The Rhodes Piano: Mini Documentary
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- This is the first of a mini-series about the Rhodes Piano. Today I demonstrate how it sounds, explain how it works and tell the story behind it. ❤️ Click here for the Rhodes Mark 8 👉 rhodesmusic.com/
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On this video:
00:00 Intro
01:06 Birth of the Rhodes
02:17 Doors: Light My Fire
02:45 The 1965 Fender Rhodes Mark I
02:56 What's inside a Rhodes Piano
03:34 Clean Rhodes vs distorted Rhodes
03:58 The Rhodes revolution
04:35 Early Rhodes adopters
05:05 The Rhodes Mark 8
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Man, I live for the Rhodes!! I opened up a small business for the sole purpose of getting one of them, and after working for hours and hours, and searching through eBay, I finally found a listing in my state! On June 4th of this summer, I brought my fantastic instrument home. I love it so much, I cried while driving it home! Love to see it getting the attention it deserves 🥳
Amazing inspiring….we have to work for our dreams…. Most of don’t
Amazing
💖💖💖💖 congratulations 🎉
What year/model did you get? I have a 1976 Mk1 73 stage.
Wish me luck pls🥺
Harold Rhodes contribution in The Air Force, using Music Therapy to help WW2 heroes recover is remarkable in itself. Crafting playable keyboards from aircraft wreckage as the seed of the workhorse of generations performing pianists, is an impressive encore!
I'm a bassist. I'm always happy when the Rhodes colour shows up in bands I'm in. One of my favourite sounds.
I totally agree.
You had me in the first 10 seconds. Taxi is my all time favourite TV theme. Rhodes is my all time favourite keyboard sound. I can't play keyboards, I don't own a Rhodes. But I do have that little Yamaha Reface that does a pretty good impression, and just touching it, any notes, any chord, no matter how ineptly played, makes me feel like I'm bathing in warm melted chocolate.
Same here, not a keyboard player, but I do play the saxophone, and found a midi wind synth player, Yamaha WX11 and hook it up to a Yamaha VL70m with a Rhode tone bank. I plan on hooking it up with my new Aerophone wind synth player., I think the same could be done with the electric gyuitar with a midi out interface. At one time I did have a Reface CP and had it hook up with the WX11 and it actually was a great combo, with the "Midi Solution" interface.
Im hoping that with the USB/midi interface I can do the same with the Aerophone and do the chord effect on the Roland JV1010, there is an option to use the joystick on the unit to slide with a 4 way chord combination.
@@ruscular MIDI is awesome. One thing I like to use MIDI for is recording what I play. If I come up with something I am liable to forget what I did. So if I record the MIDI notes I can see exactly what notes I played and can feed them back into my keyboard or other MIDI device. Today I have been playing around with playing my Eurorack modular synthesizer with my Yamaha keyboard via MIDI. MIDI is so much fun.
Bob James then Gil Scott Heron. Love that sound.
Does anyone else get extreme nostalgia vibes when you hear the Rhodes? It immediately takes me back to being a small kid in the early 90s and hearing it on old American TV shows they would play in the middle of the day as filler. Like I'm a kid home sick from school, bored, watching one of 5 channels that our TV could get, and I'm hearing that sound.
Yes, it's a real classic sound. But I would associate it more with the 1970s and early 80s. In the early 90s it was often the Yamaha DX7 Rhodes imitation that was used.
@@MacXpert74 well it was old 70s and 80s shows that were being played. Like taxi for instance.
I associate it with the show Arthur, because it is used in the background music.
that middle class sound from life, cartoons, commericals, it was a vibe
My first time hearing Rhodes was in 1987 at the Outrun game on the score wall after the run. I was 8 years old and I loved it❤
Vangelis had one with a custom EQ built in. He played it so beautifully, it almost sounds like a celesta.
The tone on that piano is so smooth, was surprised when you overdrived it the sound it made
I love the Rhodes sound. Steely Dan / Donald Fagen also made a lot of use of the Rhodes. Particularly on their late 70s albums. The Rhodes is very prominent on the songs "Hey Nineteen" and "Babylon Sisters" or "New Frontier" from Donald's 1982 solo album "The Nightfly". Great stuff!
Yeah you have the early Wurlitzer Steely Dan with “Can’t buy a thrill, Countdown to ecstasy, and Pretzel logic. Then the Rhodes Steely Dan which was everything else.
