tarsia Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 Hoping for some help here - our keyboard player is having a hard time coping with trying to cover some guitar parts on a few cover tunes we do, I mentioned an article I saw years ago in a keyboard magazine about adapting guitar type chords and nuances to keys - any info. along this line would be great - a website,link, book, anything !! He's got some excellent gear that I'm sure is capable of producing these parts if he gets headed in the right direction ! all help will be Greatly appreciated. I'm Todbass62 on MySpace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 What type of guitar parts? Acoustic picking, acoustic strumming, electric strums, electric cords, heavy metal type cords, blues lead, distorted lead? This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarsia Posted February 8, 2002 Author Share Posted February 8, 2002 He needs to cover Rhythm guitar parts mostly, Electric strums - chords, acoustic the same. We play Classic/Alternative rock covers and some originals & not all of our tunes have Keyboards, but those that don't usually have two guitars , We'd like to see him cover those parts rather than not playing at all ! He just got a Triton that I'm sure is sample capable - is this the way to go ???? and are there any real time playing tips, ie. chord structures - inversions etc... that help sound "Guitarish" .(is that a word ¿?) Thanx for any help ! I'm Todbass62 on MySpace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougP Posted February 8, 2002 Share Posted February 8, 2002 This probably isn't the solution you're looking for (so please accept my apologies), but I would suggest that it's time for your keyboardist to learn a few simple guitar chords, so he can play that instrument on songs that don't have keyboard parts. IMHO every keyboard player (at least in genres that feature guitars - rock, blues, country, etc.) should know his/her way around a guitar. You don't have to be good enough to be a "real" guitarist, but one should at least know the basic open and barre chords, which string is which note - enough to play simple rhythm/support guitar parts. Even though I *suck* as a guitarist, I find the knowledge very valuable - it helps me relate better musically to my guitarist bandmates, it's useful for songwriting (I'm usually more comfortable writing rock/pop songs on guitar than keyboard, even though the latter is my main instrument), it's a fun instrument to play, and it's allowed me to avoid the problem you're having right now by playing an occasional rhythm guitar part onstage . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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