What fun! Wunderbar Fraser! Whatever kind of piano that is it is perfect for Boogie Woogie. Those hammers must be hard as wood to make that sound. Yes, I miss the organ, but in these times some fun at the piano is needed.
First of all; thank you Fraser (and Mrs G) for continuing to provide us with something fun to watch during these difficult times. I was taught piano during my early teens and my parents bought me an upright piano which I still play at home occasionally. A while back I was introduced to the church organ and I'm pleased to be friends with the owner of the only Cinema Organ in Wales. I am in awe at the 'octopus' skills of an organist and my question is: What does an Organist do with their feet when playing the piano?
This is so good! It’s a pity we have to all be driven to stay at home in order to get to gear more of your wonderful boogie-woogie. This is one of the best tutorials on playing boogie-woogie I’ve seen in a while and with your “signature” relaxed presentation style it’s really enjoyable.
I'm having trouble coordinating my hands to get the off-beat bass note timed right. I'm sure I'll get it with practice. Thanks for showing us how it's done and inviting us into your home and telling us the Stockhausen story. Great fun.
Love it! Originally I only listened to organ music, but over the last 4 decades, thanks to some characters in San Francisco I got exposed to all kinds of Trad Jazz.
You are an amazing entertainer and an amazing teacher, but I repeat myself! You slipped in some music theory in a way that actually made perfect sense and you make it seem easy enough to try. At home! Thanks for this video. Going to share it now.
I remember the day my mother learned to play boogie woogie. It was shortly after WWII and we were staying at her sister's house. All us kids went to school and my aunt did too because she was a teacher. My father had gone to work. When came in that afternoon my aunt asked my mother what she did and mother sat down and played a boogie. Her piano teacher had been a cousin who lived with them so my mother played classical music from memory if it was a favorite piece. She also played by ear when she liked something. I don't play so I figure it would take me a few weeks to do just the blues. I have sung enough to be able get that down sort of. I enjoyed your playing.
It's always best when you can learn and have fun at the same time. Merci bien, Fraser. 👍 PS: I especially liked the Karlheinz Stockhausen story. It has inspired me to "re-discover" his wild music (which I haven't heard since my undergrad music history courses).
Fraser, that was hilarious ;) I've played the guitar (and related instruments) for 25 years, and only recently started to play the piano a tiny little bit. Your explanation was greatly appreciated, and as it appears I'm now learning the boogie thanks to you!
It is fun listening to you. I am even inspired to start learning from your video. Why not, nothing else to do during this curfew time. ( 63 years young man). from the Himalayas, India.
It's interesting an original Irmler as I'm used to seeing the Blüthner ones. It's actually nice to hear boogie woogie. We often get concert pianists in our shop, yet strangely none ever play boogie woogie. Loved the video.
18:00 :'D Dieser verzweifelte Blick von ihm. Zum glück schaue ich mir immer beide Versionen an :) Ich hab mich glaube ich mehr erschrocken als er, als er auf einmal deutsch gesprochen hat.^^
“Look Ma... I’m playing Boogie Woogie!!”😊 I absolutely LOVE this video!! Fraser, where were you all my life?? How I wished I had videos like these, all those years ago, as a classical piano music student, slogging it out with Bach, Beethoven & the boys, wanting to play something different just to interject a bit of fun... You make learning music such fun and very exciting!!! Love your white room...like a Winter Palace... très Liberace!!✨🍸🌟 Re the organ: now that we’re all hibernating in lockdown, perhaps it’s time to invest in a Hauptwerk Virtual Pipe Organ?? You won’t regret it... I love mine!! Once again, many thanks for keeping our spirits up during these dark & difficult times!!🌺💕😊🎶
Brilliant, I’ve been watching your videos in German thanks to TH-cam suggestion. Now I find you have some in English. Together we are bringing Boogie Woogie to the world even if people don’t subscribe to our channels. Best wishes from the UK would be honoured to play with you if you over.
Yes Boss! I do all vids in English and German (it’s my only chance to speak English these days after 20 years living here!) - mainly Organ stuff, but a bit of boogie and stride on piano to keep the technique up! I’ll be back in the uk one of these days - I’m sure we could sort something out!
