Thanks for posting this. It saved me a lot of time especially trying to figure out the french horn parts. They're difficult to hear clearly in the original song. So with the violin on the chorus, the horns and that low subtle pad in the background of the verses, I have more than enough to fill in the gaps behind my band. Now I just have to get one of my guitarists to get that plucked echo sound throughout! Again, thanks!
Mark Leavitt Thanks, Mark! Putting it together was a lot of fun. The french horn part really is the cherry on top (not that most listeners would even notice it). There is a brief syncopated trombone part (2 chords) which occurs slightly after he sings "on the horizon". I would have loved to have been able to recreate that but, although my Roland Fantom X has some awesome sounds, trombones is not one of them...lol I would have played the chords using my Keith McMillen 12 Step MIDI foot pedal (you can program chirds into it, which is really cool). I think I got most of the important parts, though. It's challenging to reproduce an orchestra. :-) Thanks again for the compliment!
@@goatghost Man, I got so baked one night, I heard every instrument - yes, even the French horn - so spatially separated that I swore it was a live orchestra in front of me. It would be years before I figured out how the keyboard did that. Thanks for sharing this.
@@goatghost I couldn't do what I do without it. That and my Nord Electro 3 for Hammond sounds -- sure beats the 400 pound B3 siting in my garage since 1993. ua-cam.com/video/paeOpS6lsGA/v-deo.html
just a normal day that realising that Dave's guitar solo is absolutely amazing but Rick's key is awesome too as watching rick playing the keyboard with standing at live8
Hey there...I'm not sure about your question, but David Gilmour and Roger Waters wrote the song, and Michael Kaman wrote the orchestral arrangement. :-)
Been a Floyd fan since Saucerful and I'm not a fan of bands doing cover versions and trying to 'be' Floyd but this is nice, it's a nice arrangement with some subtle touches. Its not trying to be pink Floyd its showing love for the music. Nice work.
Hello? (Hello? Hello? Hello?) Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone home? Come on now I hear you're feeling down Well I can ease your pain Get you on your feet again Relax I'll need some information first Just the basic facts Can you show me where it hurts? There is no pain you are receding A distant ship smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain you would not understand This is not how I am I have become comfortably numb I have become comfortably numb Okay (okay, okay, okay) Just a little pinprick There'll be no more, ah But you may feel a little sick Can you stand up? I do believe it's working, good That'll keep you going through the show Come on it's time to go There is no pain you are receding A distant ship, smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown The dream is gone I have become comfortably numb
Very nice! Will you be doing the piano part of "Echoes" anytime in the future? Been looking for a good tutorial but there aren't any. New subscriber here!
Hi, will be learning this for the band (great tutorial btw) - can you tell me, you split the kbd in 3 - is that correct ? - top for a sort of brass/horns sound , middle for strings and lower on kbd for tubas - is that correct. Can you tell me where were the splitpoints on the kbd. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks
Hey there...here is how the keyboard is mapped (where C4 is "middle" C...MIDI note 60) and how each zone is transposed (keep in mind that some zones might have two sounds assigned to them and/or overlap with other zones): C- to B1 "Solo Trombone" patch (no transposition) C- to B1 "Slow Strings" patch (no transposition) C- to B3 "Slow Strings" patch (+1 octave - used for the dissonant chord and to add thickness to the lower zone) C4 to F6 "Full Strings" patch (-1 octave - I'm using a different-sounding string patch to prevent aliasing with the "Slow Strings" patch, and to decrease the likelihood that the listener will perceive the two strings patches as sampled) F#6 to G9 "French Horns Section" patch (-3 octaves) Thanks for your comments and good luck! :-)
I figured so; most times when I saw Floyd play this live, Rick seemed to be using one hand and having an easy time of it (not that the music is easy, but you know what I mean). Was the orchestra replicated with keyboards live? I would think during the 1980-81 shows they used tapes of the orchestra, but not during the post-Waters tours. I've always been fascinated by the keyboard part for this song, so I'm bursting with questions!
I'm not sure how they pulled it off, live, back in 80-81. I would imagine that sampling wasn't really too developed during those years (unless you had $100,000+ for a Fairlight, that is). So, I would think that playing along to a pre-recorded orchestral track would be what they would have done. I believe Queen used the original studio recording for the middle section of "Bohemian Rhapsody", when they performed it live. I'm always fascinated how bands manage to re-create parts for live performance. There is an INCREDIBLE video by keyboardist David Rosenthal, where he explains how he sets up his equipment for live performances during Billy Joel's concerts (ua-cam.com/video/yJfdTgOr8tE/v-deo.html). It's amazing to see how much thought and planning goes into it.
