Hello everybody,

Today I would like to introduce the “Guitar Groove of December”.

In this workshop you will find a short description of how to create some guitar Grooves, and Audio Example and the Musical Score for playing the Guitar Groove.

Presumably you already have installed Version 2 into your G-70.

So let’s switch on the Guitar Mode by simultaneously pressing the Piano and the Arranger button in the Keyboard Mode field on the Panel of the G-70.
This will transform the G-70 into a Guitar with a Keyboard Action.

On the display you will now see 3 Zones on the Keyboard.

- The left Zone is for playing the chords with your left hand. (Exactly like you have always done it)
- In the middle Zone you will be able to play pickings with the 6 guitar strings by just playing on the keyboard.
Please play any order of notes from C – A (the Octave underneath the Drawbars) and the G-70 will sort them out in accordance to the chord that you have played with your left hand.
- In the right zone (one Octave higher from C – C - F) you will be able to play many different types of guitar strummings and articulations, again in accordance with the chords that you have played on the left side.
Please try the different notes on the right side and have a listen to the musical result.
Did you ever play a nice guitar strumming like this before? Well, I certainly didn’t!
For me this is really amazing, and I am confident that after a short while you will get comfortable with the new way of playing and it will feel very natural to you.

Guide to the Guitar Mode

So, as a next step please have a look at the score and play the notes on the score.
In this score you will find a new way of notation for “note off”, the release of the key.
We need this because on some of the keys in the Guitar Mode you will experience a sound when you release the note. This is a very natural simulation of an Upstroke on the Guitar Strings.

Further on this time we will play a Groove in ¾ with Triplet Feel.
Triplet Feel can also be called Swing Feel.

As a reference you can also listen to an Audio Recording of this Guitar Groove:

Guitar Groove 12/05.mp3

Mp3

Off course you can always change the sounds for the Guitar or the Settings in the Options Menu.

Also, you can record this Guitar Groove in the 16-Track Sequencer or in the Style Composer. Please refer to Tips & Tricks Vol. 3 on this Site.

I hope you enjoy playing with the new Guitar Mode and the new possibilities
in the G-70.

Yours Sincerely
Ralf Schink, December 2005