Making Music With Electronic Keyboards


Both in the classroom and at home, it’s fun and easy to make music with electronic keyboards!

An electronic keyboard can be many things—an organ, a digital piano, a synthesizer, or a sampler. Most electronic keyboards can even be connected to your computer for a true multimedia experience. Here are some informative articles that explain the basics and help you get started on the road to musical enjoyment. 

Most of the articles are available for immediate viewing in your web browser; but, some require downloading. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, please click here to download the application to view these articles.

Be sure also to check out our links and educational resources pages for even more information about the wonderful world of electronic keyboards.

Making Tracks: MIDI For LANlubbers (sending MIDI data between Macs and PCs over Ethernet)
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Sound Design Workshop: Random Bursts (using noise as a modulation source)
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Square One: Taking Control (control voltage)
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Sound Design Workshop: Resonant Filter Sweeps Reborn (using phasing and panning)
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Square One: Making Waves (how to tweak an oscillator's parameters)
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Get The Music In
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Get The Music Out
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Entry-Level Digital Recording for Music Directors  
  Presented courtesy of School Band and Orchestra magazine
Music Technology Labs
 

Presented courtesy of School Band and Orchestra magazine
Incorporating Technology Into Traditional Teaching  
  Presented courtesy of School Band and Orchestra magazine
Digital Audio Recording Technology
  Presented courtesy of School Band and Orchestra magazine
Technology Literacy  
  Presented courtesy of School Band and Orchestra magazine
Getting Started with MIDI
  Presented courtesy of School Band and Orchestra magazine
Tricks for Tracks - learning all about MIDI
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
All Over the Map (MIDI remapping tips)
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Drumming with Keyboards
  Presented courtesy of Music Education Technology magazine
Getting Loaded (using sequencer templates)
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
MIDI Me (MIDI basics)
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Pocket-size Powerhouses
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Recording the future at Dr. Phillips High
  Presented courtesy of Music Education Technology magazine
Scoring Points
  Presented courtesy of Music Education Technology magazine
Sequence-stration
  Presented courtesy of Music Education Technology magazine
Sequencing with Style
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Get with the Interaction
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine

Field of Dreams

  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Making the Grade
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Bands Without Borders
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Take Me out to the Ball Game!
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Spin Doctors
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
The Whole Enchilada
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Sound Programming 101
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Hangin' with My Homilies
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Today's Hot Home Keyboards
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
The Soft Studio: On The Fast Track
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard Musician magazine
The Computer Connection
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Arpeggios, Part 1
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard Musician magazine
Tricks for Tracks: Learning All About MIDI
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Arpeggios, Part 2
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard Musician magazine
Sixth Sense: Developing Hand Embouchure
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
All Over The Map
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
The MIDI Orchestra
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Sample Solutions
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
The Soft Studio: Templates and Layouts
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Stressing Out
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Emulating The Real Thing
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Understanding MIDI - Twenty Essential Facts
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
MIDI Me
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Rhythm Injection
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Sight Reading
Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Synth Programming 101
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
The Wide World of Panning
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Getting Loaded
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Sequencing With Style
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Keyboard Basics
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Microtuning
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
A Boot Camp For Sound Programmers
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Oblique Strategies for Desktop Music
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Shaping Your Sound
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Electronic Keyboard Basics
  Presented courtesy of IAEKM
Music Software Basics
  Presented courtesy of IAEKM
Beyond Virtual Tracks
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Notation and the Internet
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Using Continuous Controllers To Spice Up MIDI Tracks
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Processing: Are Your Effects In Order?
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Digital Wonders
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Future Piano
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
The Portable Home Keyboard Revolution
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Beyond Quantization
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Tracks, Voices and Channels
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Sample Music Arrangements
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Basics: Filters
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Basics: Sample Playback Synths
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Killer Drum Grooves
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Modern MIDI Sequencing
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Making Music With MIDI
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
The Piano Is Not A Gymnasium
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Chart Your Own Course
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Sequencer Basics
  Presented courtesy of Warner/Chappell Books
Studio Sense: Recording Yourself
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard Magazine
EM's Guide To Better Blending
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Doing The String Thing
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
MIDI In A Nutshell
  Presented courtesy of Hal Leonard
Sequencers On Portable And Home Keyboards
  Presented courtesy of Hal Leonard
Making the Groove: Creating A Hands-On Learning Environment
  Presented courtesy of SoundTree
Beyond Chopsticks
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Collaborating With Your Computer
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
How to Choose the Right Gear
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Creature Comfort: Studio Ergonomics
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Software for Songwriters
  Presented courtesy of Musician magazine
Organ Talk
  Presented courtesy of Rodgers Instrument Corporation
Taking the Mystery Out of MIDI
  Presented courtesy of NAMM
Nine Suggestions for Improving Sequences
  Presented courtesy of TI:ME
General MIDI
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
Schoolhouse Rock
  Presented courtesy of Electronic Musician magazine
What’s the Difference Between a Sampler and a Synth?
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
Analog vs. Digital
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine
The Difference Between a Piano and Cousin Egbert
  Presented courtesy of Keyboard magazine