Should I buy the sheet music? If yes which do you prefer? I would love to play it like you! I have a friend (guitar player) that would like me to learn this song. Coco
Thank you very much! The "backing track" is actually a standard MIDI file (SMF), which I found on the internet and stripped down to only the drum part. It's "playing" the drum sounds on my Roland Fantom X7, as opposed to using an audio backing track. :-)
@@jeffspadaro5773 If you have a computer with DAW (digital audio workstation) music software (such as the freeware "Reaper"), you can strip out everything but the drums, too. 🙂
I dunno...I just listened to both 2:15 and 2:22, as well as the original recording, and it sounds correct to me. Obviously, it's overpowered by Gilmour's solo, so it's difficult to hear. :-) Thanks for your comment!
@@goatghost This is exactly what Michael Kamen had in the strings on the album version, you nailed it. An oddity is that if you check out Gilmour’s version in Live in Gdańsk the string orchestra goes to a G with the remaining line being the same. It’s an odd choice
@@timcox5373 Thanks, Tim! I just checked out the Live in Gdańsk version. It sounds awesome. I wasn't able to make out the variation you mentioned, but I did realize, after making my video, that there is a slight difference between the 2nd and 3rd bars of the "cascading" violin part (i.e. the phrase is not always descending). Maybe, someday, I'll post another video to correct it. :-) Thanks again for your kind comments!
Nice job...small world, I play the same exact combination of keyboards, that Roland jv has some great brass patches and killer sax patch, I have gone through 3 of the jv's and can't find them any more..goodluck
Thanks, Greg! I appreciate it. :-) Actually, I've only used the JV-90 to control the Fantom, but when I first got it, I really liked the patches it had. I sought out the JV-90 because it had the semi-weighted feel and could be split into up to 8 MIDI zones. I wound up picking up a dud (dead after two days) off of Craigslist. Then, I found the current one on eBay, and it's worked great ever since. Interestingly, I'm changing up my gear and I'm most likely going to an all-computer-based setup down the road. I absolutely ***LOVE*** my Fantom X7, but there are sounds that I can get with virtual instruments that I would never be able to get using the Fantom (such as ultra-realistic horns, strings, woodwinds, etc.). I'll let you know if/when I am selling my JV-90, if you're interested in a spare...LOL
Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the Yamaha Motif xs6. I would imagine that there are probably some good orchestral strings sounds which you could use to get a similar sound. :-)
Were the most well-made strings I've seen, this music! However the sounds if you had used a VSTi Miroslav Philharmonik would have looked even better, great job!
If you go on midiworld.com and do a search for "Comfortably Numb", you should be able to download it. I stripped out everything but the drums. Just keep in mind, you are downloading a file with the note information and not the actual audio. In order to play it and hear it, you will need MIDI sequencing software on your computer. :-)
Thanks for the compliment! Unfortunately, I did not record a MIDI file/sequence (.mid) while I was creating the video. I wanted to show how I would play it live and I wasn't really focused on playing it back, or creating a MIDI file which would allow others to play it back. :-)
The sequence can be downloaded from freemidi.org. If you just want to keep the drums, you can strip out everything but the drums if you have digital audio workstation (DAW) software on your computer.
Wow I never thought about it but there is a Chrome plugin called video speed controller, it does what it says on the box. Will be great for future tutorial watching. Back to your vid, I cant wait to watch your vid later tonight and learn this ! I already know all of it on guitar but I am more into synths lately. Thanks for your vid.
Hey Carol...unfortunately, there us no simple way of transcribing it. I would suggest just looking carefully at my fingering on each hand, and learning each hand, separately. You will need to rewind sections frequently to learn each part. With some patience, I think you'll be able to get it. :-)
lol why the question mark?....Like I said, great job but it is not a tutorial. This clip is not a tutorial of Comfortably Numb....it is a video of you playing it.
Actually I play keyboards and drums, but putting aside my years of piano playing, this is NOT a tutorial.....I was asked by a friend who is trying to learn to play, if I could find her a suitable tutorial of Numb, I clicked on this because it said TUTORIAL.....which it is not. I didnt mean to come across as rude - just saying it as I see it. I have not found her a real tutorial which she can follow :)
this IS a quick tut for intermediate to advanced players. with all your years of piano playing U should know this?? its simple and quick. could u not rustle up a tut for your friends ability?? this is not my tut as u seem to think. if your a reader buy the sheet music. if u play by air, listen to song again. if this advice not good for u............try a strong reefer and learn to fly. you dont come across as rude, its more of an ignorant arrogance.
