Example for Different Playing Styles

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Let us look at the 1st line of a popular (perhaps over-abused) Hindi Ghazal ... "Hoto Se Choolo Tum".

Note: I updated the embedded mp3 player - thanks to Saurav. Hope it works now!  (Nov 10, 2009)

Style: Playing the Tune (or Melody)

Tune: I chose Grand Piano as the instrument for playing the tune.



Style: Playing Auto Accompaniment

Auto Accompaniment: I chose the rhythm as Rhumba and set the tempo at 100. I played the following chords (using single-key) with the Auto Accompaniment mode switched on: F C F.



Tune + Auto Accompaniment: Here's how it sounds like when I play the tune along with the auto-accompaniment music.



Style: Playing the Chords

Chords: I selected my instrument as Strings and played full chords (multiple keys), F C and F .



Style: Sequencing and Playback

In order to sequence, I used the Tune and the Chords from above. Then I added the following two tracks:

Drums: As before, I selected Rhumba with tempo at 100.



Guitar Strums: Played the chords in a strum like pattern after selecting the instrument as Steel Guitar.



Sequenced Music (Tune + Drums + Chords + Guitar Strums):  Here's how it sounds like when you put the Tune and the three accompanying tracks (which I prepared track at a time) all together. Note that I didn't make any effort to add any effects to the tracks, which is a big part of sequencing :)




(In this post, I decided to skip the details for how to select the instrument and the rhythm, since they are keyboard specific. The instrument you select in your keyboard may be called Tune or Voice or something similar. The rhythm is probably called Rhythm or Style.)

Hope you enjoyed!