https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:29:20 +0000 MyBB https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Richard-Bower-s-concert-on-the-Genos-2-at-the-Fife-Electronic-Organ-Society Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:45:34 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Richard-Bower-s-concert-on-the-Genos-2-at-the-Fife-Electronic-Organ-Society Richard Bower's concert on the Genos 2 at the Fife Electronic Organ Society
 
Richard played an amazing programme of music on his Yamaha Genos2. 
This video features a 26-minute selection of Richard’s superb show.
 
The Richard Bower Show 19th April 2026
 
]]> Richard Bower's concert on the Genos 2 at the Fife Electronic Organ Society
 
Richard played an amazing programme of music on his Yamaha Genos2. 
This video features a 26-minute selection of Richard’s superb show.
 
The Richard Bower Show 19th April 2026
 
]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Notice-anything-strange-about-this-video Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:52:28 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Notice-anything-strange-about-this-video Notice anything strange about this video?

Don’t forget to remember me with Marvin Agne | clarissa Dj clang



Hugh]]> Notice anything strange about this video?

Don’t forget to remember me with Marvin Agne | clarissa Dj clang



Hugh]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-91-Year-Old-Grandma-and-Grandson-Destroy-Banjo-Fiddle-Duet Fri, 06 Mar 2026 02:10:09 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-91-Year-Old-Grandma-and-Grandson-Destroy-Banjo-Fiddle-Duet Came across this video on YouTube. It was uploaded on 13th February 2026, and to date has had 60,000 views.
But before you get completely mesmerised by what you see and hear, take a moment to read the comment under the video on YouTube itself .. which I have copied and put below.
Maybe click on "Watch on YouTube" and then you can read the public comments underneath the video as well.

It's all about the music!

No One Could Stop Crying: 91-Year-Old Grandma and Grandson Destroy Banjo/Fiddle Duet!



"This video presents a virtual avatar created exclusively for entertainment purposes, simulated as a participant in a fictitious context and unrelated to the official 'Got Talent' program or its real participants or events. This representation is entirely generated and is not intended to deceive, but to offer an artistic and imaginative experience. All characters and events presented are fictitious. Enjoy this content as a virtual entertainment play."

Further comment by the Channel owners:
How this was made
Altered or synthetic content
Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated.

AI at work here! 
But I did enjoy listening to the music!

Hugh]]> Came across this video on YouTube. It was uploaded on 13th February 2026, and to date has had 60,000 views.
But before you get completely mesmerised by what you see and hear, take a moment to read the comment under the video on YouTube itself .. which I have copied and put below.
Maybe click on "Watch on YouTube" and then you can read the public comments underneath the video as well.

It's all about the music!

No One Could Stop Crying: 91-Year-Old Grandma and Grandson Destroy Banjo/Fiddle Duet!



"This video presents a virtual avatar created exclusively for entertainment purposes, simulated as a participant in a fictitious context and unrelated to the official 'Got Talent' program or its real participants or events. This representation is entirely generated and is not intended to deceive, but to offer an artistic and imaginative experience. All characters and events presented are fictitious. Enjoy this content as a virtual entertainment play."

Further comment by the Channel owners:
How this was made
Altered or synthetic content
Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated.

AI at work here! 
But I did enjoy listening to the music!

Hugh]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Free-As-A-Bird-played-by-Peter-Slack-on-his-Korg-PA4X Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:02:40 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Free-As-A-Bird-played-by-Peter-Slack-on-his-Korg-PA4X Free As A Bird on his Korg PA4X.
Love listening to the unusual chord progression in this one. 
Was so taken with Peter's playing that I offered to put his music to an appropriate video .. and that is what I have done.



This was a number done by the Beatles. If you haven't heard them singing it, here it is below.



Completely smitten by this one!
It's all about the music!

Hugh]]> Free As A Bird on his Korg PA4X.
Love listening to the unusual chord progression in this one. 
Was so taken with Peter's playing that I offered to put his music to an appropriate video .. and that is what I have done.



This was a number done by the Beatles. If you haven't heard them singing it, here it is below.



Completely smitten by this one!
It's all about the music!

Hugh]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Dancing-Lady-Accordion-piece Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:15:25 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Dancing-Lady-Accordion-piece Maybe it's the accordion sound that does it for me.

Listen to the BASS part. This is something that can easily be programmed into a STYLE backing.

Dancing Lady



Hugh]]> Maybe it's the accordion sound that does it for me.

