Samurai Keys Multi-Keyboard Multitasking

Sep 1,2010
Often, our jobs involve playing multiple keyboard parts at once. As important as the music itself is, it’s also vital to make sure that your multikey rig works ergonomically with both your body and playing style. Keeping your More...

Booker T Video Repost

Oct 12,2011
We've been meaning to catch up with Booker T. Jones since his Grammy win for the 2009 album Potato Hole--for which we interviewed him back in August '09. If you haven't heard his latest, The Road From Memphis, you're missing out, More...

Welcome to Keyboard's November 2011 Links Page

Oct 10,2011
Exclusive interview with the Flaming Lips! Evan Bogart talks songwriting, keyboards, and production. Miss our Summer NAMM gear wrap? It's online?     More...

Whole Tone Tips Part 2

Oct 1,2009
Last month, we dove into the theory behind the whole tone scale and explored some creative ways to play with it. This month, we go deeper, using the whole tone scale for more complex melodies and figures. Remember to dial up More...

5 Ways to Play Like Larry Young

Nov 1,2010
Organist Larry Young carved out a truly unique path on the holy Hammond B-3 organ. His modal, John Coltrane-esque approach was a total departure from the soul and jazz organ styles that had dominated the airwaves of the ’60s More...

Ten Minute Technique - Warming Up Under the Gun

Jan 22,2010
by Josh DodesFinding time to practice is difficult for all of us. Whether you’re on the road, running from one gig to the next, or dealing with distractions at home, it can be daunting to keep your chops up. Whether at sound More...

The Chord Doctor - Expand Your Chordal Command

Jan 22,2010
by Clifford CarterYou hear that the government is contemplating another multi-billion dollar stimulus package. That’s an intimidating number I can’t even digest. A much kinder, gentler number is 12 — the number of notes in the More...

Get Funky on the Rhodes

Jan 22,2010
Influential recordings from the late 1960s by pioneering keyboardists (such as those by Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea with Miles Davis, and Billy Preston with the Beatles) brought the Rhodes electric piano to the forefront of modern More...

Synth Sense - Hot Synth Licks for Non-Synth Players

Jan 22,2010
by Matt BeckMatt Beck, known for his burning keyboard and guitar work with pop icons Rod Stewart and Rob Thomas, just released his latest solo CD, Anything Which Gives You Pleasure. Learn more at myspace.com/mattbecktwenty. More...

Chester Thompson B-3 Master Class

Feb 11,2010
In this web-only video master class, original Tower of Power keyboardist Chester Thompson--who over the past 20 years has played with Santana--explains some of the secrets behind his unique, bubbling, rhythmic Hammond B-3 style More...

Rock The Piano Glissando

Dec 1,2009
It’s part comedy and part drama. Early rockers, Broadway rehearsal pianists, and Jersey rockers alike have used and abused the piano glissando. It’s dramatic, cool, and aggressive, but it’s also a tad clichéd — which could More...

Finger Independence

Apr 1,2010
by Kiki Ebsen  In my touring career with artists like Colin Hay of Men at Work, Wilson Phillips, and my own band, it has always been challenging to find time to practice. That’s why I’ve come up with my own exercises that can More...