Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.

In a message dated 12/20/02 10:09:10 PM, Ken writes:

<< I own a Disklavier, but am a sax player.  In all of the downloads I have 
seen, the piano plays the melody.  I would like to get recordings where 
the piano plays the accompaniment (rhythm), and I can play the lead on 
the horn. >>

Try going to www.google.com and searching for:

sax + MIDI + accompaniment

Also, if you are mostly interested in pop, jazz, and other contemporary 
genres, you might want to give Band-in-a-Box a try from PG Music 
(www.pgmusic.com). This wildly popular program for Mac and Windows will 
quickly create accompaniment files for you (piano, bass, and drums, at the 
very least). All you have to do is to enter the chord changes for the piece, 
choose a style and tempo, and (if you wish), define a soloist, and the 
program will magically do the rest. The options are amazingly extensive.

As I understand the story, the original author, Peter Gannon, was an arranger 
who created the program to make his own life easier.

Regards,
PianoBench