[musictlk] INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORGAN
Ogletree Anita
yorstruli at att.net
Sat Nov 21 14:54:09 UTC 2009
Good morning and thank you. I will check into that.
Have a blessed day!
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From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jamie Prater
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 5:21 PM
To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [musictlk] INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORGAN
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.
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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
>
>
> Good afternoon.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Thank you, in advance, for any help.
>
>
>
> Anita
>
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