(Part 3)

It was good to see so many Yamaha Club members at the recent Keyboard Cavalcade festival. I was intending to cover some ‘advanced’ stuff in part 3 - but, judged by the majority of questions asked at the festival, there is huge interest in what I would have called ‘the basics’ so... I’m making a slight change to the programme - and I hope the following will be helpful for you all... Amateur players often struggle to match suitable tunes to preset registrations. Tyros2 (and now the brand new Clavinova CVP400 series) have a handy ‘Repertoire’ feature to help with this as far as the on-board styles are concerned. Simply choose a style, hit the Repertoire button and, “voila”, a list of suitable song suggestions, taken from the Music Finder, appears in the screen. When using the Regi-stick, things are not quite so simple, because many of the styles have been edited to suit a specific song or music genre. At the Pakefield festival Regi-stick users obviously found it useful to hear the music I enjoy playing using the great Regi-stick settings. I normally use the Regi-sstick Set 2, which allows me to play using the automatic bass in the style, but with the expression pedal controlling the right-hand melody volume - although this doesn’t suit everyone. You’ll be pleased to learn, therefore, that all the following song suggestions will work equally well with any of the other Regi-stick sets. Let's take the Ballroom section first, as this is the first set to appear in the screen.

Regi-stick bank Registration name Suggested song titles Barn D & 2 Step Barn Dance 1-4 Tiptoe Through The Tulips ; On The Sunny Side Of The Street ; Show Me The Way To Go Home ; Side By Side Fox & Saunter Foxtrot 1-4 Dance In The Old Fashioned Way ; Days Of Wine And Roses ; She's That Someone (from ‘Mame’) ; There's A Small Hotel Saunter 1-4 Walking My Baby Back Home ; Peg Of My Heart ; Shine On Harvest Moon ; For Me And My Girl Jive & Slosh Slosh 1-4 Beautiful Sunday ; Ten Guitars ; Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ; Knock Three Times ; Brown Girl In The Ring Quicksteps Quickstep 1-4 Tie A Yellow Ribbon ; It's De-Lovely ; Cheek To Cheek ; If I Ruled The World Mayfair/Cindy 1-4 I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight ; Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue ; Ain't She Sweet Waltzes St Bernard's Waltz 1-4 I Belong To Glasgow ; Burlington Bertie ; Bless 'Em All ; In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree Ennerdale 1 - 4 Moulin Rouge ; Feed The Birds ; Cara Mia ; Tammy ; Lollipops And Roses

That little lot should be enough to keep you dancing for a while! Don't forget you can also use the One Touch Settings whilst you play for additional variations. OK, enough whirling round the dance floor - let's look into the Crystal Sounds category. This section was designed to give instant access to some of the most requested registrations - and there are so many things we can play using these great sounds….

Regi-stick bank Registration name Suggested song titles 60's Revival Shadows 1,2 Apache ; Kon-Tiki ; Wonderful Land Regi-Stick Classic Louis Armstrong 1,2 What A Wonderful World Easy Listening Roger Whittaker 1,2 The Last Farewell ; Durham Town My Way 1,2 My Way ; If You Love Me ; Something New Seekers 1,2 You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me ; The Candyman Famous Names 1 Miller 1,2 Moonlight Serenade ; I Know Why ; At Last ; Story Of A Starry Night Bert's Blues 1,2 Bye Bye Blues ; My Melancholy Baby Bert's Safari 1,2 A Swingin' Safari Manto Strings Charmaine Manto Accordion Charmaine Famous Names 2 Herb Alpert 1,2 Spanish Flea ; Bean Bag ; Brasilia ; So What's New ; Tijuana Taxi

14 JUNE / JULY 2007 Regi-stick bank Registration name Suggested song titles Famous Names 2 (cont.) James Last 1,2 Mornings At Seven ; Dolannes Melodie Jobim 1,2 Desafinado ; Wave ; Meditation ; Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars Shearing 1,2 Lullaby Of Birdland ; A Fine Romance ; It’s Only A Paper Moon Organ Festival 1 Organ Bossa 1,2 Call Me ; Binixica Wunderlich Pop 1,2 Ding-A-Dong ; Downtown Pop Classics Carpenters 1,2 I Won't Last A Day Without You ; Rainy Days And Mondays ; Goodbye To Love Manilow 1,2 I Made It Through The Rain ; The Old Songs

See how versatile this Crystal Sounds set is? And there's more… let's have a quick skip through the Latin section…

Regi-stick bank Registration name Suggested song titles Bolero L - Tango Bolero Lento A-D Till ; More Bossa Nova Bossa Nova A-D How Insensitive ; Girl From Ipanema ; Corcovado Pop Bossa A-D Long Live Love ; Just For You Cha Cha Cha Cha A-D Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me ; In A Little Spanish Town ; Patricia ; Cocktails For Two Rumba-Beguine Rumba A-D A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening ; Maria Elena ; Fools Rush In ; Young And Foolish Beguine A-D Begin The Beguine ; The Breeze And I ; Frenesi Samba Samba A-D Brazil ; I Love You And Don't You Forget It ; Quando Quando

How much fun was that? I love those Latin rhythms… and I love the great organ sounds in the Regi-stick's Organ section….

Regi-stick bank Registration name Suggested song titles Dreamtime Tabs All I'll Follow My Secret Heart ; The Dark Island ; Westering Home ; Moon River Latin Flutes All Invitations ; Brazil ; Cavaquinho ; Copacabana Organ Holiday Spring Holiday Smile Away Each Rainy Day Summer Holiday Sing Something Simple Play It Straight 16, 8, 2 & 1 Tea For Two Safe Haven Deep Bossa Deep Purple Purple Bossa Deep Purple Bright Couple The Odd Couple Deep Couple The Odd Couple She Loves Who? She Loves You Heart's Delight You Are My Heart's Delight Showcase Flutes Opener Just One Of Those Things Showtime QS Whispering VS Tabs The Song That I Sing Phoenix The Song That I Sing 70's Beguine The Shadow Of Your Smile Mr Beckingham The Shadow Of Your Smile Snazzy Tibias All S'Wonderful

Isn't all that organ nostalgia great! And that takes us through to our final selection - this time of Swing and Jazz settings….

Regi-stick bank Registration name Suggested song titles Dixieland Stomp All Midnight In Moscow ; South Rampart Street Parade ; When The Saints Go Marching In ; Sweet Georgia Brown Easy Swing Band Flutes 'n’ Frets Terry & June Mutes 'n Flutes Undecided The Solo Sessions Undecided (middle eight) All The Band The Stripper (reduce tempo) Swing Easy Pianorama Once In A While Look Out Bellow Sing Something Simple Mr Lucky Strings Mr Lucky

Well that should keep you going for some time…. Don't forget these are just my suggestions - and if you find other songs that you like playing using the Regi-stick why not share your ideas with other Regi-stickers on the Yamaha Club forum? Till next time, enjoy your music… and happy Regi- stickin'!

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