Separate Ways (Instructional keyboard tutorial)
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- This is my keyboard cover of Journey's "Separate Ways". Some people play the synth riff with two hands, but I've made it a point to be able to play it with one hand, so that I can fatten up the bass with my left hand. This is a fun song to play, but it can be a bit nerve-wracking during the solo keyboard parts, since there is NO room for error.
Oh my God!!! Amazing. Man you are one heck of a musician! Incredible talent! I've been rocking along with you for the last week and a half or so - on this one, and on your Dreams rendition. I grabbed my Strat, and hit it, when I stumbled across the Dreams vid. And had to do the same tonight on this. o much fun. You are a gifted musician, Brother! I'm having a blast playing along!!
Wow...thanks for your kind comments! To be honest, I can only play the songs I've learned...which isn't many...LOL But, I'm glad you've had fun playing along to them! 🙂
Finally!!! Someone played the chorus correctly…without resolution! 👍🏼🤘🏼
Hahaha! Thanks! :-)
How do you get it to sound exactly like the actual song? I can’t seem to get it to work on my keyboard
@@TheDarkOne_Rumplestiltskin If your keyboard is a fully-editable synthesizer, you should be able to get the sound close. If it is a "consumer-grade" keyboard (i.e. usually one with speakers), it may be more difficult. Basically, the sound is based on two sawtooth waves which have been slightly detuned against one another. That is what give it a "full" sound. The attack will be crisp, while the release will let the sound "ring out".
@@goatghost oh. My keyboard doesn’t have that. It has something similar, though. It has synth strings
@@TheDarkOne_Rumplestiltskin A “synth strings” patch would probably be the closest. You would need to shorten the “attack time” and, possibly, adjust the “release time”.
First , thank for for these videos! I believe that e flat should be diminished, or at least, that's how my ears perceive it.
You are right! As others have commented, it appears to be an E-flat diminished chord. :-)
YEAAAAAAH
I appreciate the tutorial. DR JAR is wanting to add this song and I get to play keys and lead sing it. I think it will be much easier for me to play the main riff one-handed and appreciate seeing how you resolved it.
very Nice job covering this man! Well done.
Thank you very much! :-)
first time I'm checking your tutorials, and it's a killer bro .. great job.
Thanks, man! Coming from an incredible player like yourself, it means a lot to me. :-) I'll have to check out your "scopes", later.
+goatghost for sure ty :)
OMG, i love this song
Thanks for that vid ! I managed to learn the song thanks to you.
Glad you found it helpful! :-)
Your lesson is better than anyone's
Wow...thanks, Keith! Much appreciated. :-)
I have the keyboards you have, how did you program the drums? I have a hard time creating rhythm patterns on the X6, much less using a lot of different patterns in a sequence to create a song. To be honest, I usually just use one or two default patterns. If you went through all that effort for one cover song, power to you! Just wondering, thanks!
Hey there...actually, I did a search for "Separate Ways MIDI file" and downloaded one from a free MIDI file website (not sure which site, but most sites usually all pass around the same free version available for download). Keep in mind that some versions that people create are of higher quality (fills, dynamics, precision, etc.) than others. So, you might need to download and listen to several of them, before you find one you can use.
Anyway, once downloaded, you can use a computer-based sequencer (if you don't own one, there are a few free ones out there) to strip out all the tracks, except the drum track (which is usually on channel 10). After you strip it, you would save as a standard MIDI file (.mid) on a compact flash card in the proper directory (I think it's the "SEQ" directory, if I'm not mistaken) and pop that in your Fantom. I added 8 stick clicks at the beginning for a count-off.
I have created my own drum sequences, when I couldn't find a song I wanted (or, when the quality of the one that is generally available is poor). But, it's a lot easier just to use someone else's (if it's free). If I'm desperate (or I just don't want to spend 6+ hours programming an accurate drum part), I'll even buy a MIDI file.
Thank you. Great job. I needed a refresher on this one.
Thank you very much! 🙂
Wow! Blown away!
Thank you very much!!! :-)
I’m not kidding can I somehow give this video like 1,000,000 likes
This video gets everything right about the song
The notes
The beat with the drum
Everything flows together well and most other videos of either just performances of people playing it or piano tutorials either use a regular piano/default piano setting or they are a mess of lines that is so incomprehensible that you get lost not even 5 seconds in
This video is the best tutorial to watch when trying to learn Separate Ways
Plus, this is my favorite song ever created
Wow...thanks, Noah! I'm not sure it's 100% accurate (especially, with the diminished chord I've left out), but I think it's close. :-)
goatghost I saw on another comment you were trying to learn Faithfully
I don’t mean to be greedy or rush you or anything but can you try and learn When You Love A Woman?
I’ve been trying to learn it but the only tutorials I found were incomplete and the other was sped up to the point I thought Barry Allen was playing it
Hey Noah...unfortunately, I'm kind of in a "maintenance mode", as far as learning new songs. I haven't really worked on anything new, but I will keep "When You Love A Woman" in mind when I do. :-)
Great cover.