Thanks for posting this. It saved me a lot of time especially trying to figure out the french horn parts. They're difficult to hear clearly in the original song. So with the violin on the chorus, the horns and that low subtle pad in the background of the verses, I have more than enough to fill in the gaps behind my band. Now I just have to get one of my guitarists to get that plucked echo sound throughout! Again, thanks!
Mark Leavitt Thanks, Mark! Putting it together was a lot of fun. The french horn part really is the cherry on top (not that most listeners would even notice it). There is a brief syncopated trombone part (2 chords) which occurs slightly after he sings "on the horizon". I would have loved to have been able to recreate that but, although my Roland Fantom X has some awesome sounds, trombones is not one of them...lol I would have played the chords using my Keith McMillen 12 Step MIDI foot pedal (you can program chirds into it, which is really cool). I think I got most of the important parts, though. It's challenging to reproduce an orchestra. :-) Thanks again for the compliment!
goatghost that most wont notice it is exactly why it’s so awesome! Much Love!
No! I thought my band was the only cover band in the world to take this on! Argh! LOL
@@goatghost Man, I got so baked one night, I heard every instrument - yes, even the French horn - so spatially separated that I swore it was a live orchestra in front of me.
It would be years before I figured out how the keyboard did that. Thanks for sharing this.
@@andigoldberger4713 Thanks, Andi! (and, sorry for the late reply...lol)
Very helpful. Thank you. We're adding this to our set list in 2021. Now I can get a jump on it. Thanks again!
Thank you to post this. I learn so much from your music.
Thanks! I am glad you find my videos helpful. :-)
Thanks very much for this, goatghost. Been trying to break this down for years. This covers 75% of it.
Glad you found it useful! :-)
It’s beautiful. Great job👏👏👏
Thanks much! :-)
I love your tutorials! They are really so amazing!!
Thanks for your kind comments. :-)
I keep coming back to your videos atleast once a month! can't help it!! you never fail to amaze me.
Wow, I first watched these 8 years ago when I was playing in my first (serious) band.
Wow…it’s hard to believe it’s been 8 years! Thanks for your comment! 😄
Very helpful, thank you!
@@elisedarchis1759 Glad you found it useful! 😄
Makes it all the better that you and I have the exact same Fantom X8. Thanks!
As you know, it's an awesome synth! Super flexible and still relevant...even 13 years later. :D
@@goatghost
I couldn't do what I do without it. That and my Nord Electro 3 for Hammond sounds -- sure beats the 400 pound B3 siting in my garage since 1993.
ua-cam.com/video/paeOpS6lsGA/v-deo.html
I think it sounds awesome!
Thank you very much! :-)
Thanks for the tutorial!
Celestial.
just a normal day that realising that Dave's guitar solo is absolutely amazing but Rick's key is awesome too as watching rick playing the keyboard with standing at live8
Absolutely! 100%! :-)
Awesome work and thank you for sharing the video. This was fun.
Thanks, Mike! Much appreciated. :-)
very well done and accurate! I love your tutorials. 🍻🎸🎹
Thanks, Albert! Much appreciated. I'm glad you find them useful. :-)
Do you know who wrote the keyboard chorus for comfortably numb?
Hey there...I'm not sure about your question, but David Gilmour and Roger Waters wrote the song, and Michael Kaman wrote the orchestral arrangement. :-)
Richard Wright, probably
I have never seen a video on UA-cam with 100% likes!!!! Not a single dislike…. Woooow
Nice work! Easy, my level, and sound just like it!!!!
Thanks so much for your kind comments! I really appreciate it! :-)
Been a Floyd fan since Saucerful and I'm not a fan of bands doing cover versions and trying to 'be' Floyd but this is nice, it's a nice arrangement with some subtle touches. Its not trying to be pink Floyd its showing love for the music. Nice work.
Thank you very much! I appreciate your kind words. :-)
WOW!
just wow...
excelent work..
Thank you very much! I really appreciate it. :-)
Nice done man!!
Thank you very much! :-)
You did a great job on that! Anyone following your lead will do well. I want to give it a try. :)
Thanks, Dave! I really appreciate it. :-)
Great job again.
Thanks again! :-)
Thank you
Hello? (Hello? Hello? Hello?)
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again
Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
I have become comfortably numb
Okay (okay, okay, okay)
Just a little pinprick
There'll be no more, ah
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb
THE SPIRIT IS IN THE HOUSE
Awesome!! Thanks
Good Job! please keep on it
Thank you very much! I certainly will. :-)
Very nice! Will you be doing the piano part of "Echoes" anytime in the future? Been looking for a good tutorial but there aren't any. New subscriber here!
