Article Directory :: Arts & Entertainment Articles Five Top Tips On How To Play MIDI Bass Pedals By Mike Shaw Republish: EasyPublish™ Published: 28Jun2007 Word count: 433 Viewed: 599 time(s) Get Free Content For Your Site Arranger keyboards such as the Yamaha Tyros 2 and the Korg PA800 are becoming extremely popular since the massive decline in electric organ sales. These arranger keyboards provide automatic bass lines, which is fine if you are playing basic triad and seventh chords. With a MIDI pedal board you can divert the bass note in the auto chord system to the bass pedal note you want and still keep the rhythmic effect or you can play your own bass line with no auto features added at all. All exercises in this article should be performed on a one octave pedal board and you should be sat down at a keyboard with the pedal board directly underneath the keyboard. The pedal board should be placed so that top C on the pedal board is level with Middle C on the keyboard. Depending on the length of your legs, you can make small adjustment to the placement of the pedal board to suit. You should be able to play bottom C and top C with out any discomfort. So here are five top tips on how to play the bass pedals. 1 Line your left leg up with G on the pedal board. You can then use your leg below the knee to swing to the left of G and play bottom C then swing all the way back up to play Top C. Try to keep the top part of your leg, above the knee, still. 2 When pressing the bass pedal with your foot, use your ankle to make the pressing motion and not your leg. 3 Play slowly, on the pedal board, C major scale, C minor scale and a chromatic scale starting with bottom C. Play these scales up and down and repeat ten times. 4 Play this sequence of notes on the pedal board starting with bottom C. C, D, E, F, D, E, F, G, E, F, G, A, F, G, A, B, G, A, B, G, C. Repeat ten times. 5 Play a chromatic scale on the pedal board with left hand chords. Starting with bottom C, play chromatically up to top C and back down again. Repeat ten times. The important thing to remember when playing the above exercises is to start off slow. If you play to fast to start with, you will learn to play the bass pedals wrong. If you start slow and accurate, speed will come later but you must be patient. If you practice the above exercises every day for six months, you will be playing the bass pedals like a pro. Michael David Shaw runs music websites http://www.mikesmusicroom.co.uk and http://www.keyboardsheetmusic.co.uk EasyPublish™ this article - publishers click here More articles by Mike Shaw

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