Thanks! Feel free to subscribe, to be notified when I post new stuff. :-)
amazing! thnks
Thank you very much! :-)
Pin: The tempo is 131 BPM, The key is E minor, and this song is amazing, and is a helpful tutorial
Thank you very much! It's not perfect, but I think it is somewhat accurate (to my ears, anyway). 🙂
super helpful...Thank you!!!!
Thank YOU! Glad to see you find it useful! :-)
I shouldn't have watched this. I've been playing this by ear for years. One of us is wrong on the bridge. I hear the keys drop to C when everyone else does, not running down from the E while the guitars climb thru C-D-E. It's probably me....
Hmm...are you talking about the break at 3:49? You have me wondering if I'm playing it wrong...lol
awesome job!
robmlisanti Thank you! :-)
Very cool and thank you for the video
Thanks, Mike! Glad you enjoyed it. :-)
thanks its a very good tutorial
Thank you very much! :-)
Great cover!
Thank you very much! :-)
Yes idol
Awesome job!
Thank you very much! :-)
Temasoooooooo viva jorney
:O Tremendo piano o organo no se exactamente jeje que marca es bro? tocas fenomenal osea perfecta combinacion practicamente suena como la original!!! Sigue asi excelente trabajo
¡Muchas gracias! El teclado es un Roland Fantom X7.
Awesome!😀
Thank you very much! :)
nicely done working on this now on guitar and keyboard got the X7 myself thats what i bought to learn keyboard on lol expensive board to learn on
Thanks, Bill! :-)
The last chord in the chorus should be B major, the progression is C D B, back to Em
You are absolutely right! I've adjusted the progression since this video was made. Thanks! :-)
Dont hold the chords that long, they are really short in the actual song....other then that, awesome job!
Thanks, Marcus! Much appreciated!
Awesome❤❤
Thanks!!! :-D
THANK YOU!!!
Glad you found it useful! :-)
Quick question, the sound/patch/program you are using, Is it from the JV-90 or from the Fantom-X6? It sounds great!!
Is it a just single patch/program or a performance? What patch is it?
Thanks, Maximo! I am on holiday, right now, but I will try to get you that information when I get home. The sound is being produced only by the Fantom. I am not sure if I tweaked an existing patch or created my own. Basically, it is a patch consisting of two sawtooth waves which have been detuned slightly (+2 cents on one and -2 cents on the other). It is possible that chorus is added, as well. Reverb is definitely added. The patch has a medium-long release...just long enough for the notes to lead into one another, but not long enough to make is sound muddy. Interestingly, the patch that I am using does not sound exactly like the patch that Jonathan Cain uses on the original version. I believe the original patch has sort of a brassy "wah" sound to it.
amazing
Thank you very much! :-)
Hola. Excelente video. Me atrevo a hacer solo una apreciación. En el minuto 1:34 (y cada vez que esa parte se repite), el acorde que realizas me parece que es un Eb (Eb + G + Ab), y me suena más que en el tema original es un Eb dim (Eb + Gb + A). Saludos.
+Osvaldo Villagran ¡Wow! ¡Tiene razón! Nunca me di cuenta de eso. Muchas gracias por su corrección y para sus elogios que. (Ahora, tengo que corregirlo. :-) )
The drum patterns are amazing. Please explain how you did it music brother
Thanks, but I did not program the drums. Per my other post, I downloaded a "Separate Ways" Standard MIDI File off the Internet and stripped out everything but the drum track. You should be able to do the same thing with a computer and your Roland VR-09. 🙂
Amazing! The sound is is preset on the keyoard.?? I have that keyboard and im wondering how i can use that sound
Thank you very much! Unfortunately, that patch that I'm using is a modified patch which requires the Roland SRX-07 Ultimate Keys Expansion Board (~$240-$300 on eBay). But, you ***CAN*** get a close approximation by creating a basic patch which uses two tones. Just use the wave INT A 557 "P5 Saw HD" for each tone, detune one of them by +6 cents and the other by -6 cents, add some chorus using the built-in chorus effect, and set the release time (within "TVA ENV") for each wave to something like "60". It should sound pretty passable...very close, actually. :-)
Brother how did you get the Drum accents, so good I got drums in my Roland BR 09 and I’m trying to use the looper and everything and I cannot get the accent so good it’s awful time
Hey Donald...it appears that the Roland VR-09 has the ability to play Standard MIDI FIles (SMF format). So, you can search for and download a "Separate Ways" SMF (Type 1, which has the tracks separated) off the Internet, strip down everything by the drums on a computer, and transfer it to your VR-09, via a USB stick. That's what I did (i.e. I did not program the drums). 🙂
It sounds like Jean Michelle jarre
really good
Thanks, AJ! :-)
I have to ask, which tone are you using on the Fantom (I have x-6 and x-8) but would love to get the exact sound.