About 20 years ago my brother gave me his Rhodes Mark II (quite similar to the one featured in this video, but without all the extra knobs and inputs) when I was at a very difficult stage in my life and at a turning point. He knew I have been lusting over that Rhodes for years 😄and he just gave it to me! The best gift ever ☺
Of course there was the condition that he always wants to be able to borrow it, which was (still is) of course an automatic 'yes'. I love hearing him play on it (he's a much better pianist than me).
I still play it almost every day and learned how to maintain and tune it. After all these years it's still in great condition (even after doing much gigging with it).
I just love Rhodes (and my brother who so kindly gave it to me of course). These things are magic to me. The one sitting just right next to me especially ❤
What makes the sound so great is that like a real piano the metal tines can create harmonics on the other tines, so you get harmonics that you will never get on a digital instrument.
Ive been attracted to the Rhodes sound since high school. It was Jeff Lorber Fusion and I heard it on his song Black Ice from his 1979 album. I just fell in love!
Keep in mind, I am a drummer but I LOVE quality instruments and the Rhodes is just ONE!
Larry Dunn, Frank McComb, Herbie Hancock, Patrice Russen, Greg Phillinganes, Rodney Franklin, Chick Corea, George Duke, Teena Marie, Jeff Lorber, Russell Ferrente, Joe Sample...I mean its just ENDLESS and ALL of them have their very own particular sound.
Love the sound of that instrument. Guitar player here. I love the way it sounded when you ran it through that amplifier. Incredible!
I could listen to this instrument all day with it's silky smooth tones.
There is no sound like the Rhodes,just amazing.
Sign of the times🔥
I never knew that about the origin of Rhodes. Really cool! Thanks.
Absolutely Awesome Video. One of the best history stories ever.
The Rhodes is a fantastic instrument. I got my own 25 years ago and I still play it almost daily. I just love it!
Claudio, you are the BEST!!!!!
Thank you very much. It was my favorite instrument.
Absolutely fantastic. Your playing really shows the Rhodes off and I had no idea about the story. Awesome!
Oh cool!! I was thinking of you while I was scripting this … obviously 😁
Wow ... I absolutely love the sound of this instrument (I've only played VSTs or sample-based versions). This is fantastic!
Great video, how beautiful is the sound of the Rhodes. I recall first time I heard it was on Michael Jackson's, Stevie Wonder penned "I Can't Help It", masterfully played by Greg Phillinganes.
Love the history of the Rhodes. Wow, the mother of all inventions...
the most beautiful piano sound ever - legendary
Doctor Mix does it again.
Great documentary 🔥🔥
I didn't know what Rhodes has metal forks and magnetic pickups! Waiting for the next chapter.
The video is slightly misleading on that point. It's not really a "fork" at all. It's called a "tine," whatever that means, and it's just a single rod that looks like a wire. It doesn't have a fork, just a single rod. When you see the vibrating wire in the video, that wire is the whole thing. The large brass colored bars you see across the top when he opens that case are resonators that increase the sustain of the tine, but they are a separate structure, which is obvious since the vibrating wire you see looks nothing like the giant brass bars. The piano needs tuning from time to time and this is done by moving a little spring thats around the end of the tine. I'm guessing that a tuning fork setup would not allow tuning. It does, however, sound similar to a tuning fork.
@@TheLarryBrown nerd
@@TheLarryBrown jk I live for this bits of trivia and information
@@jambajoby32 Nerd as in "very smart person." I'll take it. You earned a thumbs down from someone. Merry Christmas!
@@TheLarryBrown did you read my next comment lol I said I actually enjoy bits of trivia like that. So in this context, it’s a compliment.
I like these tidbits because it helps built a relationship to whatever the trivia is about.
My favorite instrument of all time
Last year I managed to pick up a 1978 Mk 1. It’s probably my favourite thing ever. It’s not just the sound but the history that comes along with it. Great video Dr Mix!
The rhodes is one of my most favourite type of electric piano sounds. It's so relaxing 😌
Sounds amazing, such an iconic instrument.
I love these kind of documentary videos, keep it up!
That was a particularly concise and informative item, thank you for sharing.
That is amazing. As a musician myself I can't think of a more beautiful story... The first one being made by decommissioned planes, Built to bring music to wounded warriors. Something built for love and happiness from something that was designed with hate and destruction in mind. Truly an example of the power of music.. brought tears to my eyes.