Listen to the BASS part. This is something that can easily be programmed into a STYLE backing.

Dancing Lady



Hugh]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-My-Way-Maya-playing-piano-she-s-only-5 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:45:23 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-My-Way-Maya-playing-piano-she-s-only-5
This 5 year old Pianist made everyone cry with "My Way"



Hugh]]>
This 5 year old Pianist made everyone cry with "My Way"



Hugh]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Some-great-music-played-on-a-Genos-2 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:49:17 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Some-great-music-played-on-a-Genos-2 Some great music played on a Genos 2
 
It’s not often that I find keyboard music that is played the way I like to hear it .. but I have picked up a Thread put up by musicalmemoriesuk in response to a query from Fikke about a Power Pack for Genos 2.
 
https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.co...4#pid29174
The video I have been watching is the second one ..
 
Genos 2 Power Pack – The Registrations
 

 
He plays from REGISTRATIONS.
REGISTRATION 1 is always the INTRO; and REGISTRATION 10 (the last one) the ENDING.
 
What I enjoyed listening to was his selection of songs (all ones I knew); the perfect ‘balance’ he had between the VOICES and the STYLE used; and how he changed the REGISTRATION as he went along to introduce a new VOICE. He probably did this too often for most .. but then this is a DEMO and he was trying to show off all the different combinations of sound you could get. Another great thing about this video is that you can see quite clearly the chords he is playing .. and he played most of the songs in ‘sensible’ keys like C, F and G.
 
What I always have a problem with when playing a new song is finding VOICES that sound great with the STYLE being used. Listening to and watching this video has given me plenty of ideas to try.
 
Judging from the quality of the recordings, he would have used ‘direct’ recordings from the Genos 2 in the video .. hence no talking while he is playing.
 
Hugh]]> Some great music played on a Genos 2
 
It’s not often that I find keyboard music that is played the way I like to hear it .. but I have picked up a Thread put up by musicalmemoriesuk in response to a query from Fikke about a Power Pack for Genos 2.
 
https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.co...4#pid29174
The video I have been watching is the second one ..
 
Genos 2 Power Pack – The Registrations
 

 
He plays from REGISTRATIONS.
REGISTRATION 1 is always the INTRO; and REGISTRATION 10 (the last one) the ENDING.
 
What I enjoyed listening to was his selection of songs (all ones I knew); the perfect ‘balance’ he had between the VOICES and the STYLE used; and how he changed the REGISTRATION as he went along to introduce a new VOICE. He probably did this too often for most .. but then this is a DEMO and he was trying to show off all the different combinations of sound you could get. Another great thing about this video is that you can see quite clearly the chords he is playing .. and he played most of the songs in ‘sensible’ keys like C, F and G.
 
What I always have a problem with when playing a new song is finding VOICES that sound great with the STYLE being used. Listening to and watching this video has given me plenty of ideas to try.
 
Judging from the quality of the recordings, he would have used ‘direct’ recordings from the Genos 2 in the video .. hence no talking while he is playing.
 
Hugh]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Have-I-Told-You-Lately--20725 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:29:10 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Have-I-Told-You-Lately--20725 Have I Told You Lately. We were in Bristol to go to an organ concert elsewhere, so missed out on seeing him that night.

Lovely song .. and whitecolin1 has just posted his version of this, here:

https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.co...you-lately
Looking on YouTube, I have found another beautiful version of this, played on piano by Carl Doy.



Hugh]]> Have I Told You Lately. We were in Bristol to go to an organ concert elsewhere, so missed out on seeing him that night.

Lovely song .. and whitecolin1 has just posted his version of this, here:

https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.co...you-lately
Looking on YouTube, I have found another beautiful version of this, played on piano by Carl Doy.



Hugh]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-KPop-Demon-Hunters Thu, 07 Aug 2025 17:40:31 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-KPop-Demon-Hunters This YouTube video has had nearly 150 million views.
 
“Golden” Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
 

 
About KPop Demon Hunters: When they aren't selling out stadiums, KPop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey use their secret identities as badass demon hunters to protect their fans from an ever-present supernatural threat. Together, they must face their biggest enemy yet – an irresistible rival boy band of demons in disguise.]]> This YouTube video has had nearly 150 million views.
 
“Golden” Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
 

 
About KPop Demon Hunters: When they aren't selling out stadiums, KPop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey use their secret identities as badass demon hunters to protect their fans from an ever-present supernatural threat. Together, they must face their biggest enemy yet – an irresistible rival boy band of demons in disguise.]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Lazy-Days-and-Moonlit-Nights Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:53:44 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Lazy-Days-and-Moonlit-Nights My music is from the 1950s/1960s, but there was something about the sound from this earlier era that I just love.

