[musictlk] INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORGAN

[Linda Mentink]

Hi Anita,

I'm assuming you're playing a Hammond organ?  Our music teacher made 
Braille cards with dots where each draw bar should go for certain 
sounds.  The card was labelled, and we just slid the card under the 
draw bars and pulled each bar out to the right place.  I never had 
much experience with it, bue he showed them to me.  If I ever have to 
play a Hammond, I just use the preset stops.  Maybe that's one of the 
differences between an organist and someone who plays the organ! Smile.

Blessings,

Linda

At 04:14 PM 11/20/2009, you wrote:
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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.
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>   I can hear how what we are playing sometimes clashes and it isn't always
>easy to cover myself.
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>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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