My Rhodes EPs (my fourth meanwhile, a Mk1 Stage) have been THE musical love of my life. Around 80% of all my songwriting over the years has happened on a Rhodes, without ever making a conscious decision about that: I just sit down at a Rhodes to start the creative process, and I find myself coming back there again and again. It's my alltime go to instrument to get into creative mood: equally well suited for groovy bass riffs, for rich harmonic content, and for singable, memorable melodic themes and hook lines.
Nowadays everybody can have the most sophisticated grand piano sounds on stage and in the studio, and piano will always be a great instrument. And you can play and even own classical analog synths of all kinds, or well done plugins, alongside with great modern digital synths like Serum - I truly like a lot of them. You can also have whole orchestral libraries and brass sections at your fingertip. But nothing ever changed about my no. 1 go to instrument: it will just continue be a Rhodes. Thank you very much for this video!
Beautiful Doc, now I know why Rhodes is top notch. 🔥🔥🔥
Just such an iconic sound! Great stuff, looking forward to the next part already!
That was really fun. Well done! thank you.
Beautiful piano, beautiful sound, beautiful documentary. Your passion for music and gear is deeply inspiring. Thank you Doctor mix!
YESS! A channel that gives so much appreciation and demos with Rhodes!!! Nostalgic! I grew up listening to this music since I was a baby and The sounds always alway always gave me goosebumps even till this day! It’s the reason I wanted to learn piano!
As of now I will start off with the yahama cp reface mini keyboard since it’s abit more affordable! Will always love that sound!!
fantastic feature - thx a lot !!! cheers from germany !
I bought a Rhodes Suitcase 73 a couple of weeks ago! Best purchase ever!
Great insight! I've been gifted a 1979 Rhodes Mark I Suitcase 88 with PR7054 Speaker from my late Grand Pa. Everything works, no broken keys, etc. Just needs to be serviced
A magical sound
One of my 4 favourite sounds of all time. The Hammond organ the whirly and the Honer electric piano are the other 3 instruments I love more than anything as well
I have a Rhodes MK-60 and I love it.
Thank you for the lesson. One of my favorite instruments of all time. Definitely one of my future investments for my studio.
Fantastic sound ❤️
Great, love it
Really loved your video! Learned more about the Rhodes from your documentary then from anywhere else! Thanks keep them coming!!!
Mr Mix you are one of a kind.
The MODX, the Jupiter X and now a brand new Rhodes piano. It's awesome to see gear companies give us not only new ways to play the classic sounds but updates that let us create whole new sounds. I'd bet £10 that it will be called the Rhodes X too :)
Bet! Since it’s called the mark 8 😂 10 quid please 😀
Claudio, this is by far one of your best videos (which means something). More of these, please!
Love the sound!
Wonder Rhodes ! Thanks Doc !
Great video as always!!! Love ya Doctor Mix❤❤❤
Always loved the sound.
Beautiful instrument
Awesome documentary! This instrument just inspires anyone who comes across it to create music and noise in general. My aunt had a fender mark1 73-key suitcase piano in her dining room where the amplifier was also the stand for the piano and growing up I would get so excited to go to her house on the holidays because not knowing how to play, I would sit there and just make random noises and patterns and she always encouraged my creativity. She also played the 88 key version Rhodes piano in her church band. Growing up listening to Stevie Wonder and the doors, every time I hear a Rhodes piano or even visually seeing one I immediately think back to being a kid and messing around on my aunts rhodes piano, Stevie Wonder, Ray Manzarek and the 1970s in general because it was used a lot in television music lol. I think one is even played on the Mr. Rogers theme song. Such an iconic piano, but personally besides my aunts Fender Rhodes piano I have never actually seen any other ones in real life before.
This is so classic and classy!
What a great sound 🤩 Looking forward to more videos of this awesome instrument.
Awesome -- love your videos, your playing, and your enthusiasm! I scored a very beaten up Rhodes 88 in high school -- peeling vinyl cover, missing legs. I used metal plumbing pipes for legs to bring it up to standing height for playing in my band. And I cleaned and tuned the whole inside, repairing hammers, replacing felt -- and I tweaked the "aim" of the tines to give it a bright, almost piano-like sound -- not the typical warm, rolled-off high end. Perfect for my 1980-81 high-school rock/punk/new-wave band!!! Long gone now -- but what a great bit of mechanical music-making!!!
Thank you so much for making this video!! I had been curious what makes a Rhodes sound way it does, so cool!!
epic sound!
Thanks dude! I love the Rhodes. i wish I had one.
I was looking for Rhodes' story and found an explanatory video by Dr. Mix. Amazing, as always!
Love the sound of a Rhodes, nothing like it! Great idea for a series!
