Steve played the Organ parts and piano part in the chorus, Kerry played the piano parts in the verses, and after Kerry left the band when there was no extra keys player, Steve played all the keyboard parts
Piano = Kerry Livgren Organ = Steve Walsh That is pretty typical of a lot of the music from Kansas. Steve was mainly an organist. He's does some of the synth stuff, but Kerry does the majority of it and the synth solos. Steve plays piano on some of the songs he wrote, but not too often. Steve also plays the Vibes on the albums. Kerry has been known to do some nice organ work too, as heard on "Somewhere to elsewhere" for example. Some of Steve's best keyboard work besides the numerous organ solos was "The Spider" instrumental that he wrote, and the synth solo on "Hopelessly Human".
As a keyboard/piano player I was not comfortable playing organ due to the difference in technique in playing it. I performed a 4 point counterpoint Bach Fugue where the technique is similar. You have to slide 1 finger between 2 keys using dissonance for a split moment to create movement in chord progressions. You have to give Steve Walsh credit for not only his keyboard/ organ skills but also vocally ; his range, falsetto & belt were off the charts. I Read that Sound engineers had to reset levels to avoid over saturation due to the sheer power of his voice in high registers.
@@FukiMakai on a side note, I personally never felt comfortable playing an organ although was asked on many occasions to play for church. Keyboards and even sync would be a better shoe in for me.
@@mattboland5221 I'm not pretty much accustomed to way weighter keys, so I take time to try playing it without a great effort. Could you tell me what is the difference between church organs and Hammond organs? Unfortunately I didn't play a church organ in my life. Only once a digital Hammond.
Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond the illusion I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man Though my mind could think I still was a mad man I hear the voices when I'm dreamin', I can hear them say
does anyone know where I can buy the actual score of what's being played on keys/organ during this song. all I can find is parts that are just a composition of all the instruments on piano, not the real stuff
@@jackdixon29jd He didn't extracted, he got from Rock Band/Guitar Hero archives. When they put a song in the game they have access to the masters of a song
É a faixa isolada (piano e orgão) da música original. O BPM está de acordo com o que a música original foi gravada. Então a música acelera e desacelera de acordo com o 'feeling' da banda - como acontece com a maioria das gravações da época. O BPM 'geral' dessa música é de 124. Espero ter ajudado.
Steve played the Organ parts and piano part in the chorus, Kerry played the piano parts in the verses, and after Kerry left the band when there was no extra keys player, Steve played all the keyboard parts
2:46 organ solo
Well, now I know for sure I have been playing this wrong for 30 years
Thanks to the games like guitar hero🥲
This is great! Now I can fix the way I play the piano part in the chorus! Maybe even dial in my Hammond sound a little bit.
Piano = Kerry Livgren
Organ = Steve Walsh
That is pretty typical of a lot of the music from Kansas. Steve was mainly an organist. He's does some of the synth stuff, but Kerry does the majority of it and the synth solos. Steve plays piano on some of the songs he wrote, but not too often. Steve also plays the Vibes on the albums. Kerry has been known to do some nice organ work too, as heard on "Somewhere to elsewhere" for example. Some of Steve's best keyboard work besides the numerous organ solos was "The Spider" instrumental that he wrote, and the synth solo on "Hopelessly Human".
As a keyboard/piano player I was not comfortable playing organ due to the difference in technique in playing it. I performed a 4 point counterpoint Bach Fugue where the technique is similar. You have to slide 1 finger between 2 keys using dissonance for a split moment to create movement in chord progressions. You have to give Steve Walsh credit for not only his keyboard/ organ skills but also vocally ; his range, falsetto & belt were off the charts. I Read that Sound engineers had to reset levels to avoid over saturation due to the sheer power of his voice in high registers.
@@mattboland5221 You mean Hammond organ or church organ?
@@FukiMakai Steve Wash played on a Hammond C3 organ.
@@FukiMakai on a side note, I personally never felt comfortable playing an organ although was asked on many occasions to play for church. Keyboards and even sync would be a better shoe in for me.
@@mattboland5221 I'm not pretty much accustomed to way weighter keys, so I take time to try playing it without a great effort.
Could you tell me what is the difference between church organs and Hammond organs?
Unfortunately I didn't play a church organ in my life. Only once a digital Hammond.
SO BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welp, everyone has some new ringtones now.
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Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond the illusion
I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreamin', I can hear them say
Lovely.
Una joya, éste video y poder escuchar así de claros los fantásticos teclados de ésta maravillosa canción.
Where do they get that shimmering fade out effect on the keys at 0:49 and 4:59?
To me it simply sounds like a normal fade out after which a sight reverb was applied.
While holding the chord, he pushes the organ's drawbars in, from the deepest and progressively up to the highest.
Masterpiece
Livgren was Brahms of the 1970s.
can you do one for point of know return ?
Friggin Walsh coulda been in Yes! Very Tony Kaye like
Love it
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does anyone know where I can buy the actual score of what's being played on keys/organ during this song. all I can find is parts that are just a composition of all the instruments on piano, not the real stuff
You are right. I figured it out. I will try to video and post it.
any progress on this intention?
Rob Hosea Do you have anything yet?
Nicholas Boatright so, I have a transcription that I did years ago. Want it?
Galen Butler I do!
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Awesome! I’m glad I found this. Can you tell me how or where you got this isolated track from?
I've got TONS of them... all stems from the Rock Band/Guitar Hero video games.
Awesome! Thanks for uploading this, this is very interesting to listen to.
@@Snake8Bit interesting,??? is that ALL you can say ??!! :-D :-D :-D
@@tysonleslie Can u say how u extract them. It would be really useful as I record a lot of covers.
@@jackdixon29jd He didn't extracted, he got from Rock Band/Guitar Hero archives. When they put a song in the game they have access to the masters of a song
Good afternoon. I'm trying to click on the song but it's out of sync. What BPM did you use? Thank you, I'm from Brazil.
É a faixa isolada (piano e orgão) da música original. O BPM está de acordo com o que a música original foi gravada. Então a música acelera e desacelera de acordo com o 'feeling' da banda - como acontece com a maioria das gravações da época. O BPM 'geral' dessa música é de 124. Espero ter ajudado.
They didn't play to a click back then so it isn't consistent. You can hear in the first verse how the piano has to speed up to match the drums
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is it true that Steve Walsh did handstand on his organ during this song?
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