How can you play smoothly and not use inversions? The BK9 reads them perfectly

I never found a need for them, probably because the older keyboards didn't recognize them. As for playing smoothly, the hold features takes care of that.

All the best,

Gary

I always use inversions..
No one finger chords for me.
Just a better flow.
My.02

What are chord inversions?

I like what I am hearing. With my knowledge of chords and inversions, I can’t follow what he is doing, this is a first.
Help, anybody.
John C.

Just kidding OF COURSE ... I don't think I could play a song without using inversions ...
If someone is playing 50s Doo Woo 4 chords - I vi IV V in the key of C, the easiest way by far is through the use of inversions ...

You bet!
Once I learned that you could often play the next chord in a progression without moving your whole hand, that was huge!

Then I learned about on bass ("slash") chords, and how much better some pop songs sounded when the specified chord was accompanied by the authentic bass note. Definitely more difficult to play most or all chords in their proper inversion, but it makes a huge difference in the sound.

So to make things easier, I figured out a way to make the bass inversion control a "momentary" function triggered by a foot switch. This approach works great for songs where most chords use the root as their bass (and thus could be played in whichever inversion is comfortable.) But there might be one or two "signature" chords that have an altered bass. Press the pedal, play the altered chord, and then release the pedal before the next chord. I got this working pretty well on my Roland BK's; I'm pretty sure I could get it to work on a Korg too. Why the manufacturers didn't provide a "momentary" option from the factory, I don't know. Anyhow, that's my story with inversions.

If you learn to play organ, inversions is what you learn from the off, (As you progress you also start doing it with the right hand as well) bass is no problem as you play it with your feet, so you are not stuck with root notes. (This is why you seldom see organ players left hands jumping all over the place as they control it, rather than having to adapt to what the auto backing allows)

Bill

Learn what this fella is trying to explain, and you will become a better arranger player.

I never turn bass inversion off when in arranger mode.. no need to..

And when I play arranger mode, I also switch off and play manual bass in spots.. G70 I designate the control buttons for this.. The Prelude has single dedicated button to switch off arranger and play manual bass with drums.