I played keys and piano for 12 years gigging and I'm trying to remember what my thought process was on all this back then. I'm talking from 1992 to 2004. Definitely one of the first things I learned was to stay out of the lower keys. Bass players are NOT into that and its very confusing for them becasue they are not used to competing with sounds in their range. However you COULD help accentuate a note with them now and then and they seemed to appreciate it. Its always been my experience that keyboard/piano players still tend to under play rather than over play. They are usually pretty cautious. Often they cannot be heard at all and sometimes this is becasue the soundman does not know what to do with them, so they just turn them down. I always did by best to make sure my solo's were loud and clear. Keyboardists also need to remember that often they are secondary instruments to the 6 string guitars. Not always...but mostly. Which makes a keyboardists job tough becasue often you are just holding rock organ notes and the like to fill up the sound. Often the audience CANNOT hear you, but if you suddenly stopped playing , they would know something is missing. Even I sometimes wondered if I was making any real sound becasue playing background harmony notes can get boring. One thing I'm jealous of these days is the live equipment and PA's seem SO much better than what we used. At 56 I don't do it anymore though. I thought I would ALWAYS play music. For me it just takes up too much time to keep my chops up. I also learned that if I don't have gigs to practice for, I don't really even feel like playing
You talk about using tracks. As a church pianist, and now keyboardist, I'm not sure what you're talking about or how you would use this correctly. If you could go into more detail about this, that'd be so helpful! Thanks for your advice and how you do things!
Thanks for the helpful video! I'm at the intermediate level and have been teaching myself with an app called Simply Piano, but I feel like something is missing. I've dabbled with Worship Initiative but have been struggling to stay motivated. Would you suggest any additional resources that would be both encouraging and educational, and maybe also add accountability to my progress? Or, maybe that's all at Worship Initiative and I didn't delve deep enough. My self teaching has been slow going and I'm hoping for more fruitful daily practice sessions. Thank you!
Hey! We actually launched new instrument training series called Learning Paths that help you along a "Path" that have milestones for you to reach for that extra accountability. That may be a little easier than you're looking for, but we'd love to have you check it out and dive into all our craft training! - The WI Team www.theworshipinitiative.com/learn
if you're playing high up, I don't think people will notice. Your mistake will be drowned out by the other instruments. If you're soloing, you could try embracing the mistake and building off of it. Main thing is to not make a weird face, cuz then everyone will know. :)
I played keys and piano for 12 years gigging and I'm trying to remember what my thought process was on all this back then. I'm talking from 1992 to 2004.
Definitely one of the first things I learned was to stay out of the lower keys. Bass players are NOT into that and its very confusing for them becasue they are not used to competing with sounds in their range. However you COULD help accentuate a note with them now and then and they seemed to appreciate it. Its always been my experience that keyboard/piano players still tend to under play rather than over play. They are usually pretty cautious. Often they cannot be heard at all and sometimes this is becasue the soundman does not know what to do with them, so they just turn them down. I always did by best to make sure my solo's were loud and clear. Keyboardists also need to remember that often they are secondary instruments to the 6 string guitars. Not always...but mostly. Which makes a keyboardists job tough becasue often you are just holding rock organ notes and the like to fill up the sound. Often the audience CANNOT hear you, but if you suddenly stopped playing , they would know something is missing. Even I sometimes wondered if I was making any real sound becasue playing background harmony notes can get boring.
One thing I'm jealous of these days is the live equipment and PA's seem SO much better than what we used.
At 56 I don't do it anymore though. I thought I would ALWAYS play music. For me it just takes up too much time to keep my chops up. I also learned that if I don't have gigs to practice for, I don't really even feel like playing
One of the most relatable things ive read
You talk about using tracks. As a church pianist, and now keyboardist, I'm not sure what you're talking about or how you would use this correctly. If you could go into more detail about this, that'd be so helpful! Thanks for your advice and how you do things!
Wow!! This is really cool!! you should do one of these for Bassist! :D That would help a lot!
So good!
One thing I highly recommend is that the piano shouldn't compete with the bass. Better stay out of the lower keys to avoid a muddy sound...
Wow
First! 🙌🏻 thanks for the awesome tips!
So if a keys player an drum playing in a band how do you aproch it
Will this be added on the website?
Soon!
Thanks for the helpful video! I'm at the intermediate level and have been teaching myself with an app called Simply Piano, but I feel like something is missing. I've dabbled with Worship Initiative but have been struggling to stay motivated. Would you suggest any additional resources that would be both encouraging and educational, and maybe also add accountability to my progress? Or, maybe that's all at Worship Initiative and I didn't delve deep enough. My self teaching has been slow going and I'm hoping for more fruitful daily practice sessions. Thank you!
Hey!
We actually launched new instrument training series called Learning Paths that help you along a "Path" that have milestones for you to reach for that extra accountability. That may be a little easier than you're looking for, but we'd love to have you check it out and dive into all our craft training!
- The WI Team
www.theworshipinitiative.com/learn
what happens if you play wrong notes
if you're playing high up, I don't think people will notice. Your mistake will be drowned out by the other instruments. If you're soloing, you could try embracing the mistake and building off of it. Main thing is to not make a weird face, cuz then everyone will know. :)
what happens is either the note sounds good or it sounds bad and doesn't fit the song. That's it.
just keep playing. the worst thing you can do is freeze up and stop there.
Stick with the diatonic scale and you'll never hit a wrong note.