xmas style is of more use than something specific. I know that there are more generic styles in my yammie than there are in the korg ie I think I have a yammie Xmas ballad, which is something the korg doesn't have. I may get round to converting some of those too if they are rhythmically different to the korg ones.
Don't know if that's quite the right term, but, it's not worth doing if the same songs can be played using either the korg or Yamaha style, only worth doing if there isn't a korg style to suit.
Hopefully I'm making sense. Haha

As Donny mentioned, jingling bells can make a style sound xmassy too. A change of instrument within a style can sometimes help too.
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