EPISODE ONE
KEYBOARDS
THE ACOUSTIC PIANO WITH THE COMMUNARDS ON "BREADLINE BRITAIN" AND HERBIE HANCOCK.
HISTORY OF THE SYNTHESISER
TOUCH SENSITIVITY, MODULAR SYNTHS, MINI MOOG, CLIP OF JAN HAMMER AND THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA IN 1972, CLIP OF RICK WAKEMAN, POLYPHONIC SYNTHS, MELLOTRON, TONY BANKS, SYNTHS WITH MEMORY SUCH AS THE PROPHET FIVE, CLIP OF JAPAN ON THE "OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST", RACK-MOUNTED EFFECTS.
HOW DOES A SYNTH WORK ?
WAVEFORMS, OSCILLATORS, HOW TO CREATE A SOUND, WHAT TO PLAY - CLIP OF THOMAS DOLBY.
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EPISODE FIVE
GUITAR AND BASS SYNTHESISERS
USING ROLAND'S GR-707, GK-1 PICK-UP AND GR-77B, CONNECTING TO SYNTH MODULES VIA MIDI, MIDGE URE ON THE DIFFICULTIES OF USING GUITAR SYNTHS.
THE SYNTHAXE
IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE SYNTHAXE PLUS DEMONSTRATION BY ALAN HOLDSWORTH.
CREATING SOUNDS ON DIGITAL SYNTHESISERS
PROGRAMMING THE DX-7, CONTROLLING OTHER KEYBOARDS VIA MIDI USING A SYCOLOGIC PATCH BAY.
ELECTRONIC DRUM KITS
OVERVIEW OF USING ELECTRONIC KITS AND MIDI, BILL BRUFORD USING THE SIMMONS SDS-9 , SDS-7 AND MTM.
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EPISODE SIX
KEYBOARD TECHNIQUES
TWO-HANDED PLAYING, BASS-LINES, BLUES, ROCK'N'ROLL AND BOOGIE LICKS, FULL DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNIQUES BY JOOLS HOLLAND, CLIP OF ELTON JOHN PLAYING LOVE LIES BLEEDING. SELWYN BROWN ON REGGAE KEYBOARD TECHNIQUES.
DRUM TECHNIQUES
BUILDING FROM BASIC RYTHMNS, LEFT-HANDED PLAYING.
GUITAR AND BASS TECHNIQUES
BUILDING FROM SIMPLE TO COMPLEX FUNK PATTERNS, FITTING-IN THE BASS IN WITH THE DRUM RYTHMNS.
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