... My teacher said the same thing to me. I started playing piano around the age of five, started lessons at age seven, and started to teach myself organ in my...
What an interesting thread. We really don't discuss music much in this group, but I really enjoyed what Jim H, Jim R., Claire, Lynn, and Ron said. Jim Reid's...
Hi, Folks. The Bone Doctor here, ruminating on keyboard playing... I submit this fuel in the piano vs organ debate: In my house where I grew up, we had an old...
Yes Joe, we really do need to be musicians who play the organ! Ron Mosman No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322...
... Hi everybody. I am back with some more thoughts. Over the past months I have written quite a lot on this subject scattered through various e-mails, but...
Hi Russ, very interesting what you say but in fact many theatre organist have written music for the theatre organ including Nigel Ogden. Louis Mordish wrote a...
Yes Claire, I agree. For further comment on this see my "Featured artists" page on Walnut Hill http://www.theatreorgans.com/walnuthill/russashworth.htm ... --...
Hello Russ. While I agree with most of what you wrote, your statement about 'no original music for TO' is slightly incorrect. I say 'slightly', as you are...
Nuts! Can't Stay out? I learned what little it know on a Piano. Then got a CONN 645. No problem in conversion except for BIG FEET! Then the Morton that had 2nd...
People are so different when it comes to music. I'm not brilliant at reading music, and even less brilliant at performing accurately from music. I tend to cast...
You may be correct Doug but how much is played by other theatre organists and how much was written back in the haydays of theatre organs? Also on the one hand,...
Good comments from Joe Barron At U of Redlands we were taught practicing piano technique for organ repertoire to build fingering is not either/or but...
I forget who started this - Russ ? But for all who asked for it I have now posted the Sidney Torch track of Goody Goody in the theatre-sf files area. Pin your...
Correction: Hotel rooms must be booked by today (Wednesday, June 1) through the Pasadena Visitors & Convention Bureau to be assured of getting the convention...
... Oh, oh.....Russ has "outed" me; the truth is now known by all!! My goal now is only to learn to play arrangements by others; why? See on below. ... No,...
This is a most interesting discussion. It is gratifying to see that the virtual organ community is just as interested in the musical side of things as the...
With the touch of a button, my Yamaha FS-70 is velocity-sensitive, and has
piano and harpsichord stops on both acc. and solo manuals, plus electric
piano on...
Got this from Len Rawle. Am getting some clarification for Miditzer stops and will post that too. Enjoy. Hi Russ I'm a little short on time just now but in...
I think if you want to learn both, you can. The main difference for me is that it's easier to think like an arranger while playing the organ because you can...
Hi Russ You are welcome to circulate that information if you feel it will help. I'm glad you found it of interest as 'playing the stops' is very much what I am...
Well Ben, Have to comment. I surly agree with you on your below statement. One can get much out of a piano. but not the "Color" a organ can provide. As to...
Hi VTPO players Would like some help in 2 areas. 1. How to get a MIDI file into MidiTzer from Cakewalk, a sequencer. Needs to be a step by step description....
I love this dialog. Years ago when I wanted to "get" the Orchestral style and Lorin Whitney was too busy with his studio to devote much time teaching, he...
Do you want to create a MIDI file and then play the file through the Miditzer? Or do you want to play what you are working on in Cakewalk through the Miditzer...
In working with Mike Davy to help him figure out what midi messages were transmitted by his Ahlborn-Galanti organ for stop tabs and pistons, we pretty much...
OOPS! in my message (quoted below) I asked for info to be entered on a spreadsheet to the LEFT of some Allen midi info. I MEANT to the RIGHT of the Allen...
Lynn, I thought the word, in your case then, would be "cixelsyd" Maybe one thing we should add to your original message, Lynn, was that when we messed with my...
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