Tyros3, Tyros2, PSR-3000
Neal Saunders unexpectedly passed away on 1/22/2014 at age 78.

Personal Information: (December, 2011) I am a 76-year-old retiree currently living in Cape Coral, Florida with my loving wife of 54 years. We moved here in the mid-1990’s after our 3 children "left the nest" and I retired from my career as a research engineer/manager with NASA. During our early years in sunny Florida, I tried the normal outdoor things like boating, golfing, etc. But after encountering some medical problems, I decided to try a less strenuous hobby that I could do indoors in air conditioned comfort. So I returned to my childhood musical roots and bought a keyboard, and I’ve been struggling with keyboards ever since.

Musical Experience: I had 8 years of classical piano training as a boy, but I quit that in my mid-teens when I became more interested in doing other things that teenagers typically do. After that, I didn’t touch any kind of musical instrument for many years. But later I purchased a Hammond organ for our kids (and me) to learn music appreciation when they were growing up. I played around with that for several years, but I never really had the time to get serious with it.

In 2006, I decided to make a concerted effort in learning to play a keyboard. After doing some online research, I bought a PSR-3000. Then I quickly came to the realization that I not only had to learn how to operate this new contraption, but I also had to refresh my long-dormant playing skills. Fortunately, I found this very helpful forum that was critical in learning how to use the many features of the keyboards. And "practice, practice, practice" helped revitalize some of the playing capabilities that I once h

ad. As I progressed on this musical journey, I got more serious about playing. So I upgraded to a Tyros2 in 2008 and then to a Tyros3 in 2010.

I have to admit that I’m not really a "performer" as are many in this group. I primarily play in my home for my own enjoyment, but I occasionally play outside volunteer gigs for local nursing homes and clubs. I most enjoy arranging the various songs. I generally use styles that have been developed by others for specific songs, but I tweak them to my liking. Then I spend considerable time in developing the melody voices that I like for each song. That’s primarily why I like the Tyros series of keyboards since I can blend up to 3 voices to get those particular "sounds" that suit my tastes for each song.

Song Postings: In selecting songs for this page, I chose songs that I recorded on all 3 of my keyboards to indicate my progression over the past 5 years. I thought this might be helpful for other keyboard "newbies" that might be following in similar footsteps in the future. I included both MP3 and MIDI versions of all songs since I found that I learned much by inspecting the details of MIDI files made by more experienced performers.

All of these songs were "Quick" recorded (initially as MIDI files) since I have not yet mastered use of the more complex multi-recording features of the keyboards or external sequencers. I hope that you will enjoy listening to some of these songs. Any suggestions/critiques you might have are certainly welcome.

Note: Neal has provided a gig disk collection that includes almost three hundred song-named styles. Check it out on Neal's Gig Disk page.

Neal's MIDI Songs

midi Neal provided 70 songs in midi format. These were created on the Tyros3 (T3), Tyros2 (T2), or PSR-3000 (3k). Individual songs are shown in the table below and any one song can be downloaded by right-clicking on the song link. The table displays the song title, tempo (T), time signature (TS), lyrics (L), chords (C), where possible, the style used, the original volume (V), and the keyboard used (K). You can download all of Neal's 70 MIDI songs here: NS-3k-T3.zip

Neal's MIDI songs
Title T TS L C Style V K
Alfie 77 4/4 N Y 03 T2
All Of Me 130 4/4 N Y 04 T3
All The Way 85 4/4 N Y SloPianoBallad 07 T3
Amazing Grace 90 4/4 N Y 05 T3
American Patrol 145 4/4 N Y 04 T3
And The Angels Sing 120 4/4 N Y 04 T3
Autumn In New Yorl 96 4/4 N Y 03 T2
AwayInAManger 88 4/4 N Y 06 T3
Begin The Beguine 116 4/4 N Y 01 3k
Besame Mucho 108 4/4 N Y 05 T3
Blue Bayou 100 4/4 N Y Blue Bayou1 (GD) 07 T3
Blue Skies 120 4/4 N Y 04 T3
Blue Christmas 96 4/4 N Y 06 T3
Born Free 96 4/4 N Y 05 T3
But Beautiful 106 4/4 N Y 04 T3
Cabaret 190 4/4 N Y 02 T2
Can You Feel The Love Tonight 87 4/4 N Y 02 T2
Christmas Song, The 85 4/4 N Y 06 T3
Come Fly With Me 116 4/4 N Y 03 T2
Don't Be Cruel 150 4/4 N Y 01 3k
Don't Know Much 116 4/4 N Y 03 T2
Everythings Coming Up Roses 120 4/4 N Y 02 T2
The First Noel 87 3/4 N Y 06 T3
Glory Of Love 103 4/4 N Y 04 T3
Hark The Herald Angels Sing 90 4/4 N Y 06 T3
Have I Told You Lately 105 4/4 N Y 05 T3
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 96 4/4 N Y 06 T3
Heartbreak Hotel 85 4/4 N Y 01 3k
Hello Dolly 170 4/4 N Y 02 T2
How Deep Is Your Love 100 4/4 N Y 05 T3
How Insensitive 130 4/4 N Y Bossa1 (EL) 07 T3
How Sweet It Is 67 4/4 N Y 01 3k
I Dreamed A Dream 72 4/4 N Y 02 T2
If Ever I Would Leave You 84 4/4 N Y 02 T2
I'll Be Home For Christmas 120 4/4 N Y 06 T3
In The Mood 130 4/4 N Y 04 T3
It Don't Mean A Thing 186 4/4 N Y 03 T2
It's A Blue World 125 4/4 N Y 04 T3
Jambalaya 154 4/4 N Y 05 T3
Last Date 86 4/4 N Y 01 3k
Little Drummer Boy 120 4/4 N Y 06 T3
Makin' Whoopie 120 4/4 N Y 04 T3
Mame 130 4/4 N Y 02 T2
Meditation 135 4/4 N Y 01 3k
Memory (from Cats) 68 6/8 N Y Moonlight 6-8 07 T3
Michelle 108 4/4 N Y 01 3k
Misty 80 4/4 N Y 05 T3
Moonlight Serenade 82 4/4 N Y 04 T3
My Way 84 4/4 N Y 05 T3
Nothin' But The Blues 82 4/4 N Y Blues Ballad2 (EL) 07 T3
One (from Chorus Line) 126 4/4 N Y 02 T2
Perfidia 108 4/4 N Y 03 T2
Que Sera, Sera 172 3/4 N Y QueSeraSera 07 T3
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head 120 4/4 N Y 01 3k
Seventy Six Trombones 102 4/4 N Y 02 T2
Silent Night 86 3/4 N Y 06 T3
Silver Bells 90 3/4 N Y 06 T3
Solitude 110 4/4 N Y 03 T2
SongSungBlue 115 4/4 N Y CountrySwing 07 T3
So Nice (Summer Samba) 96 4/4 N Y BrazilianSamba 07 T3
Spanish Eyes 118 4/4 N Y 01 3k
Tangerine 114 4/4 N Y 05 T3
The Nearness Of You 90 4/4 N Y 01 3k
Tie A Yellow Ribbon 100 4/4 N Y 03 T2
True WhoCanITurnTo-NS07T3.midLove 90 3/4 N Y Dream Waltz (Henni) 07 T3
Walkin' After Midnght 95 4/4 N Y 03 T2
We've Only Just Begun 96 4/4 N Y 05 T3
What I Did For Love 90 4/4 N Y 02 T2
When I'm 64 130 4/4 N Y 03 T2
Who Can I Turn To 98 4/4 N Y MovieSwing 07 T3

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