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Keyboards
Buying Your First Digital Keyboard
Here’s how to navigate the many options out there.
Mastering Syncopation
Learn to navigate through tricky two-handed rhythms.
Five Tips for Blending Keyboard and Guitar Parts
It’s all about communication.
The Basics Of Piano Keyboard Fingering
Here’s how to make your playing smooth and fluid.
Matthew Whitaker Makes Musical Direction Moves
How one young artist got his start in live theater.
Basic Piano Chords for Beginners, Part 2
How to recognize and play the basic chords in popular songs.
Top Accessories for Your New Keyboard
Enhance your experience with these options.
Top 10 MIDI Songs for Yamaha Keyboards
Instant backing band!
Basic Piano Chords for Beginners, Part 1
Learn the four most common chord types.
Best Portable Keyboards To Learn On
These are the perfect partners to help beginners learn how to play.
How to Harmonize a Melody Line
Enhance your melodies with additional notes.
How to Get Your Child Started On Keyboard
How and when to get your child involved in learning to play music.
10 Cool Piano and Keyboard Blues Licks
Get your blues playing going with these great riffs.
Learn to Play the Blues on Piano and Keyboard
Explore the various forms that the blues takes.
Exercises to Strengthen the Fourth and Fifth Fingers
Learn how to better control these problematic digits.
History Of The Organ
A remarkable keyboard that’s had a major impact on music across the ages.
How to Transform a Lead Sheet Into a Performance
Only given the melody and chords? No problem.
How Sheet Music Can Improve Your Playing Skills
It’s more than just a way to play your favorite songs.
Top Five Synthesizer Features
Buying your first synth or giving one as a gift? Here’s what you need to know.
The Difference Between Swing Time and Straight Time
It all comes down to the eighth notes.
How to Play Octaves on Piano and Keyboard
Here’s the correct technique to avoid straining your hand or arm.
Exploring Latin Rhythms
Add authentic accompaniment for bossa nova, samba, salsa and more.
Synth Terminology 101
Ready to learn how to use a synthesizer? These are the top terms you’ll need to know.
MODX+ IS HERE!
Everything you need to know about the latest line of Yamaha synthesizers.
10 Great Arpeggios for Left and Right Hand
Add these colorful and unique runs to your playing vocabulary.
How to Use Keyboard Pedals
Learn how to incorporate pedals into your performance.
A Beginner’s Guide to Learning Keyboards with flowkey
There’s an app for that.
The Basics of Stride Piano
How to adapt this classic style to your keyboard playing.
History of the Synthesizer, Part 2
Technological advances from the 1980s onwards shape today’s synths.
Five Tips For Playing Rock and Roll Piano
Learn how to play in the style of this classic genre.
History of the Synthesizer, Part 1
Tracing the evolution of audio synthesis through the decades.
Layering Digital Keyboard Sounds
Exploring the best sound combinations.
How to Play Electric Piano, Clavinet and Organ Sounds
Here are the best ways to adapt your playing style to these three types of sounds.
How to Create Flowing Keyboard Accompaniments
Learn how to create arpeggiated backings.
Navigating a Score
Learn to follow the road map of a written piece of music.
What are MIDI Songs?
Add a whole new dimension to your digital keyboard.
Expand Your Digital Keyboard, Expand Your Music
Resources galore for getting the most from your Yamaha keyboard.
Spotlight on the Yamaha PSR-E360 Portable Keyboard
This feature-rich instrument provides a great way to learn to play.
Learning to Solo
How do you go about making up a piano or keyboard solo to play over a chord or a song section?
Adding Keyboard Fills
How to go beyond just playing the melody.
What to Do When There’s No Bass Player, Part 2
Add more movement to your left-hand bass playing with walking bass lines.
What to Do When There’s No Bass Player, Part 1
How to cover keys and bass at the same time.
Playing Well With Others
Performing with a singer or as part of a band requires a very different approach.
How to Transpose
Especially when working with singers, you’ll need this important skill.
Top 10 Piano and Digital Keyboard Practice Tips
Practicing is not performing — approach it with purpose for the best results.
Reharmonizing Songs, Part 3
A deep dive into finding alternate chords for your songs.
Celebrate Your Musical Heritage with the PSR-A5000
Meeting the musical needs of an ethnically diverse population.
Reharmonizing Songs, Part 2
Advanced concepts for changing chords.
Music Direction in the Digital Age
Jason Halbert of the Kelly Clarkson Show Band takes a fresh approach.
Reharmonizing Songs, Part 1
Adding alternate harmony to a song is a great way to make it your own.
Playing By Ear, Part 2
How to learn songs by listening to them.
Playing By Ear, Part 1
How to learn songs by listening to them.
