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Yamaha Keyboards - General / Re: Re Style choice to Song choice

« Last post by DrakeM on Today at 08:46:34 PM »

Well, this is the way I have been doing all my gigs for 50+ years and no one has ever complained yet.

First a one hour gig is 16 songs.
Take a 15 minute break and the second set is 45 minutes and 12 songs.

Every song I create a custom style for I put in one of the 4 categories. I rotate from style type 1, 2, 3 and then 4 and repeat the pattern. So for a one hour gig I will be playing (4) #1 type songs, (4) #2 type songs, (4) #3 type songs, (4) #4 type songs.

The 4 different song categories I rotate through are:

1.)   2-4 Country Hoedown Beat, such as Folsom Prison, Workin’ Man Blues, Wagon Wheel, The Closer You Get, Gentle On My Mind, On the Road Again, Sold

2.)    A song the doesn’t fit in the other 3 categories, such as Neon Moon, The Wonder of You, Good Direction, People Are Crazy, Why Don’t We Just Dance, 15 Minutes.

3.)   A slow belly rubbin’ song, such as Funny How Time Slips Away, My Eyes, Help Me Make It Through the Night, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Feels So Right

4.)   High energy/ Rockabilly such as Drivin’ My Live Away, Dance the Night Away, This Ole Boy, What Was I Thinkin’, Down on the Farm, Achy Breaky Heart.

You don’t want to put people to Sleep with a bunch of Slow songs. 

Regards
Drake

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Yamaha Keyboards - General / Re: Re Style choice to Song choice

« Last post by J. Larry on Today at 07:17:53 PM »

I guess there’s no right or wrong way to develop a play list, unless it’s a specific kind of party----Christmas, Valentine’s, Mardi Gras, etc…  First, I encourage requests at retirement homes, where I play.  It’s amazing what you get.  If I don’t know it, I’ll learn it for the next time there.  Otherwise, a single program consists of about 20 songs.  I approach it via broad categories----songs by decades, major hits, a little country, pop/rock, jazz/big band, gospel/inspirational, and patriotic.  Now, to learn recent requests---If I’d Known You Were Coming I’d A Baked A Cake, How Much Is That Doggie In The Window, and Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It’s Flavor On The Bed Post Over Night.  Yes, that’s correct.  Real song requests. 

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Genos YEM & Expansion Packs / Re: John Beesley Packs

« Last post by bpsafran on Today at 06:49:04 PM »

It seems you are interested in this pack: https://www.keytabarrangements.com/

These registrations are for the songs that are in the songbooks in the pack.  They will work with any song, but the particular registration changes are for different parts of the songs in the pack.  Of course, if a style is used, you will have to change the style in the registrations.

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PSR-3000/1500 (SFF1) / Re: firmware psr 3000 HELP

« Last post by ektor_s900 on Today at 06:18:04 PM »

Hello friends, I have a question, the version of the PSR-3000 (E) that I have is 1.54, the question I have is, which version should I install 1.60 or 1.80.
I remain attentive and thank you!!

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Tyros 5 (SFF2) / Re: Packs for T5

« Last post by EileenL on Today at 05:39:10 PM »

No the keyboard will not have expansion fitted. We have all had to buy this separately.
 Have you considered a second hand Genos1 as that has three Gb memory fitted. Also 58Gb user section.

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PSR-SX900/SX700/SX600 / Re: Full factory reset - Will I lose these packs?

« Last post by BogdanH on Today at 05:29:24 PM »

hello Andyfr,
Yes, in general, if you do a reset, you will lose everything what was additionally installed. Of course you can first save styles and registrations on USB stick, but you can not save installed voices. And because of that, styles and registrations will probably be useless.
But then, you can't keep additionally installed stuff on keyboard forever. Because sooner or later, you will wish to install some pack that you would like to have on keyboard.. and when you do that, everything that was previously installed, will be automatically deleted anyway.

Bogdan

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Introduction and Guidelines / Re: Supporting Members

« Last post by rgw on Today at 05:26:05 PM »

Hi Joe,
I have only just discovered your latest Styles No.18 which I've ordered today.
Thank you for all the hard work you do for this Forum.

Best wishes,
Richard.

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Yamaha Keyboards - General / Re Style choice to Song choice

« Last post by Mike Brotherton on Today at 04:26:38 PM »

A subject I always return to and read through the posts looking if there are any new comments to a subject of interest to me.  I have previously posted that I do not generally perform in public but occasionally play for friends or family and my concern is what gig list do I compile?  Or, my process of selection.  I have through my 6 Busker Books, Easy play books and sheet music downloaded off the internet at least a 1.000 to choose from.  The sheet music purchases are I have heard a song, thought, I like that, down loaded it.  The Busker Books is random.  I select a different book each day, open it at any page, start playing, if I like it give it a tick for more practice especially if my wife say that’s nice play it again.  As I said previously, I have a lot of music with some ticks on them.
That’s a lot of sorting.  To assist I have set up a spread sheet contains all my music with headings, song name book sheet ref, genre, but the essential heading, what I consider is its position in the gig list. How should I make my selection?   I attend a monthly keyboard club performance with top keyboard performers playing so get plenty ideas.  Most do sessions of  9 songs (9 x 3mins) then a break.  No 1 is always a resounding opener usually from a show or march. No 9 a song that impresses the audience of their skill.  No 2 a song that calms one down from the opener. No 3 a song that demonstrates what their instrument can do. No 4 a foot tapper or a sing along. No 5 a Latin No. No 6 a 60’s song.  No 7 a request. Finally No 8, a selection from the shows.
The Question is How would you or how do you select your 9 or is it 10 or 8?

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PSR-SX900/SX700/SX600 / Full factory reset - Will I lose these packs?

« Last post by Andyfr on Today at 04:24:51 PM »

Hi

I recently bought a used SX700, the original owner bought it from a company who added loads of software and packs for an additional cost. I would like to do a factory reset so that I can get it back to how it would be out of the box but if I do will I lose the packs and software?

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Genos - General / Re: Genos 2 to Genos 1 Complete styles

« Last post by franksboard on Today at 03:34:22 PM »

Hi any one have all the converted styles from Genos 2  to Genos 1  i'm looking forward in using them.