Chords for Alan Wilder (101)
Tempo:
74.55 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bb
A
Bm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Oh, you want some history now?
I don't know.
Well, it's a long story really.
The reason we don't have a drummer is because in the early days, it was, well they couldn't
find a drummer.
I wasn't in a band then of course, but they couldn't find a drummer.
But the only way that they could rehearse quietly in somebody's house at a very cheap
cost was to use keyboards with headphones.
We used a four track tape recorder and we used to sit it in the middle of the stage
just like a drummer because we didn't want people thinking we were trying to hide the fact.
But now for practical reasons, the tape machine has moved to the side of the stage.
But it's basically the same way we first started.
The keyboard has a total of 36 different banks.
So each song has its own set of sounds.
And on Black Celebration I've got several sounds allocated to specific parts of the keyboard.
So the first sound is
[G] [Bm] Right?
And [Bb] then the next sound I have to play is a little bit further up [D] on the keyboard.
[Gb] Which is just that.
So then I can put the two together.
[N] And then later on I have to play a melodic part.
[Dm]
[G] [F] [A] [Bb]
[A] And so on.
And so really you're only limited by what you can manage with your hands.
As far as the sound goes, you've got to remember where you put [N] it.
But that comes after a while.
It gets to be automatic.
Your hands just sort of go there.
Do you ever forget something?
Of course.
These are quite simply linked to this keyboard.
So in other words, all you have to do is imagine that these two pads here are extra keys on the keyboard.
And when I hit that pad, it's exactly the same process as if I was playing
I don't know.
Well, it's a long story really.
The reason we don't have a drummer is because in the early days, it was, well they couldn't
find a drummer.
I wasn't in a band then of course, but they couldn't find a drummer.
But the only way that they could rehearse quietly in somebody's house at a very cheap
cost was to use keyboards with headphones.
We used a four track tape recorder and we used to sit it in the middle of the stage
just like a drummer because we didn't want people thinking we were trying to hide the fact.
But now for practical reasons, the tape machine has moved to the side of the stage.
But it's basically the same way we first started.
The keyboard has a total of 36 different banks.
So each song has its own set of sounds.
And on Black Celebration I've got several sounds allocated to specific parts of the keyboard.
So the first sound is
[G] [Bm] Right?
And [Bb] then the next sound I have to play is a little bit further up [D] on the keyboard.
[Gb] Which is just that.
So then I can put the two together.
[N] And then later on I have to play a melodic part.
[Dm]
[G] [F] [A] [Bb]
[A] And so on.
And so really you're only limited by what you can manage with your hands.
As far as the sound goes, you've got to remember where you put [N] it.
But that comes after a while.
It gets to be automatic.
Your hands just sort of go there.
Do you ever forget something?
Of course.
These are quite simply linked to this keyboard.
So in other words, all you have to do is imagine that these two pads here are extra keys on the keyboard.
And when I hit that pad, it's exactly the same process as if I was playing
Key:
G
Bb
A
Bm
D
G
Bb
A
Oh, you want some history now?
I don't know.
Well, it's a long story really.
The reason we don't have a drummer is because in the early days, it was, well they couldn't
find a drummer.
I wasn't in a band then of course, but they couldn't find a drummer.
But the only way that they could rehearse quietly in somebody's house at a very cheap
cost was to use keyboards with headphones.
We used a four track tape recorder and we used to sit it in the middle of the stage
just like a drummer because we didn't want people thinking we were trying to hide the fact.
But now for practical reasons, the tape machine has moved to the side of the stage.
But it's basically the same way we first started.
The keyboard has a total of 36 different banks.
So each song has its own set of sounds.
And on Black Celebration I've got several sounds allocated to specific parts of the keyboard.
So the first sound is_ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] Right?
And [Bb] then the next sound I have to play is a little bit further up [D] on the keyboard.
_ [Gb] Which is just that.
So then I can put the two together.
_ _ _ _ [N] And then later on I have to play a melodic part.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ And so on.
And so really you're only limited by what you can manage with your hands.
As far as the sound goes, you've got to remember where you put [N] it.
But that comes after a while.
It gets to be automatic.
Your hands just sort of go there.
Do you ever forget something?
Of course.
These are quite simply linked to this keyboard.
So in other words, all you have to do is imagine that these two pads here are extra keys on the keyboard.
And when I hit that pad, it's exactly the same process as if I was playing
I don't know.
Well, it's a long story really.
The reason we don't have a drummer is because in the early days, it was, well they couldn't
find a drummer.
I wasn't in a band then of course, but they couldn't find a drummer.
But the only way that they could rehearse quietly in somebody's house at a very cheap
cost was to use keyboards with headphones.
We used a four track tape recorder and we used to sit it in the middle of the stage
just like a drummer because we didn't want people thinking we were trying to hide the fact.
But now for practical reasons, the tape machine has moved to the side of the stage.
But it's basically the same way we first started.
The keyboard has a total of 36 different banks.
So each song has its own set of sounds.
And on Black Celebration I've got several sounds allocated to specific parts of the keyboard.
So the first sound is_ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] Right?
And [Bb] then the next sound I have to play is a little bit further up [D] on the keyboard.
_ [Gb] Which is just that.
So then I can put the two together.
_ _ _ _ [N] And then later on I have to play a melodic part.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ And so on.
And so really you're only limited by what you can manage with your hands.
As far as the sound goes, you've got to remember where you put [N] it.
But that comes after a while.
It gets to be automatic.
Your hands just sort of go there.
Do you ever forget something?
Of course.
These are quite simply linked to this keyboard.
So in other words, all you have to do is imagine that these two pads here are extra keys on the keyboard.
And when I hit that pad, it's exactly the same process as if I was playing