Thanks, Geno! To be honest, I'm not really a piano player and most of the songs I learn tend to be on the more popular side. But, maybe someday! :-)
Excellent
Thank you very much! :-)
Great job!
Mike Lucas Thanks, Mike! Much appreciated! :-)
this is brilliant, who the f@#k would give a thumbs down
Thanks, Joe! Much appreciated! :-)
I really like the beginning😄 you are good at pianos pianos
Thanks! :-D
Hi, will be learning this for the band (great tutorial btw) - can you tell me, you split the kbd in 3 - is that correct ? - top for a sort of brass/horns sound , middle for strings and lower on kbd for tubas - is that correct. Can you tell me where were the splitpoints on the kbd.
Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks
Hey there...here is how the keyboard is mapped (where C4 is "middle" C...MIDI note 60) and how each zone is transposed (keep in mind that some zones might have two sounds assigned to them and/or overlap with other zones):
C- to B1 "Solo Trombone" patch (no transposition)
C- to B1 "Slow Strings" patch (no transposition)
C- to B3 "Slow Strings" patch (+1 octave - used for the dissonant chord and to add thickness to the lower zone)
C4 to F6 "Full Strings" patch (-1 octave - I'm using a different-sounding string patch to prevent aliasing with the "Slow Strings" patch, and to decrease the likelihood that the listener will perceive the two strings patches as sampled)
F#6 to G9 "French Horns Section" patch (-3 octaves)
Thanks for your comments and good luck! :-)
The part being played with the right hand from 1:02 - 2:00 - was that played by orchestra/strings on the original album?
Yes, I believe it was played by a full orchestra, actually. :-)
I figured so; most times when I saw Floyd play this live, Rick seemed to be using one hand and having an easy time of it (not that the music is easy, but you know what I mean). Was the orchestra replicated with keyboards live? I would think during the 1980-81 shows they used tapes of the orchestra, but not during the post-Waters tours. I've always been fascinated by the keyboard part for this song, so I'm bursting with questions!
I'm not sure how they pulled it off, live, back in 80-81. I would imagine that sampling wasn't really too developed during those years (unless you had $100,000+ for a Fairlight, that is). So, I would think that playing along to a pre-recorded orchestral track would be what they would have done. I believe Queen used the original studio recording for the middle section of "Bohemian Rhapsody", when they performed it live.
I'm always fascinated how bands manage to re-create parts for live performance. There is an INCREDIBLE video by keyboardist David Rosenthal, where he explains how he sets up his equipment for live performances during Billy Joel's concerts (ua-cam.com/video/yJfdTgOr8tE/v-deo.html). It's amazing to see how much thought and planning goes into it.
Should I buy the sheet music? If yes which do you prefer? I would love to play it like you! I have a friend (guitar player) that would like me to learn this song.
Coco
Great work and soooo helpful. What do you do for the backing tracks?
Thank you!!!!
Thank you very much! The "backing track" is actually a standard MIDI file (SMF), which I found on the internet and stripped down to only the drum part. It's "playing" the drum sounds on my Roland Fantom X7, as opposed to using an audio backing track. :-)
Wow. That sounds great. I need to figure out how to do that.
@@jeffspadaro5773 If you have a computer with DAW (digital audio workstation) music software (such as the freeware "Reaper"), you can strip out everything but the drums, too. 🙂
*Nice Work*
Thanks!!! :-)
I need that Synth pulg in
Wrong note at 2:18, I believe... Here: ua-cam.com/video/SFGDtpWfrJE/v-deo.html (around 2 :15). It repeats at 2 : 22. Please confirm. Cheers!
I dunno...I just listened to both 2:15 and 2:22, as well as the original recording, and it sounds correct to me. Obviously, it's overpowered by Gilmour's solo, so it's difficult to hear. :-) Thanks for your comment!
@@goatghost This is exactly what Michael Kamen had in the strings on the album version, you nailed it. An oddity is that if you check out Gilmour’s version in Live in Gdańsk the string orchestra goes to a G with the remaining line being the same. It’s an odd choice
@@timcox5373 Thanks, Tim! I just checked out the Live in Gdańsk version. It sounds awesome. I wasn't able to make out the variation you mentioned, but I did realize, after making my video, that there is a slight difference between the 2nd and 3rd bars of the "cascading" violin part (i.e. the phrase is not always descending). Maybe, someday, I'll post another video to correct it. :-) Thanks again for your kind comments!