Jazz Chord Voicings, Part 3
Using color tones to create inner voice movement.
Jazz Chord Voicings, Part 2
Diving deeper into jazz voicings.
The Timeless Connection
Jackie Miclau on how music brings people together.
Jazz Chord Voicings, Part 1
Exploring sophisticated harmonies and voicings.
Introducing the PSR-SX600 Arranger Workstation
A great partner for musicians at any level.
Pop/Rock Chord Voicings, Part 3
Octave-based melodies, arpeggiations and rolling notes.
Discovering Digital FM: John Chowning Remembers
How a simple “ear discovery” came to forever influence the world of synthesis.
Pop/Rock Chord Voicings, Part 2
Add color to your pop/rock chords.
Pop/Rock Chord Voicings, Part 1
How to construct and play chords in pop and rock styles.
Functional Harmony, Part 2
A deep dive into Dominant seventh chords.
Functional Harmony, Part 1
Using tension and release to enhance chord progressions.
The Basics Of Chordal Harmony
Understanding chords and harmonic function.
Creative Ways to Practice with a Metronome
Think a click is boring? Think again.
Step Up to a Better Keyboard, Part 2: Advanced Features
“Good enough” isn’t always good enough.
Step Up to a Better Keyboard, Part 1: Feel and Sound
“Good enough” isn’t always good enough.
Effective Time Management for Keyboard Practice
Here’s how to get the most out of your practice routine.
How to Improve Your Piano and Digital Keyboard Technique, Part 2
Work on those things that you’ll actually incorporate into your playing.
Get More From Your MONTAGE, MODX and CP88/CP73
Expand the functionality of your instrument with these free OS updates.
How to Improve Your Piano and Digital Keyboard Technique, Part 1
Work on those things that you will actually incorporate into your playing.
San Holo: Dancing to His Own Tune
This electronic artist finds his own path to success, with a little help from an old Yamaha keyboard.
Piano and Digital Keyboard Warmup
Preparing your body, mind and fingers before practicing and playing.
Super Articulation, Part 2: Guitar and Clarinet Voices
These keyboard voices can really come to life when you know how.
Making Music with Multi Pads
Four buttons that do a lot.
Super Articulation, Part 1: Saxophone Voices
These keyboard voices can really come to life when you know how.
Mastering CP
Take a deep dive into the CP73/88.
Using Registrations
This handy feature is a real time-saver.
Using Dropbox
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to Load New Songs Into Smart Pianist and Chord Tracker
An iOS
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tutorial on adding songs other than those in your iTunes
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library.
The Magic of Wireless LAN and Chord Tracker
Take a song you love and play it back in any musical style.
Chord Tracker and the Sonogenic Keytar – Part 2: The Hardware
Magic happens when you interconnect this dynamic duo.
Chord Tracker and the Sonogenic keytar, Part 1: The Software
Analyze the songs in your music library and unlock their secrets.
The Rebirth of the Stage Piano
The Yamaha CP73 and CP88 are the latest in a long lineage.
Soundmondo and the MODX
Discover, organize and share a world of new synth sounds.
Assignable Controllers
Streamline your workflow with this cool feature.
Genos MIDI Recording, Part 2
Learn how to use Multi Recording mode.
Genos MIDI Recording, Part 1
Ready to dive in and do some Quick Recording?
Mastering AI Fingered Mode
Free up your hands and let Genos predict your chords for you.
Creating EDM in Genos
Explore Dance and ElectroHouse and learn how to build energy in your arrangement.
Creating Country Music and Blues in Genos
From the Nashville sound to Chicago style blues, Genos has you covered.
What Playing Keyboards Means to Me
The lowest moments in your life can yield the sweetest music.
Creating a Movie Score and a Ballad in Genos
It really is an orchestra in a box!
MONTAGE 2.0 Is Here!
Step up to enhanced functionality and a slew of new features.
Genos Styles and Multipad Presets
Two of the most powerful features in this powerhouse of a keyboard.
Learn to Play Your Favorite Songs
Even if you don’t read music or chord charts, now you can perform the soundtrack of your life.
MONTAGE Resources
Ready to dive deep into your MONTAGE? Here’s how.
How to Incorporate a Piece of Musical History into Your MONTAGE
Add Chick Corea’s custom electric piano to your MONTAGE … free of charge!
How Portable Keyboards Can Keep Your Child Engaged in Music
Features to keep your child’s interest while they continue to learn.
How to Get Your Portable Keyboard Back to Sounding Like a Piano
Segue from complex sound to purely piano with the Portable Grand Button.
Creating a MONTAGE Orchestral Brass Swell
Creating a Performance that invokes the sounds of an orchestra.
