Disklavier

Thank you!

That is the type of terrific advice that makes this group a great one!

And do you notice that Disklavier owners are not whiners and 
complainers, but upbeat people?  Must be something to that.

-Ken


On Monday, December 30, 2002, at 12:37 PM, PianoBench@... wrote:

> 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
>
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