I don't play any keyboard instrument, and my attempts at learning music theory only leave me baffled. But all that actually made a bit of sense to me. I may have actually learned a bit! Fascinating! And that piano is perfect for this music. A 'proper' voicing would ruin it.
I looked you up and found that you have a pipe organ most of the time. My first experience with organ music was "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at a baseball game. I learned that it could do so much more as I grew older. My last experience was singing in church with the pipes of the organ around us, the choir. The organist had played at the ballpark in Dallas, Texas and when we practiced he would break into some of the things he played there. Glad I found you. It sounds like we will have fun.
Being a boogie fan means this is my most favorite video you have done to date. But I do miss the organ as well. Be safe, be well, we will all get through this together regardless if we are in North Central Iowa USA or you in Germany. Thank you for a bit of fun in the midst of the viral pandemic.
Fraser maybe you should do a triette(!) with Terry Miles and Brendan Kavanagh as they do Boogie Woogie around random pianos in London Tube Stations and St Pancras Station
Wow! that's opened up a whole new world for you to talk about and demonstrate and I'm not talking the various forms of blues style playing, which you must, of course continue with! But developing on your fascinating anecdote about playing with Karl-Heinz Stockhausen gives you an excellent excuse to dwell more on the development of 'classical' music in the 20th century. Maybe (and consider it a dare if you like) venturing into the music of arguably the greatest composer for piano and organ and orchestra and voice(s) and, and, and (you get the idea); the incomparable Olivier Messiaen! Ah dear. So many wonderful composers and styles of composition and so little time...
I get that the structure is basic. But, man. The playing and coordination it takes to be really good is in no way basic. I honestly don't know how you get there fully with that left hand independence. To me it always feels like I'm learning very specific things, but never quite get it to a level where I'm satisfied.
You are quite right. I have not yet found a video that really addresses independence and coordination as you point out. Christian Fuchs (from Berlin) does videos that are the very helpful to me. I hope Fraser does not mind me plugging another channel.
There are Videos about that. But the essence is practice,it most be practise. But even here is a very good part to practice hand independence. From 16:25 on is perfect to practise it. Fraser says...go and practise this for a minute...rofl. This minute was 2 days for me. 😛
I completely forgot to tell you that I got some cd’s from you out of the time you played blues etc. And there still available! ( I don’t know of all them are still available but I found a couple by Amazon) that’s all. Thank you for sharing and playing.
This video is a refreshing diversion from the organ. Can you give us a little background on the manufacturer of the Piano and what you did to bring it to playable condition?
It's an Irmler from Leipzig around 1900. The mechanics were pretty frozen when I got my hands on it, so with a bit of TLC, I got things moving again and working to a degree. Sadly it's a bit too far gone (case and soundboard are both pretty cracked) to have it fully restored...
Der Klang dieses instrument ist ideal für der Boogie-Woogie!.. Oops, wrong language version video, aber ich muss Deutsch lernen! ;) Seriously though, I think that considering the general direction of your music, this piano doesn't needs any more tuning as long as the frame holds up! This video is an interesting idea all things around considered and I certainly enjoy the change. Also a big thank you for posting material as text as well -- for some bizarre reason this is becoming more and more rare nowadays as time goes on...
Thank you for yet another enjoyable video. I’m not a musician but your educational vids are great to watch. Thanks also for letting me hear at least one classic German word I have not heard for many years 😂. You are quite lucky after teasing about the dog several times that you finally revealed the true star of the video, I was going to give a thumbs down if I didn’t get to see the pup lol 👍 stay safe stay indoors
Oh Fraser!!! My piano teacher from Grade V upwards always told me to never trust a white piano "always hiding something" :) However, fab Boogie-Woogie!!!
Great! That’s the real thing. Boogie Woogie is marvelous. And your explanation and playing as well. Whatever people are saying playing boogie woogie, blues etc. Is great. Even on a organ. Or maybe just on a organ. How did you manage to got that piano right. Did you tune it yourself? Because getting the piano like this requires also some string changes. But I love it. Go on playing!
