Keyboard (2017/03)

Talk 8 // Voices, tips, and breaking news from the Keyboard community. New Gear 10 // Our monthly wrap-up of the most signi cant new products from the keyboard, recording, and professional audio worlds. 12 // Acoustic Upright And Grand Explore the Czech school of microtonal music led by Alois Hába, and the remarkable quartertone piano that stood at its center. Hear 16 // Cover Story Alex Lacamoire has leant his talents as a keyboardist, orchestrator, and musical director to some of the biggest Broadway shows, including Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop smash Hamilton. Lacamoire lets us in on his early days in New York, breaking into the business, and the complex demands of his career in musical theater. 22 // Scoring Seth Stachowski on the tools and skills that helped make him the composer behind Cirque du Soleil’s Broadway show Paramour. Play 26 // Jazz Brian Charette shows you ve ways to play the way Terrace Martin does with Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg and more. 28 // Latin Rebeca Mauleón o ers a guide for pianists to play authentic Cuban grooves in clave. 32 // Musicaltheater Matt Beck’s primer for orchestra pit performers. Know 34 // The Art Of Synth Soloing Solo like Yes’s caped wonder Rick Wakeman. 36 // Sound Design Thor’s Thunder, part 2: performance control. Review 38 Digital Piano Roland FP-90 40 // Synthesizer Korg ARP Odyssey 42 // Plug-In Host Software Deskew Technologies Gig Performer 46 // Controller Arturia MiniLab Mk II 48 // Virtual Instrument Waves Electric 200 Coda 50 // Matt Beck shares five things you’ll need to know to play in a Broadway theater orchestra.