3 Ways to Create a Comping Part

"Comping" is short for Accompanying, and a Comping part in an arrangement is a part, usually played by a keyboard or guitar, that sounds the chords of a song in a rhythmic, accompanying pattern. In this video, Dr. Watson shares THREE ways to record or create a comping part when producing a song in a Digital Audio Workstation (or DAW): 1) MIDI Recording (in real time and at a slower tempo) a Keyboard part 2) Programming, or "Step Recording," a Keyboard part in a music notation app (such as Finale), exporting it as a MIDI file, then importing the MIDI file into the DAW 3) Recording a Guitar part into the DAW using an Audio Interface Here is the "Leaning On the Everlasting Arms" lead sheet shown in the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15RmK... Dr. Scott Watson teaches in the School of Music at Cairn University (Langhorne, PA). To investigate how YOU can unlock your musical talents at this Philadelphia-area Christian liberal arts university, please visit: https://cairn.edu/worship-music-ma-on... #MusicProduction #Comping #HowToRecordACompingPart