Got my Rhodes Mark 8 preordered. Can not wait!
Really?!!
Amazed you resisted the intro to ‘Riders on the Storm’ when talking about the Rhodes’ ability to invoke an ‘elemental’ feel. Really interesting and looking forward to more ! All the best
I'm sure I've heard another youtuber play a similar (but not identical) tune, that he described as 'Riders on the Demonetisation Storm'. This might give you an indication of what happens to musicians who cover that song on their channel, even for a short demonstration of the electric piano patch on a digital keyboard.
Such a beautiful tone~
Oddly, out of nowhere a week or so ago, I was thinking about how specifically an electric piano generates a tone…. And this pops up today in my feed! Thank you
So awesome! Thank you!
wow! i am really looking forward to the part 2 and beyond now!
Fantastic video and some great news, thank you!
In my opinion is the best sound ever and being my number one personal favourite. Thank you for the great video content 😀
The Rhodes sound is so evocative, excellent video.
Great explanation! Thanks for sharing! One of my favorite instruments ! Keep it up 👍🏻
oh my god thanks for this video, it's my favourite instrument!!!
It's so awesome that real electric piano's are still being made! This video is great, i think many have heard the Rhodes sounds, but may not know that it was an actual E-piano. *And E-piano's are still being made!* ❤️
The *_Rhodes MK8_* on the horizon, and then there is the *all-new **_Valente Electric Piano_* which sounds somewhere in between a Rhodes and Wurlitzer but has it own sound.
Then ofcourse there is a great second hand market for Rhodes and Wurlitzer, with specialist that still know how to repair/service them and parts still being made by _Vintage-Vibe_ .
I was a huge Brian Auger fan. I got my Rhodes in '76, and had the action modified by John Melcher at Magic Music Machines in S.F. I moved to Hawaii in '93, but my brother still has it in Ca. I hope to be reunited with it.
It turns 46 this year. That’s awesome
All your videos are amazing dude, but you excelled yourself here. Can’t wait for more on the Rhodes. Cheers Claudio!
Loved this documentary. It is always nice to find out the history behind an instrument and the Rhodes has such an interesting history. Thanks for sharing. I had no clue. Peace!
Rhodes always sounds smooth as silk!
This is a very comprehensive quick Coverage of What the Rhodes had to offer and luckily is going to be continued by the great Rhodes Team headed by Jeremy and Dan. Thanks God for Harold Rhodes and Leo Fender putting it all together for us back in the days in Fullerton. great Job Doctor Mix 🙂
Love the Rhodes piano sound 🥰 Got the XLN Mark One VST plug, and ot is almost as good 👍
Beautiful sound eveeer Rhodes ❤❤❤
Maestro Just lovely! thanks for the education, what a superb-sounding instrument the Rhodes really is.
I love Rhodes.
Thank you for this video. Taxi - "Angela" - Bob James, is my favorite song of all-time. It touches me spiritually somehow every time I hear it. I would love to have a Rhodes in my studio. Looking forward to what's coming next!
Right there with you. Amazing song
The first time I heard the Taxi theme as a kid I knew I was hearing a Fender Rhodes. Just wondering if you have ever heard ‘Tel Me a Bedtime Story Now’ - Herbie Hancock off Quincy’s ‘Sounds n Stuff like That’
@@FUNKINETIK 🔥🔥 “Tell me a Bedtime Story”. another great song!!
Lovely thanks for that
Awesome video! This was very informative about a great instrument! Can't wait to see the new Rhodes! 🎹🎶
Very amazing!!!THX...
Sweet - I Loved this Video, and the Factory tour in Leeds !
Thanks for the video. I was a keyboard tech in the 70's for about 10 years and worked on / tuned probably thousands of Rhodes. I never appreciated the instrument but my (some very famous) customers loved the things. One of the great things about them was that all of the tynes (tuning fork things) were the same and only varied by their length and a little spring weight on the end. They were dead reliable and only needed hammer tips now and then.
Such an awesome video and sound! I love it -- thank you for the education! So exciting that a new Rhodes model is coming out!!!
OMG this is the best! More!! please :)
Thanks very educational, nice to see your passion for sound and engineering
You sir just get better and better with the quality of videos you put out! The Rhodes is so iconic and for all the wonderful samples I have on my Korg Nautilus I hope one day to buy a Rhodes for myself. It's not so much buying one but managing to get one in good condition. Hopefully one will come my way! Keep doing what you do DR Mix top-notch content as always and so enjoyable!