Lazy Days and Moonlit Nights



Hugh]]> My music is from the 1950s/1960s, but there was something about the sound from this earlier era that I just love.

Lazy Days and Moonlit Nights



Hugh]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Barbershop-Quartet Fri, 30 May 2025 15:44:16 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Barbershop-Quartet Barbershop Quartet?

The Buffalo Bills from The Music Man are definitely my favourites!



Lida Rose / Will I Ever Tell You



Hugh]]> Barbershop Quartet?

The Buffalo Bills from The Music Man are definitely my favourites!



Lida Rose / Will I Ever Tell You



Hugh]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-How-to-find-the-Title-of-the-song-you-are-listening-to Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:59:49 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-How-to-find-the-Title-of-the-song-you-are-listening-to How to find the Title of the song you are listening to; the name of the Artiste; the Lyrics; and a whole lot more besides.
 
There must be many times that I have been listening to a song I know .. but can’t remember the Title of it (or who sang it!).  If I knew the name of the song I could go listen to it on YouTube .. and have a go at playing it on my keyboard.
 
So here is something I have just been told about by my daughter-in-law.  No doubt you (reading this) have known about it for months/years!
 
I have an android mobile phone (a Samsung), and as this is an Apple product I wouldn’t have thought it would have worked on my android phone.  How wrong I was!
 
I have been to the Play Store and downloaded the App Shazam (it’s FREE). I had to give it permission to ‘record’ (to get it to work); but have blocked ‘Notifications’.
 

  MobileScreenshot1.jpg (Size: 23.95 KB / Downloads: 66)
 
When you have some music playing, tap the Shazam App .. and you get this:
 

  MobileScreenshot2.jpg (Size: 12.23 KB / Downloads: 60)
 
Tap the middle of the circle.
 
The first piece of music I tried it on, it came up with this in just a few seconds.
 

  MobileScreenshot3.jpg (Size: 25.36 KB / Downloads: 62)
 
If you want the LYRICS, tap on that and they’ll come up.
 
The next song I tried it on it came up with this.
 

  MobileScreenshot4.jpg (Size: 25.35 KB / Downloads: 64)
 
So next time I am in a Restaurant I won’t have to ask the waitress what music they have playing .. I’ll just use the Shazam App on my mobile.
 
By the way .. this only works with original Artistes (which presumably have to be in their Database). It’s not picking up the ‘melody’ of a song, so it won’t pick up something you are playing on your keyboard and tell you what song you are playing.
 
Hugh]]> How to find the Title of the song you are listening to; the name of the Artiste; the Lyrics; and a whole lot more besides.
 
There must be many times that I have been listening to a song I know .. but can’t remember the Title of it (or who sang it!).  If I knew the name of the song I could go listen to it on YouTube .. and have a go at playing it on my keyboard.
 
So here is something I have just been told about by my daughter-in-law.  No doubt you (reading this) have known about it for months/years!
 
I have an android mobile phone (a Samsung), and as this is an Apple product I wouldn’t have thought it would have worked on my android phone.  How wrong I was!
 
I have been to the Play Store and downloaded the App Shazam (it’s FREE). I had to give it permission to ‘record’ (to get it to work); but have blocked ‘Notifications’.
 

  MobileScreenshot1.jpg (Size: 23.95 KB / Downloads: 66)
 
When you have some music playing, tap the Shazam App .. and you get this:
 

  MobileScreenshot2.jpg (Size: 12.23 KB / Downloads: 60)
 
Tap the middle of the circle.
 
The first piece of music I tried it on, it came up with this in just a few seconds.
 

  MobileScreenshot3.jpg (Size: 25.36 KB / Downloads: 62)
 
If you want the LYRICS, tap on that and they’ll come up.
 
The next song I tried it on it came up with this.
 

  MobileScreenshot4.jpg (Size: 25.35 KB / Downloads: 64)
 
So next time I am in a Restaurant I won’t have to ask the waitress what music they have playing .. I’ll just use the Shazam App on my mobile.
 
By the way .. this only works with original Artistes (which presumably have to be in their Database). It’s not picking up the ‘melody’ of a song, so it won’t pick up something you are playing on your keyboard and tell you what song you are playing.
 
