[musictlk] INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORGAN

[Jamie Prater]

Hi, how about the library of congress?  They have a Bill Irwin course for 
organ and I think Bill Brown has one but not exactly sure.  I wish you the 
best.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ogletree Anita" <yorstruli at att.net>
To: "'NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List'" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:14 PM
Subject: [musictlk] INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORGAN


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> Good afternoon.
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> I am the organist for a church here in Alabama and I learned to play by 
> ear.
> I did have some formal piano lessons more than 30 years ago and the
> instructor (now deceased) was also blind.  She taught me to play using
> Braille lessons.
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>
> While I can manage to pull the chords together for gospel songs by 
> listening
> to the rehearsals that I recored each week, I realize that the organ is
> different from the piano.  I have listened to some very talented organists
> and since I do not have any idea what each of the drawbars should be set 
> on
> in order to achieve the quality sounds that really make organ music grab
> those listening, I sometimes feel very uncomfortable when I play.
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> Of course, everyone says the music sounds good, but I credit the pianist,
> who has been playing for this church for 30 years, with carrying the 
> weight.
>
>  I can hear how what we are playing sometimes clashes and it isn't always
> easy to cover myself.
>
> If anyone has any idea of where I might be able to get a hold of some 
> organ
> lessons of any kind it would really help.  There are not very many people
> willing to teach what they know and those that I have found charge a lot
> more than I can afford at this time.
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> Thank you, in advance, for any  help.
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> Anita
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