[Chinese_boy]

in my youth fellowship, i play the keyboard and their is another acoustic guitar player and thats it
does anyone know what kind of sounds from the keyboard would sound good with the guitar like grand piano, or electric piano, or a think lead.
can some please help me thanks.

[Nate]

I would stick with an acoustic piano or a good electric piano sound most of the time. Good playing can make any sound sound good, but bad playing cannot be masked by any sound. As far as the electric piano is concerned, I usually prefer a more bell-like EP for softer, slower songs (look for "MIDI'd Grand", "Bell EP", "DX EP", "FM EP", "DynoRhodes", or similar patch names)... for faster songs, I prefer a harder EP sound with a bit more bite (look for "Wurly", "Hard Rhodes", "Wurlitzer", "Funk EP", "Vintage EP", "Rhodes 73", or similar patch names).

As far as other sounds are concerned, I would be careful using anything too strange seeing as the only other musician is the guitarist. I can imagine a nice soft synth pad sounding good, occasionally a percussive organ sound (not a church organ though... must be a drawbar type sound), or maybe even a plucked ethnic sound such as a dulcimer or a celtic harp. I would recommend using fairly simple and organic sounds for the most part. Try to stay away from heavily-layered sounds ("string/piano/ep mix" = bleah) and super digital sounds that sound like the latest pop album (trust me, you'll know them when you hear them... usually very bell-like attack with lots of synthesized string action in the background). Also stay away from string sounds; this is a pet-peeve of mine... but I cannot stand the sound of the string sounds on just about any keyboard, and I hate even more the cheesy way that most people try to use them.

Hope this helps!

In His love,
Nate