Hugh]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Hugh-s-Hotel-Life-Stories Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:25:00 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Hugh-s-Hotel-Life-Stories
Hotel Life 1
 
Running a small Hotel often has it's funny moments, and over the years we have had our fair share. No, this is not Fawlty Towers, but sometimes it very well could be. Most of our guests are perfectly ordinary folk, but we do get some funny ones. Like that lot in March who were Yamaha AR organ fanatics!
 
We first decided to get into the Hospitality trade in 1979. I was teaching at that time (Maths to "O" Level) and we thought it would be exciting to run our own business. Bronwyn had trained as a chef many years previously so with her culinary skills and my leanings towards the "office" side of things it seemed a perfect combination. Also, we had both had a dabble with DIY which is fairly essential if the place is going to be kept looking at its best. (ie. Bronwyn cuts and pastes the wallpaper, and I hang it!)
 
When we were looking for a property we should have guessed what was in store for us. The first small Hotel we looked at was decorated throughout with white emulsion. White emulsion on all the walls, white emulsion on the doors, on the skirting boards ... even the light switches! We envisaged some really nice wallpaper and matching bedspreads, but the comment was "Well, the guests come in with their cans and bottles of beer. They shake them up, then open them ... and spray the walls, doors etc. Then at the end of the season we get a scrubbing brush and dowse it all down, get the roller out with the pot of emulsion and just roll over everything ready for the next season." !!
 
Then another place. It was obviously the last morning of the lady being open and we had come to take a look around. She invited us in and asked if we would mind just waiting a minute while she carried out a "ritual" that she did at the end of every season. Her laundry bag was right up on the top floor. She balanced it on the edge of the first step and gave it a good kick. Then another, and then another. And as she came down the stairs she was muttering "That's the last one gone. That's the last one gone." She then said "Right, I feel better now!". By this time we were really wondering what we were letting ourselves in for!

There is a saying in the trade, "You get the guests you deserve!".]]>
Hotel Life 1
 
Running a small Hotel often has it's funny moments, and over the years we have had our fair share. No, this is not Fawlty Towers, but sometimes it very well could be. Most of our guests are perfectly ordinary folk, but we do get some funny ones. Like that lot in March who were Yamaha AR organ fanatics!
 
We first decided to get into the Hospitality trade in 1979. I was teaching at that time (Maths to "O" Level) and we thought it would be exciting to run our own business. Bronwyn had trained as a chef many years previously so with her culinary skills and my leanings towards the "office" side of things it seemed a perfect combination. Also, we had both had a dabble with DIY which is fairly essential if the place is going to be kept looking at its best. (ie. Bronwyn cuts and pastes the wallpaper, and I hang it!)
 
When we were looking for a property we should have guessed what was in store for us. The first small Hotel we looked at was decorated throughout with white emulsion. White emulsion on all the walls, white emulsion on the doors, on the skirting boards ... even the light switches! We envisaged some really nice wallpaper and matching bedspreads, but the comment was "Well, the guests come in with their cans and bottles of beer. They shake them up, then open them ... and spray the walls, doors etc. Then at the end of the season we get a scrubbing brush and dowse it all down, get the roller out with the pot of emulsion and just roll over everything ready for the next season." !!
 
Then another place. It was obviously the last morning of the lady being open and we had come to take a look around. She invited us in and asked if we would mind just waiting a minute while she carried out a "ritual" that she did at the end of every season. Her laundry bag was right up on the top floor. She balanced it on the edge of the first step and gave it a good kick. Then another, and then another. And as she came down the stairs she was muttering "That's the last one gone. That's the last one gone." She then said "Right, I feel better now!". By this time we were really wondering what we were letting ourselves in for!

There is a saying in the trade, "You get the guests you deserve!".]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Amarillo-Neil-Sedaka-and-Tony-Christie-at-the-Royal-Albert-Hall Tue, 10 Dec 2024 17:26:29 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-Amarillo-Neil-Sedaka-and-Tony-Christie-at-the-Royal-Albert-Hall Amarillo - Neil Sedaka and Tony Christie at the Royal Albert Hall
 

 
Love the way they have done this.  Nice bit of the two of them singing in harmony.
 
Inspired me to have a go at this on my Yamaha AR80 organ (which I don’t have any more).  The Yamaha AR80 organ recorded to floppy disk with three ‘channels’, which you could record separately .. Upper Manual, Lower Manual and Pedals.  I recorded the below by playing the piano backing with two hands on the LOWER .. and then whilst listening to that as it played back, recorded the melody on the UPPER.  No PEDAL track.
 
https://audio.com/hugh-ar/audio/amarillo
 
Hugh]]> Amarillo - Neil Sedaka and Tony Christie at the Royal Albert Hall
 

 
Love the way they have done this.  Nice bit of the two of them singing in harmony.
 
