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Name this tune ...



Think about it! You do know it!

Peter

Can you believe they have been fixing Big Ben, in London, for over three years now?

Even more surprising, when you know they've been working round the clock.

In the UK, we alter our clocks next Saturday, so here is some guidance.

If you want to know if you are old, then simply fall over in front of a group of other people.

If they laugh, you are still young.

If they, on the other hand, rush to help you, you are old.

I received this in my inbox, yesterday. Weedon's Wanderings: 11th July 2019 FASCINATING RHYTHM! http://www.ar-group.org/Files/RhythmPennyWeedon1.jpg We’re probably all familiar with the sight of dozens of feet tapping in time to a march or dance number at a concert. But is rhythm the fundamental asp...

Doodle Chaos has produced some outstanding videos. The amount of brilliant drawing, superb timing and amazing synchronization to keep the moving animation bouncing around and coming in and out of frame at the exact right time is worth watching. It is a virtual engineering masterpiece. What a brillia...

(The comments below refer to the AR organ, but I am sure you can do something the same with other organs and keyboards) If you wish to accompany, say your grandchild playing their flute, you should tune your AR to their instrument using something like a clarinet or oboe Voice on the Lower Keyboard ...

Recognise all of them, but ...... Trying to remember the first line is much more tricky. 01. All people that on earth do dwell. Old hundredth. Geneva Psalter 1551 02. God whose almighty word. Moscow. Felice de Giarni 03. O worship the King. Hanover. Probably by William Croft 04. O for a thousand ton...

Drawbar is the name of the original feature employed on Hammond organs and they patented that. So everyone else who copied the idea names them something else (apart from Wersi?). Yamaha called them Flute/Tibia on their AR organs, and AR organists tend to refer to them as 'light bars' (to select the...

This is very funny. I hope that it works for everyone.

Toccata and Fugue

https://www.facebook.com/jake.purches.5/videos/10156646416861071/


Peter

As I got to the end of 2018, this is how I felt ...












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I wanted to end the year on a high note, then give it a rest.

Peter

Yes, Hugh, I agree.

Chord Construction

D + major interval = Gb (scale degree = 3rd)
Gb + major interval = A# (scale degree = sharp/augmented 5th)
A# + minor interval = C (scale degree = minor 7th)

So I'd play the notes......D Gb A# C

Peter

Here are the answers, to this Musical Quiz, so that you can check just how well you did.



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Last chance to tackle these questions, before I post the answers, later this week.
Peter

Here is a You Tube video recommending Warm up exercises:

This is a very helpful one.



And here is a more energetic one.



Peter

Thank you Andy for your corrections, helpful observations and endorsements. All greatly valued and much appreciated.
Peter

Now for some essential details to remember when trying to emulate the sound of a clarinet on your Keyboard. The range of the Bb Clarinet .. when it sounds that is .. not how it looks in the music .. is from the D below middle C up to F above the third ledger line above the treble clef, like this: ht...

When it comes to using Voices that mimic actual musical instruments, if we understand something about how the original instrument functions it should be easier to use that Voice on our Keyboards and make it sound more realistic. What keys we play and how we handle them does make a difference. The Cl...

C. Strength, Co-ordination and independence Exercises Stage 1 of 3 stages Form your hand into a tight fist, then relax it as if you were holding a small ball. Your thumb and fingertips should now all line up. Lay your fingertips on a table. Raise your thumb without disturbing your other fingers. Li...

Here is Musical Quiz for you. Please read right through to the end of this post - it will be to your advantage. There are some very easy answers, a few that need a little thought and care, and some that may cause you to struggle. It is in the form of a four page pdf, which should appear below. If no...

B. Stretching Exercises You need to use your knees for this one. It so happens that the width of your knee is proportionate to the potential stretch of your hands. Sit down, and cross one leg over the other. If you have a replacement knee, this may prove to be uncomfortable. Now straighten the leg ...

The Two Measure Repeat is used only for Drums, Piano or Guitar. This is what it looks like: https://i.imgur.com/RhEQ92X.jpg And this is how you interpret it: https://i.imgur.com/8scDiwO.jpg Four measure repeats are also possible but they use four slashes and the number 4 , not 2. To repeat more than...

The Repeated Measure is used only for Drums, Piano or Guitar. This is what it looks like: http://www.ar-group.org/Files/RepeatedMeasure1.jpg And this is how you interpret it: http://www.ar-group.org/Files/RepeatedMeasure2.jpg In the final Reply I reveal the Two Measure Repeat Peter

As everybody must realise, in an orchestra no two instruments are tuned to precisely identical pitches. So all the violins will be very slightly adrift from each other, but that is what generates a richness in orchestral tone, because if they were all exactly the same I understand that the final sou...

It is truly amazing. Back in the late 1960's Magnavox (an upmarket sound system) produced a demo vinyl record to demonstrate their latest product and one of the tracks had moving sounds from left to right. After being brought up on mono sound, this was awesome! We tend to take stereo sound reproduct...

Here for starters is a good way to 'warm up' your hands before playing. I don't mean by putting them on the radiator! A. General hand warm up ⋅ Hold your hands in front of you, palms facing away, as if you are pushing against a wall with both hands. ⋅ With a loose wrist, slowly c...

So let us underline that ....... Good posture is essential So sit at your organ ... tall, but not stiff. You know what I mean. Never slouch. Let your shoulders relax down, while retaining a sense of buoyancy. A slow gentle rocking back, forth and sideways from your hips will help you keep your arm j...

Regular Warm Up We all realise that athletes and sports people will always warm up before commencing their activity. We need to recognize that as organ/keyboard playing can be quite physical, we need to consider doing the same. Therefore we need to warm up as well before we spend a long spell playi...

Please don't read any further until you have tackled the questions in the previous posting. Answers to: Can you name these instruments beginning with C? ⋅ Like a trumpet Cornet ⋅ A single reeded woodwind Clarinet ⋅ A double reeded woodwind Cor Anglais ⋅ You bo...