Beginner Instruments 4 hours 240 XP on completion

Keys, Pads & Synths

The harmonic middle of the track.

Piano, electric piano, organ, pads and lead synths - choosing them, voicing them, and keeping them out of each other's way.

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1. The instruments

5 lessons

What each one is for.

○ Acoustic and electric pianos Reading 11 min ○ Organs and their drawbars Reading 10 min ○ Pads: the glue nobody notices Reading 12 min ○ Plucks, bells and stabs Reading 10 min ○ Lead sounds and how to make them cut Reading 12 min

2. Playing and voicing

6 lessons

Making keyboard parts sound musical.

○ Voicing: which notes to leave out Reading 13 min ○ Register: where to place a part Reading 12 min ○ Sustain, release and overlap Reading 11 min ○ Two keyboard parts that do not fight Reading 12 min ○ Write a three-layer harmonic bed Studio 30 min ○ Keys final Quiz 10 min

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