keyboard solos
Piano spotlight moments
Keyboard solos are extended passages in rock, jazz, or other music where a keyboard instrument—piano, organ, synthesizer—takes the melodic lead while other instruments provide accompaniment.
The term most often describes improvisational or virtuosic moments in live performance: The song builds to a three-minute keyboard solo.
In prog rock and jazz fusion, elaborate keyboard solos became signature elements of the genre.
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
- organBody's working component
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
finger dexterity · riff · arpeggios · Hammond · jazz · jazz fusion · prog-rock · flourish · cadenza · ivory · shredding · noodling · show off · instrumental · spotlight · concert hall · crescendo · prog rock
- Prog RockKing Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Jethro Tull, prog rock
- Civil War songsDixie, Lorena, battle hymns, marching songs, camp songs
- piano musicpiano, blues piano, four hands, nocturnes, two pianos
- piano arrangementspiano cover, piano score
keyboard solosaccompaniment
Supplementary support element
comping · backing tracks · vamping · rhythm guitar · basslines
keyboard solosguitar solos
Extended melodic instrumental features
drum solos · bass solos · saxophone solos · trumpet solos · violin solos
keyboard, keyboards, keys, keyed, keying, keyhole, keystone, board, boards