Inspired me to have a go at this on my Yamaha AR80 organ (which I don’t have any more).  The Yamaha AR80 organ recorded to floppy disk with three ‘channels’, which you could record separately .. Upper Manual, Lower Manual and Pedals.  I recorded the below by playing the piano backing with two hands on the LOWER .. and then whilst listening to that as it played back, recorded the melody on the UPPER.  No PEDAL track.
 
https://audio.com/hugh-ar/audio/amarillo
 
Hugh]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-What-do-the-three-pedals-on-a-grand-piano-do-And-Victor-Borge Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:33:27 +0000 Hugh Wallington]]> https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.com/Thread-What-do-the-three-pedals-on-a-grand-piano-do-And-Victor-Borge What do the three pedals on a grand piano do?

When I started playing piano in my early teens I knew the right hand pedal as the ‘loud’ pedal.  This is also known as the sustain pedal, or damper pedal, and allows notes to continue sounding after the key is released. It works by lifting the dampers off the strings, allowing them to vibrate freely. The notes will continue to sound until the vibration stops or the pedal is released.
 
The one thing that seems to be overlooked is that when the dampers are taken off all the strings, other strings vibrate ‘in sympathy’ with the note(s) being played .. which alters the tonal quality of the piano and makes it sound ‘richer’.
 
The left hand pedal is called the ‘soft’ pedal, and on an upright piano it brings all the hammers closer to the strings so they don’t play as ‘forcefully’.  On a grand piano it is done differently, which I discovered when having access to a ‘baby grand’ in a holiday cottage on the Isle of Wight .. which, I might add, came as quite a shock!  See the video below.
 
As for the ‘middle’ pedal .. Victor Borge, pianist and comedian, was asked about the pedal in the middle, and famously said, “Well, the pedal in the middle is there to separate the other two.”
 
What do the three pedals on a grand piano do?


 
On our keyboards we don’t have that ‘middle pedal’ and I often wonder if we get ‘classical piano music’ to sound as the composer intended.  Chopin made frequent use of the pedal, and through an intuition born of genius he knew when to press it as well as when to release it.
 
Victor Borge
 
Apart from Victor Borge’s piano comedy, he is probably best known from these two skits on the English language.
 
Victor Borge – Phonetic Punctuation


 
Victor Borge – Inflationary Language



(If they are showing, you can turn the Subtitles OFF by clicking the Subtitles/Closed Captions button, bottom right).

Hugh]]> What do the three pedals on a grand piano do?

When I started playing piano in my early teens I knew the right hand pedal as the ‘loud’ pedal.  This is also known as the sustain pedal, or damper pedal, and allows notes to continue sounding after the key is released. It works by lifting the dampers off the strings, allowing them to vibrate freely. The notes will continue to sound until the vibration stops or the pedal is released.
 
The one thing that seems to be overlooked is that when the dampers are taken off all the strings, other strings vibrate ‘in sympathy’ with the note(s) being played .. which alters the tonal quality of the piano and makes it sound ‘richer’.
 
The left hand pedal is called the ‘soft’ pedal, and on an upright piano it brings all the hammers closer to the strings so they don’t play as ‘forcefully’.  On a grand piano it is done differently, which I discovered when having access to a ‘baby grand’ in a holiday cottage on the Isle of Wight .. which, I might add, came as quite a shock!  See the video below.
 
As for the ‘middle’ pedal .. Victor Borge, pianist and comedian, was asked about the pedal in the middle, and famously said, “Well, the pedal in the middle is there to separate the other two.”
 
What do the three pedals on a grand piano do?


 
On our keyboards we don’t have that ‘middle pedal’ and I often wonder if we get ‘classical piano music’ to sound as the composer intended.  Chopin made frequent use of the pedal, and through an intuition born of genius he knew when to press it as well as when to release it.
 
Victor Borge
 
Apart from Victor Borge’s piano comedy, he is probably best known from these two skits on the English language.
 
Victor Borge – Phonetic Punctuation


 
Victor Borge – Inflationary Language



(If they are showing, you can turn the Subtitles OFF by clicking the Subtitles/Closed Captions button, bottom right).

Hugh]]>