Hey there, Galaxian03 Chuck...unfortunately, in order to get the EXACT sound, with the waveform(s) that I used, you will need the Roland SRX-07 Ultimate Keys expansion card. They go for as low as $220 on eB@y and it is DEFINITELY worth the price, especially if you want sounds for classic rock, 80s rock, 70s rock, new wave, pop, etc. As for getting the EXACT sound...please check out my "Subdivisions" video. You can find it within the "Tom's Covers/Instructional Videos" section of my RUclips channel (the channel you are viewing). I use the same sound for that song and, if you look at the comments section, there is a comment from a poster named "Jim Fitzgerald" which I respond to. In my response, I give all the necessary parameters to get the EXACT sound. :-) Good luck!
@@goatghost ... good sir, for some reason, RUclips includes your closing parens when I try to click the link to your "Subdivisions" video in the comment above, so I'll end this comment with the link without the parenthesis. The comment / explanation he references over this is super useful to this sound / synth neophyte, so strongly recommend to the original commenter here if he's still after this info:
SUBDIVISION VIDEO: ruclips.net/video/9V1-9jUjzRg/видео.html
Thanks, Garrett. I'm not sure why I couldn't get the link to work, even after putting spaces before and after the link. But, I've updated my earlier comment, suggesting that any users just check out the "Tom's Covers/Instructional Videos" section of my channel. :-)
ADMIN BRO
Can you do a video on the piano for Faithfully?
Actually, I'm trying to learn "Faithfully", now. I'm not really a piano player, so it could take some time. But, if I master it, I will definitely post it! :-)
Towards the end when the keyboard riff comes back after the guitar solo, there is another pattern played on a different synth sound. Did you miss it or its too complex to play for one person?
You are correct! In the past, I had considered playing that part with my MIDI foot controller (since I don't have 3 hands), but that requires just too much coordination and concentration. Instead, I have the bass player in the band play the part with his MIDI foot controller. :-)
@@goatghost On live performances, the Journey Keyboardist actually plays that part with his left hand but anyways none the less, an excellent cover. You are right, it requires a lot of coordination.
Interesting! That's something I never knew. Thanks for your comments. :-)
did you record the drum track manually?
I downloaded a Standard MIDI File (SMF) of the song off the Internet (not sure from where, but there are lots of them out there), and stripped out everything but drums. :)
Please, do you have the MÍDI file to share ? Thanks and congratulations for the cover video
Thanks, Vagner! If you would like the MIDI drum file, post your email address and I will send it to you. Keep in mind that it is only the MIDI drum track and it has no other instruments at all. You may want to add quarter note clicks to the beginning of the track, so that you can come in at the right time.
@@goatghost wow !!!
Thanks for your answear !!!
And Sorry for my english... I'm a brasilian... Yes, i like só much to have this MIDI...
My e-mail Vagnerbrentan77@gmail.com. thanks for your care !!! Hugs my friend !!!
@@acasadosom Tudo bem, meu amigo. Eu confio no Google para traduzir do inglês para o português, então não tenho idéia do que estou escrevendo ... hahaha
@@goatghost ahaha Very Nice !!!
Me too, but my english is so Very bad !!! Thanks for your attention !!!
1:48 I think your Eb should be an Ebm
Yeah, I made a mistake, there, which I've since corrected (it was discussed elsewhere in this thread). I believe it's B-major, with a D# in the bass, actually. 😀
@@goatghost oh my bad, its actually a D augmented (D chord raise the root 1/2 step) , thanks again your demos are a big help.
@@goatghostD# dim?
@@MemphisMike901 Yeah, I believe you are right. 🙂
Disculpa amigo, una pregunta, que efectos usas?
¡Hola, Christopher! Creo que el único efecto que utilicé fue la reverberación. ¡Gracias!
Mismo comentario del acorde Eb dim, del resto todo excelente
+Luis Romero Gracias! :-)
What sound that you use ,can you tell me,thqnks
Per my comment below..."Basically, it is a patch consisting of two sawtooth waves which have been detuned slightly (+2 cents on one and -2 cents on the other). It is possible that chorus is added, as well. Reverb is definitely added. The patch has a medium-long release...just long enough for the notes to lead into one another, but not long enough to make is sound muddy." The sound was custom programmed/modified.
Whats the tempo?
Que efecto usas para la intro
Estoy usando sólo la reverberación y el coro. Gracias por su pregunta! :-)
Fucken beast
Thanks, man! :-)
Que piano es?
Nice job. You have one error however. On the chorus "went our separate ways" you're playing an Eb against a D# bass on the word "separate" the correct chord is B major against the D# bass.
Yes, you are right. One other person commented on that. It was something I hadn't noticed, before. Thanks for pointing that and your kind words. :-)
Actually you're both wrong. It's a D# diminished. Right hand notes: A-D#-F#.
So the final 3 chords ending that phrase are D major, D# diminished, E minor.
Right hand notes: A-D-F#, A-D#-F#, B-E-G.
Agréé with you, it's not the good chord !!! It's a B/D#