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#446710 - 02/17/18 06:14 AM
Thoughts on Yamaha/Genos/$$$
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Registered: 04/16/14
Posts: 1950
Loc: Missouri
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Regarding Yamaha products and $$$...Yamaha is pricey....doesn’t seem to matter if it’s an instrument, an outboard engine(I have one..new over $10,000) motorcycle or what have you.
Yamaha seems to get away with charging more than the competition and folks still buy. Looking for a bargain? To my way of thinking, don’t buy Yamaha.
Genos price vs. Korg, Roland, Ketron and others? To my way of thinking Yamaha is by far the priciest for what you get.
So(for what it’s worth) why have I owned 6 or 7 Yamaha arrangers vs. others?
Support, community, quality, sound and availability. There are two music dealers within 50 miles of me that specialize in Yamaha instruments...no Korg or Roland in the area.
One example
Last night, I was arranging the song Jumbalaya on my Genos. I like a Cajun style(good one on 4X) and really couldn’t find a good one on Genos. Thing is, I know that either Yamaha Musicsoft will produce a Cajun style or one will eventually come from somewhere in the Genos community.
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By the way, there is great help on this forum, no matter what brand you own.
Edited by guitpic1 (02/17/18 06:17 AM)
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#446748 - 02/17/18 11:33 AM
Re: Thoughts on Yamaha/Genos/$$$
[Re: guitpic1]
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Registered: 12/08/02
Posts: 15560
Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA
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The best style I have for Cajun songs, and I performed a half dozen at most, is a bluegrass style that I modified just for Jambalaya. You can slow it down and use if for a number of other Cajun songs as well. You can use this same style for some Mardis Gras songs as well, which I have done in the past. Keep in mind, though, that Fats Domino wrote many of the more popular Mardis Gras songs, so that fats style works fairly well on those particular songs. I slowed the style down to 88 in order to perform Adilida and used the "D" Variation, while for Jambalaya I I ran the style at 113 BPM, which is much faster than the old Hank Williams rendition, but I was always able to get a bunch of cloggers up on the dance floor at that speed. I used the same settings for Good Hearted Woman. You will find some great OTS settings on the attached style file as well, but you can easily change them to anything you wish. All the best, Gary
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Bluegrass2.S728.STY (123 downloads)
Edited by travlin'easy (02/17/18 11:36 AM)
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#446761 - 02/17/18 02:24 PM
Re: Thoughts on Yamaha/Genos/$$$
[Re: guitpic1]
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Registered: 06/25/99
Posts: 16735
Loc: Benton, LA, USA
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I HAVE to jump in here. First of all saying a "Cajun" style is like saying a Rock style. There are many different kinds of Cajun songs; Waltzes are very popular, two-steps, marches, swing . . . What mostly differentiates them is the instrumentation. Generally accordions, fiddles, guitars, steel guitar, in addition to the regular pianos, basses and drums. I've never seen a banjo in a Cajun band. Jambalaya as done originally is not a Cajun song. It was a country song, and Hank used a lot of wrong words that he mispronounced. There have been some good more modern versions done in a Cajun style though. Cajun music is more about the feel, the various beats, and the lyrics. Some of them translate well from the French, some don't. Anyway, lesson over. My favorite Cajun songs are Louisiana Man, Diggy Liggy Lo, Jole Blon, Big Mamou, and Bon Ton Roulette. All of them have different beats!
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