Hi Ken,

Nicely played. Has some interesting chords in it.

The Old Rugged Cross



Hugh

Artistes "Get Together" While we are in lockdown, Andrew Nix has requested a number of Organists and Keyboard players to send a short clip of them playing part of a tune. He then had the task of "sticking them all together". View the results: You'll Never Walk Alone iXKR4cWEU7A ...

Hi Den,

What a gorgeous story!

Hugh

Hi Tony, Enjoyed those. And that's a very nice sounding organ you have there. The only things that was missing were the choir and congregation to sing the words so we could join in. I had two uncles who were both Vicars .. one in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex and the other in Langtree, Torrington. Devon, I...

Hi Torben,

Thanks for that. It has certainly cheered me up.

Just wondering. Where does she keep her microphone?

Hugh

Hope this video means more to you than it did to me. Screen capture on Yamaha arranger keyboard The three buttons you hold down when turning the keyboard on are different depending on which keyboard you have: The Display can be saved as an image to your USB pen. Tyros 4 : GUITAR - ORGAN & STRING...

Fred ( dragon ) ... Tell your family to go the the YouTube site ( http://www.youtube.com ) and in the search box to put Marsh family from Faversham . Scrolling down there are about 8 entries of this video put up by different people. I have set up a WhatsApp Group for all our family (Mobile) so any ...

Saxophone I know the Subject of this Topic is "How to play acoustic instruments authentically on a keyboard", but it does help to analyse closely how a real Saxophone is played. So take a look/listen to this and try to pick up how the player gets his sound from his instrument. czCM6ZNwHK8

Peter. That was a brilliant video. Hugh

Hi Den,

Played with a full organ sound in the right hand. Just how it should sound.

Hugh

Hi Den,

Loved the way you played that hymn. Great organ sound, and I had noted that you were playing a 'full' selection of notes in your right hand. That's how organ pieces should be played as the organ is not a 'solo' instrument like a trumpet or a saxophone.

Hugh

Tony, Loved the way you played that! I am smitten! Our Odeon Cinema here in Weston houses a Compton Organ, which the professionals play every so often. I went to one of the concerts and Byron Jones was playing. He played the Dambusters March just the way you did, using a 'straight' classical organ s...

Hi Carloss, Yes, these are strange times. I just hope that this 'social distancing' will do the trick and calm things down. Our son and daughter-in-law who live close by are doing shopping for us .. although most shelves in the supermarket are pretty low on supplies. Our take-aways are still open, s...

Hi Tony,

A very nice piece of music, and a very good recording too. The bass you are playing has come through very well. What did you record this with? Did you have a camcorder on a stand?

Hugh

Thanks for that Arthur. As a pianist I couldn't do without having a Sustain Pedal when playing piano. With my AR 80 organ I do have an ' expression pedal (ie. it makes the sound louder of softer) which is great for putting 'expression' into pieces. But there isn't room down below with having bass pe...

Something strange. When I look at at my laptop screen .. or my TV .. the screen is set in jigsaw pieces, all interlocked together. I can see the edges of each piece, and they fit together perfectly to make the TV picture.

Is this permanent, do you think?

Hugh

If you play by ear, this is what it should sound like. But they've got the words wrong.



Hugh

We've got several of these in our park. I think the bit in the middle has been sawn off by members of the public and used as firewood.

Hugh

Thanks Den for posting that. I'm sure you will tell us the science behind this instrument. Magnetism and electric currents? I have found a couple more YouTube clips of this instrument being played. The first is very appropriate as we have just had this song for the March 2020 Challenge! THEREMIN - O...

Update on Oldham Community Radio Oldham Community Radio - MARCH 2020 The Winners of the TDP JANUARY 2020 Challenge are featured in their MARCH 2020 broadcast. MARCH 2020 EDITION 2 Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab https://anchor.fm/communitykeyboards/episodes/2020_March_Edition_2-ed7135...

James, How do you decide what a Style is going to sound like just from it's name? With the hundreds of Styles you have available to you how do you remember which is which? No doubt when you do find one you like you can store it as a 'favourite' on your Korg? Similar to what he has done here on the P...

Update on Oldham Community Radio Oldham Community Radio - FEBRUARY 2020 The Winner of the TDP November Challenge was Charles Hughes ( ChuckH ) with The Swan . You can hear this piece being played in the FEBRUARY 2020 broadcast, EDITION 2 at 43:35. Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab https...

Thanks for that Brian. I meet so many retired people (well, not just now .. I'm going back a bit) who say that having stopped work they are bored out of their minds. Some go and volunteer for something to keep themselves busy. Funnily enough, I have never had that problem. There aren't enough hours ...

Ken,

Thanks for posting that. When I started watching I thought he was talking about the current situation. Then I noticed the date .. 3rd April 2015!

Hugh

Brian, I like your list of songs to play. Thought provoking! How about if we all play something along the lines you are suggesting? JohnT. You have already done one to start the ball rolling, so I will repeat it here: Thought it would be appropriate for the Coronavirus. Fly Me To The Moon https://ap...

This section has been created for somewhere to post things we have found on the internet that we have found interesting .. and they don't fall under any other Category. If you take a look at some of the posts that are in this section you will see the sort of thing that we are after. If it's 'general...

I have been shopping at Tescos a couple of times this last week. I go at about 10pm (our store closes at midnight). The disadvantage is that there are probably more empty shelves than earlier on in the day (eg. no flour, chicken, toilet rolls or paracetamol), but the advantage is that there only abo...

Hi Torben, I know exactly what you mean. I play an organ, so it has foot-pedals. If I were to record the Upper and the Lower Manuals first and then try to add a bass line afterwards .. there's no way I could do it. My brain is programmed to play bass notes to whatever chords I am playing, and if I'm...

Hi Torben,

Your friend has a beautiful voice! And your accompaniment on the keyboard is first class. It must make a difference when playing a keyboard for something like this .. you don't have to play the melody! Thanks for posting.

Hugh

Not sure what to think about this Corona virus. I'm not too worried about catching it. I may be elderly (how old is elderly?), but don't have underlying health problems .. unless you count the numerous tablets I am on as a health problem. What I am more worried about is the effect all this is going ...

Getting a bit behind with updating this!

Our next meeting is Thursday 2nd April, when we have Andrew Nix coming.

Hugh