How good a keyboardist is EVH?

[dirtymovies]

Rate Edward 1 - 10...10 being tops...

[Burning Tires]

I'll give him a solid 8.

He's able to express himself quite well behind the keys, and I can tell it's Eddie. That says a bundle for a keyboard player. I mean, it's hard to be distinctive on drums, a little easier on guitar... but on keyboards the sounds are pre-programmed. It all has to come from the heart and the fingers.

[gizbug]

7

[z28girl]

10 - I would love to hear him play on a baby grand sometime, though. Hear something classical since that was the basis for his training early on.

And we have yet to hear the cello!

[yomamasofat]

And Tuba!!

[joe318]

i rate edward a 10 on keyboards, i think he is great on the ivorys and i think that is what helped him become the awesome guitar player he is.

[ericgtr]

I have always liked his keyboard stuff.. I would give him a 7. Here is some stuff from 83 that I got from the official site from the made for TV movie Doing Gina or whatever it was RAM file

[SwissHalen]

I know one keyboardist in Metal/Rock that I'd rate a solid 10: Jens Johansson of Stratovarius.

Ed's around 5 or 6, but that's more than enough for Van Halen. And as a musician he's a straight 10, I think he could be a genius at every instrument if he'd practice it long enough.

[Eddie_italian]

a solid 8 for me 'cause it's finally a melodic guy on the keyboard except for 1984 intro .
he's good for sure ...

[SwissHalen]

And Alex Staropoli of Rhapsody isn't bad either, right Eddie_I?

[The Full BuD]

I'd give Eddie and Alex 10's on their keyboarding skills, since they're both classically trained.

[Brett]

Ed's a 10, he's classically trained. I am sure he can do a hell of a lot more intricate stuff that than "Jump" and "Love Walks In." [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Mario VH]

His keyboard playing is as good as his guitar playing-10.

[Dan Halen]

9.5. But of course he's off the scale for guitar playing.

[ETRIGAN]

He was good enough to win a competiton at Long Beach City College back in the day. THe funny thing was he couldn't sight read so he learned it by ear and pretended he was reading.