Well, welcome back! It's good to take a break from music from time to time. I actually took a break from keyboards for a while while my tendonitis healed. I was playing so much that errors in my technique were hurting me. So I corrected that and now I'm back with a vengeance. I'm doing some solo work, playing keys in a Wedding band and I'm an 1st Call drummer with a few bands; Whew plus I work full time. Talk about a full life!

I gave up on the Korg's due to the quirky style .set files and dated sounds and went for the Tyros4 which really suits the type of music i'm playing much more. Those natural and acoustic sounds and the Super Articulation are really to die for.

Good luck with your decision on what to get. You really have some wonderful choices out there.

Hey Rikki, nice to see you back. Good luck in your Kybd search. I too have the T4 which I love.

Scott Yee
You use a lot of 3rd party styles. Are these available commercially? Do you have any vendor names other than Yamaha?

Thanks to all for sharing your list.
Don P

Hi Don. When I refer to 3rd Party Song styles, these are custom "song specific" styles which I created using EMC StyleWorks Song to Style Converter, or obtained from D-o-o, MidiSpot, or other style creators, both commercial and private.

Like most, I keep a basic core group of songs and add around them. It changes constantly, but recently these are a few that I've played a lot:

Chattanooga Choo-Choo
Life is like a mountain railway
Cupid
Cry me a river
Love letters in the sand
The water is wide
There's a kind of hush
When I fall in love
Hello, Mary Lou

Heres a few that I frequently perform out of my big list

1.2.3. G
Achey Breaky Heart G
After The Loving B
Ain’t She Sweet C
Al Di La G
All of Me A
All Shook Up Ab
Always C#
Always On My Mind Eb
And I Love Her So F#
Annamacore A
Apple Blossom Time G
Arrivaderci Roma Eb
Baby Face Bb
Because of You C#
Besame Mucho Eb
Bill Baily Eb
Blue Christmas C
Blueberry Hill Bb
Bona Sera G
Boot Scootin Boogie Bb
Bye Bye BlackBird G
Can I Have This Dance Eb
Can’t Help Falling In Love C
Carolina in the Morning Bb
Cherry Pink C
Come a Little Bit Closer A
Come Fly With Me
Comme Prima A
Country Roads Eb
Crazy C#
Daddys Little Girl
Diana C#
Do You Love Me G
Earth Angel D
Elvira F
Fly Me To The Moon Bb
For The Good Times Eb
Forever My Darling Eb
Four Leaf Clover Bb
Get Me To The Church On Time G
God Bless America G
Good Night Sweetheart F
Goodie Goodie G
Green Eyes Ab
Heart of My Heart G
Hello Dolly Eb
Hold me Thrill Me Bb
Hot Hot Hot Bb
I Cant Stop Loving You A
I Got You Under My Skin B
I Heard That Song Before Bb
I Just Called Ab
I Wanna be Around G
I Want You I Need You Bb
I’ll Be Seeing You Bb
I’m In The Mood For Love C
I’m So Hurt Eb
In The Still of the Night B
Inamorata G
Irish Jig C
It Had To Be You G
It’s Now Or Never C
It's A Sin Bb
Johnny Be Good F
Jump Jive Whail F#
Just a Gigilo F
Just Two Kinds of People B
Kansas CityAb
L.O.V.E. Ab
Leroy Brown G
Let Me Call You Sweetheart Ab
Limbo Rock Bb
Love Me With All Your Heart Bb
Mack The Knife G
Make The World Go away C#
Mala Femina G
Margaritaville D
Mazurka Medley
Meditation Bb
More G
Mr Wonderful C
My Blue Heaven C
My Girl G
Never Give You Up G
Never On A Sunday C
New York New York B
Old Time R&R G
Old Wedding Ring Ab
On a Clear Day F
On The Way To Cape May Eb
One In A Million You
Only Make Believe G
Only You F
Paper Moon F
Peg O My Heart A
Pennies From Heaven G
Portrait Of My Love A
Quando Quando Bb
Release Me D
Rock Around The Clock D
Rockabye Your Baby A
Rockin Around The Xmas Tree A
Roll Out The Barrels Medley Bb
Roses Are Red C
Saints Go Marching In Medley Ab
San francisco A
Save The Last Dance For Me C
Sea Of Love A
Shake Rattle & Roll A
Shanty Town C
She’s Too Fat For Me C#
Sheik of Araby Bb
Since I don’t Have You A
Sixteen Candles Eb
Smile Ab
Someone Must Feel Like A Fool Tonight A
Spanish Eyes G
Special Angel A
Stand By Me C
Strangers In The Night F#
Summer Wind C
Sway F
Tango Medly
Tarantella
Tennessee Waltz Ab
That’ll Be The Day Ab
That’s Amore G
The Twist G
Through The Eyes of Love Bb
Till Then D
Toora Loora Bb
Under The Boardwalk Bb
Up On The Roof F
Volare` Bb
Waltz Across Texas B
Welcome To My World Bb
What a Difference a Day Makes G
Whats Your Name B
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Bb
When Your Smiling Bb
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Why Don’t You Believe Me F
Wildwood Days Ab
Will You Love Me Tommorow D
Wonder of You F
Wonderful World D
YMCA C#
You Are So Beautiful D
You Belong to me
You Decorated My Life Eb
You Made Me Love You Bb
You’ll never know Eb
Your 16 Ab
Your Cheating Heart Bb
Your Nobody F
Zing Went the Strings of My Heart Bb

Hi Donny
Nice to see your list and realize how many of the same songs (95%) we both cover.
What I find interesting though is some of the keys you play(?) in, especially the songs in C# and F#.
Do you 'actually play' them in those keys?
If my optimal singing key is 'no more' than a 1/2 or whole step above/below the more typical piano keys (C,D,Eb,F,G,Ab,A,Bb), I'll opt to use transpose button.

Scott I just transpose and play them in C...makes it easier an I can concentrate on singing and better solos also.

Donny, I play 18 of the tunes you listed on a regular basis.

Be neat to compare styles and other aspects of each others performances.

Bet there are some interesting differences.

Maybe we can do that on a visit some day.


Russ

Whew, you almost had me there.
And I only assume the one's in F# you play in G or F (and not in C ).

Scott

Donny..."C" is my FAVORITE key to play in...that and "G" and "F".

I use the transposer quite a bit...also this site, http://www.wikifonia.org/sheet lets you transpose the music to any key.

Some tunes that I play by reading, are ofttimes in the original key, like Eb or A or whatever... I play them that way as it is good to keep in practice a little bit.

Ian