I do but very rarely as a color sounds..
string pad etc... This depends what kb mode your using.. Split... Whole,... etc ..

Pretty much same as you Donny. But also use Ahhs and Oooohs
Eddie

My left is always on, it guides my right hand. There ere times when both have the same sound.
John C.

Yes, I like to use a strings layer for many songs - it just adds a lot to the song.

Gary

Organ, strings, ooh/aah voices ... something to give a bottom layer ...

On some songs, such as Last Date, I use a piano on left hand, an octave down. Fingered chord mode let's me play notes on the left hand and the chord doesn't change until I play 3 notes at once. Also do some oohs and aahs sometimes.
I don't like a constant pad of strings or organ. In fact, I usually turn off the Pad part on the styles except for a few songs.

I use left-hand sounds a lot ... the sound depends on the song. For songs with a strong rhythm or beat, I use a piano or jazz guitar or something like that. For softer/gentler songs, I use strings or a pad synth. I tend to play the left hand fairly actively for some songs, doing runs, fills or 'passing-tone' kinds of things, or adding some rhythm such as what a rhythm guitarist might, or such as a pianist 'comping' might do. I try to make sure I'm not competing with the vocal lines, saving these 'runs' for in between vocal lines... it just depends on the song.

I also mute one or several of the built-in sounds within the style, to leave more room for the playing that I describe above (so it doesn't get too busy). This way I am sort of injecting more of "me" into what I'm playing . . .

Jim

I play a lot like Jim, using left hand sounds compatible with piece and song. It depends on the song, but it could vary from subtle strings or organ to active brass or piano comping.

Bernie

LH Comping could become difficult if your a one finger LH player.
Good thing we have so many LH choices. I use a split KB but always play full LH chords

So do I

I am trying to force my left hand to provide comping and small fills using the same voice as I have in the right hand (lower volume). To my ears, it helps "humanize" the backing, particularly if you mute the other piano parts. Still have quite a ways to go, but that's life - and a problem I am happy to deal with.

As a no-talent curmudgeon... I use left hand only. (Split board)
Every now and then, I dare to coax arthritic fingers to tickle the ivories on the right hand side... and usually "edit out" that part later on the computer... LOL!

Remember, I'm not a performer. To make matters even more "deplorable"... I only use one or two fingers to play the chords I need as I attempt to "musicate" songs I've written.

We were so poor after my father died, Mom could not afford piano lessons for me. I did take "expression lessons" and, as a result, have found many opportunities to express myself and create enemies (or friends on rare occasions) many times.

(Chuckling uncontrollably.)

One of my "crutches" used to make the sounds coming from my studio a bit more "palatable"... the wonder and awe of Multi-Pads. Don't know who invented them... but he/she is enshrined in my Dave Rice Hall of Fame.

Merry Christians! ----West Mayberry Dave

Dave, you and I are in the same category - absolutely amazing how great minds think alike.

Gary

Thanks, Gary... I needed that!

I discovered Arrangers when I noticed my best friend playing one with only his left hand. Talk about "epiphanies!" I've noticed in the newer Arrangers and styles, they just keep getting better. Some of the new styles on the 970 allow vocalizing in the intros and outros because they are so long. Now if only I had Frank Sinatra's vocal capability... LOL!

Here's hoping Santa is good to you. (I'm expecting a bundle of switches... 'cause my wife says I deserve them.)

----Dave

Hi Dave,
to date, I’ve managed to avoid arthritis in the fingers ,(at least,) but I sure don’t want to listen back to what I play . Haha.
I sound better in my own head.

At first I thought the Yamaha system for the multi pads was a bit messed up, compared to Korg system, hadn’t realised I could assign them to registrations, whole new world opened up, thanks to a little section in a utube clip. Think they may even work better for me than the korg pads did.
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Left hand for me at the moment is mainly string chords, hopefully that will improve asI progress with my online piano lessons. Haha

Depending on the Style I use organ, pads with strings, mellow brass, oohs abd ahhs and one of my favorites it the Roland Scat voices. You can add some nice accents using that sound or play it smooth depending on the velocity you play with.