Yes, I know and I am aware that it is an old solo he performed and most of you probably seen it already. But I do believe it was performed really well and he still inspires me to play keyboards. One of the best solos I seen/heard.
Rick Wakemen Keyboard Solo
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Yes, I know and I am aware that it is an old solo he performed and most of you probably seen it already. But I do believe it was performed really well and he still inspires me to play keyboards. One of the best solos I seen/heard.
What makes me most impressed about that video is how he really mastered the technique for hitting the same key multiple times very fast, since that's god damn difficult 
(that probably depends on the keys on the keyboard pretty much as well, but still)
Great video, great solo, great keyboard player!
(that probably depends on the keys on the keyboard pretty much as well, but still)Great video, great solo, great keyboard player!
I love this video. Whenever my faith in humanity is shaken, I remember Rick Wakeman, and it is good once again.
I love the quick section (taken from Catherine Parr?) and have spent many hours trying to do it. I can do it with two hands, but the video isn't high enough quality to work out how he does the fingering. Repeating on thumb and first finger isn't quite quick enough, and thumb and two fingers doesn't leave enough fingers for the rest of the passage. I think this is taken from an ABWH show, so I'll have a look for a video/DVD of the whole thing.
I love the quick section (taken from Catherine Parr?) and have spent many hours trying to do it. I can do it with two hands, but the video isn't high enough quality to work out how he does the fingering. Repeating on thumb and first finger isn't quite quick enough, and thumb and two fingers doesn't leave enough fingers for the rest of the passage. I think this is taken from an ABWH show, so I'll have a look for a video/DVD of the whole thing.
heard it a long time ago and it still amazes me every time, and his fingers never once left his hands!!! Incredible
Yes, predominantly, along with plenty of solo work. It's about as prog as you can get, but he's also played for Bowie, Ozzy, Sabbath and many others.
Here's a midi file of this keyboard solo:
[media]http://home.maine.rr.com/abajoran/abwhsolo.mid[/media]
It is from the "Rick Wakeman midi files" page:
http://home.maine.rr.com/abajoran/midis.htm
http://home.maine.rr.com/abajoran/midis.htmhttp://home.maine.rr.com/abajoran/midis.htm
[media]http://home.maine.rr.com/abajoran/abwhsolo.mid[/media]
It is from the "Rick Wakeman midi files" page:
http://home.maine.rr.com/abajoran/midis.htm
http://home.maine.rr.com/abajoran/midis.htmhttp://home.maine.rr.com/abajoran/midis.htm
awesome! before I download, does it have the crowd cheering in the midi or is it really the midi of the solo
How would you capture the crowd cheering in a MIDI file? The closest you could come is using the General MIDI Applause program, which would be silly. The MIDI is probably a transcription of the solo.
Wow. All plans for this evening are out the window to notate and learn this beast!
Thanks for the link!
Thanks for the link!
True, but I did try to find the solo as a midi file and it had midi applause XD. just making sure this didn't.
You could always find a cheap/free MIDI editor and remove or mute the applause track.