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Fender Rhodes
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Technology
Harold Rhodes developed an electric piano without strings. A little hammer strikes a thin metal tine, and a pickup converts that vibration into current, as with a guitar. After a bass version from 1959, the full Fender Rhodes came onto the market in 1965. The sound is warm and softly bell-like, and growls when you play harder. In the late 1960s, Miles Davis had his pianists play the Rhodes, and the instrument became a fixture of jazz rock and soul, and later of neo-soul.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the keyboard part: can you hear the soft, bell-like sound, and the growl when it is struck hard?
In a Silent Way · Miles Davis, 1969
Riders on the Storm · The Doors, 1971
You Are the Sunshine of My Life · Stevie Wonder, 1972
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