Nice job...small world, I play the same exact combination of keyboards, that Roland jv has some great brass patches and killer sax patch, I have gone through 3 of the jv's and can't find them any more..goodluck
Thanks, Greg! I appreciate it. :-) Actually, I've only used the JV-90 to control the Fantom, but when I first got it, I really liked the patches it had. I sought out the JV-90 because it had the semi-weighted feel and could be split into up to 8 MIDI zones. I wound up picking up a dud (dead after two days) off of Craigslist. Then, I found the current one on eBay, and it's worked great ever since.
Interestingly, I'm changing up my gear and I'm most likely going to an all-computer-based setup down the road. I absolutely ***LOVE*** my Fantom X7, but there are sounds that I can get with virtual instruments that I would never be able to get using the Fantom (such as ultra-realistic horns, strings, woodwinds, etc.). I'll let you know if/when I am selling my JV-90, if you're interested in a spare...LOL
Man... I've been playing wrong all this time...
Hopefully, my video is accurate...LOL 😉
Nice😊
Thanks! :-)
i have a yamaha motif xs6,would you know how to replicate the sound?
Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the Yamaha Motif xs6. I would imagine that there are probably some good orchestral strings sounds which you could use to get a similar sound. :-)
Fucking great! Congrats
Thank you! Much appreciated! :-)
What keyboard do you use?
The sounds are coming from the Roland Fantom X7. :-)
Were the most well-made strings I've seen, this music!
However the sounds if you had used a VSTi Miroslav Philharmonik would have looked even better, great job!
Thanks, Mike! :-)
Good stuff, just starting to learn this. I wonder if you could point me in the direction of the backing track please?
If you go on midiworld.com and do a search for "Comfortably Numb", you should be able to download it. I stripped out everything but the drums. Just keep in mind, you are downloading a file with the note information and not the actual audio. In order to play it and hear it, you will need MIDI sequencing software on your computer. :-)
@@goatghost Thanks
Incredible!! Music sheet?
Unfortunately, I don't have sheet music for this. I learned it all by ear. :-)
Hi! Amazing job, I want to ask if you have a midi from this, since you were recording it. It would be really cool!
Thanks for the compliment! Unfortunately, I did not record a MIDI file/sequence (.mid) while I was creating the video. I wanted to show how I would play it live and I wasn't really focused on playing it back, or creating a MIDI file which would allow others to play it back. :-)
Great job ! Could you please give me the name of the different sounds you use ? Regards.
This isn't available for download, right?
The sequence can be downloaded from freemidi.org. If you just want to keep the drums, you can strip out everything but the drums if you have digital audio workstation (DAW) software on your computer.
i need the sheet!
Unfortunately, I don't have sheet music for this. But, you should be able to figure it out by viewing and rewinding the video. :-)
Wow I never thought about it but there is a Chrome plugin called video speed controller, it does what it says on the box. Will be great for future tutorial watching.
Back to your vid, I cant wait to watch your vid later tonight and learn this ! I already know all of it on guitar but I am more into synths lately. Thanks for your vid.
Very cool about the speed controller Chrome plugin. I'll have to check it out, sometime. Glad to hear you found my video useful. :-)
Could you post on UA-cam step-by-step on how we can learn it?
Hey Carol...unfortunately, there us no simple way of transcribing it. I would suggest just looking carefully at my fingering on each hand, and learning each hand, separately. You will need to rewind sections frequently to learn each part. With some patience, I think you'll be able to get it. :-)
You can use the gear icon on the bottom left of the video player to slow down the video speed.
Buena y practica
Muchas gracias! :-)
RICHARD WRIGHT
DEP
great job but its not really a tutorial is it
?
lol why the question mark?....Like I said, great job but it is not a tutorial. This clip is not a tutorial of Comfortably Numb....it is a video of you playing it.
u obviously dont play yourself
Actually I play keyboards and drums, but putting aside my years of piano playing, this is NOT a tutorial.....I was asked by a friend who is trying to learn to play, if I could find her a suitable tutorial of Numb, I clicked on this because it said TUTORIAL.....which it is not. I didnt mean to come across as rude - just saying it as I see it. I have not found her a real tutorial which she can follow :)
this IS a quick tut for intermediate to advanced players. with all your years of piano playing U should know this?? its simple and quick. could u not rustle up a tut for your friends ability?? this is not my tut as u seem to think. if your a reader buy the sheet music. if u play by air, listen to song again. if this advice not good for u............try a strong reefer and learn to fly. you dont come across as rude, its more of an ignorant arrogance.