Cowfingers Posted July 5, 2001 Share Posted July 5, 2001 hello, could anyone tell me how to play the chop on an organ where you kinda glide down and back up the manual, it seems to be in every rock organ song (eg "Shes so heavy" by the beatles, "Since ive been loving you" by led zep, I shot the Sheriff, Cream..its also on the start of a St Germain song on the "Tourist" album (cant remember the songs name!) ive tried looking at midi files but the way its scored is impossible to read. thanks if anyone can help -starfucker Visit my band : www.neonfleacircus.net or www.myspace.com/neonfleacircus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_3guy Posted July 5, 2001 Share Posted July 5, 2001 It's usually done on a synth style keys as opposed to weighted keys. Usually when you are smearing up, use left hand to smear the keys up & your right hand lands on the chord you are going to. When you are good you can smear up with both hands & land on a chord. Steve www.seagullphotodesign.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezzo Posted July 5, 2001 Share Posted July 5, 2001 Glide on the white keys.....no matter what chord you're approaching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowfingers Posted July 5, 2001 Author Share Posted July 5, 2001 oh, so you just glide the back of your hand back and forth on the whites?!? that seems alot easier than i thought! thanks! -starfucker Visit my band : www.neonfleacircus.net or www.myspace.com/neonfleacircus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted July 5, 2001 Share Posted July 5, 2001 We just played a 4th of July gig yesterday, outdoors, last night after the gig when I was setting up the keys in my basement I noticed a yellow streak from G2 to about C4, damn bug!! And yes, it was white keys only... Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3fiend Posted July 5, 2001 Share Posted July 5, 2001 Originally posted by botch@netutah.net: We just played a 4th of July gig yesterday, outdoors, last night after the gig when I was setting up the keys in my basement I noticed a yellow streak from G2 to about C4, damn bug!! And yes, it was white keys only... Before I bought an XK-2 with a nice slippery keyboard, I played Hammond sounds on an 88-Key weighted Alesis QS8.1, with nice sharp key lips. Every night after a gig, I would gross out my bandmates by cleaning the blood smeared all over the keyboard from the slices these lips made in my palms. I suppose it looked pretty gory. Since I play only on Fri-Sat nights, the cuts could never fully heal, nor could they develop into callouses... I would just continually tear the wounds open the next weekend. -Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Gee, B3Fiend, that would go over better than anything Keith Emerson ever did to a hammond! Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Visit http://www.keyboardonline.com At the right bottom of the scree you will see a "Click Here for Hammond B3 MIDI Files" You could read them or listen to them. Some of them could help you. ------------------ Gustavo G Lozada Moderador de: MusicPlayer.com/NuestroForo "La voz en Español en Música y Tecnología" GusTraX @yahoo.com Músico, Productor, Ingeniero, Tecnólogo Senior Product Manager, América Latina y Caribe - PreSonus at Fender Musical Instruments Company Instagram: guslozada Facebook: Lozada - Música y Tecnología www.guslozada.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Originally posted by Starfucker: oh, so you just glide the back of your hand back and forth on the whites?!? that seems alot easier than i thought! Make sure that you hold down four or five (or more) at a time when you do it, though...it's not the same as doing a gliss on a piano where you hit one or two at a time. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_3guy Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Originally posted by Starfucker: oh, so you just glide the back of your hand back and forth Not the back, the palms of your hands. Steve www.seagullphotodesign.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpel Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Man, I also do the "smear" with the weighted keys on the QS 8. Ouch ouch ouch. No fun at all, and, for folk like me with suspect of "faker" keyboard chops to begin with, the weighted keys make it harder to nail it time-wise too. Yet another reason why I need an alternate non-weighted controller in my studio. Magpel Check out the Sweet Clementines CD at bandcamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 I've done it on the QS8 as well...I actually change my technique a little - I turn my hand sideways and flatten it out, and then I run it across the top of the keys, using mostly my three middle fingers and the top of my palm. Definitely hurts less. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegerardi Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 OK, I'll admit it: I'm a wuss when it comes to smears on piano keybeds. I start out with the heel of my palm to begin the smear, but then I wimp out and do a thumb gliss. Mea culpa. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Setup: Korg Kronos 61, Roland XV-88, Korg Triton-Rack, Motif-Rack, Korg N1r, Alesis QSR, Roland M-GS64 Yamaha KX-88, KX76, Roland Super-JX, E-Mu Longboard 61, Kawai K1II, Kawai K4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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