Great, a grand piano! It sounds very mellow, like a cinema organ's piano! I love it! And it's quite rococo, very fancy... As a piano student, I will appreciate a lot these next at-home videos! (of course I love the organ, but, alas, I don't have access to one, just to a pedals harmonium (reed organ, just one manual and 3 stops on each half of the keyboard, and of course my electronic keyboard, but it's one manual as well), so piano it is for now... :-) Keep it up! BTW, loved your album! Both organs are sweet and your choice of stops gives for very melodic sounds, and the rhythms are cool... Ah, whn will I be able to sound half as cool? :-P Congratulations and keep up the great job! Cheers!
Since I only have a Yamaha P-125 (electronic piano with some organ sounds) I wonder if there is organ music for just one manual . Or will harmonium music does the job? Can you help?
@@thomasstokhof5370 You are better than me! I just have the Yamaha YPT-255, at least you have 88 keys! :-P From my very short experience with organ music, there's some partial solutions: a) there are music for just one manual, many early and portable organs had just one manual (and reef organs aka pedal harmoniums were very popular), it's a matter of finding it (not easy, I know, but read at the end); b) you can split the keyboard in two, and play two small manuals: it's not the same as in one over the other, but it's a partial solution to try and tackle more complicated sheet music; c) ultimately, you can transport the organ sheet music to piano and either simplify it a bit, or spread it all about the keyboard: the first is laboroius but doable, and it's something legit (we have been doing this since forever), the second solution is very demanding and well beyond my playing capabilities at the moment. In any case, playing with organ sounds will help you to improve your legato technique, especially when changing chords: many times you will have to leave one or more fingers pressed, I find this very different to playing piano, where you have the sustain pedal to help. And, finally, back to solution a): I think the easier way to find sheet music for one manual is to look for simple pastoral and church music: most smaller churches had simple harmoniums or small organs, with usually just one manual or two and no pedals. As, ultimately, music is music, it's as good as any other to learn, and it will usually be easier than the more famous pieces from Bach and company. If you are a church going person, many will sound familiar, which is a plus, and if you are not, well, then they will be fresh and interesting. As an added bonus, you can sing along in many of them (as most will be accompanied with a chorus), that helps to keep the spirits high when the technique (as in my case) is not up to the task... LOL. Thanks for the question and I hope I have been of assistance, but let's ask +Fraser Gartshore @Fraser Gartshore (mentions don't seem to work, let's hope he read this!) for his advice on this matter, maybe we can get a blog post our of this? ;-) In any case, good luck out there!
@@thomasstokhof5370 no problem! I have just remembered, most early electronic organs had just one manual, so songs by the Beatles and early rock hands will have one manual music as well, for example "The House of the Rising Sun" and many more! Good luck and have fun!
Assendum: I have posted an entry with this discussion on the Learning organ group at Fraser's Social Group, "Pipes and Posts", I am sure many people can help us out over there: pipesandposts.com/?status/98-98-1584792806/ Cheers!
So I just went to my piano to practice. Came back and starting watching the second half and noticed that you are using the second finger of the left hand for the dominant, not the thumb as you suggested at the start. Did I miss something? Thanks so much.
@@FraserGartshore so i take it you don't like the others much. i've found the allens come plausibly close as a wurlitzer emulation. only main things missing are the pipes, the acoustic, and the second touches.
I do like them, it’s just their limitations in the modern world. I used to own a Hammond B3 back in the UK - sold it when I moved to Germany. (Big mistake!) I would like a new XK5 Setup - thanks to its midi capabilities, it could also run a Hauptwerk setup! It would have to be something flexible enough to cover all kinds of music!
Fraser Gartshore I think there's a home organ you can afford. This organ isn't a true organ it's just the keyboard adopted the organ style. This organ is the Yamaha Electone organ I think you must be familiar with it. Due to you have told us on before your childhood beginner organ lesson is learning on this instrument. This Electone organ I think is just cost around 2029.59 Euro. This model is the Yamaha STAGEA ELB-02. If you want you can go to www.tarotrade.com to purchased it. If you want a professional model like a pipe organ the you can choose the Yamaha STAGEA ELS-02X concert model.
I wish! It's a ratty old thing from Leipzig dated around 1900 or so. It's actually an Irmler. It's too far gone to have properly repaired, but it's fun playing old stuff on it for now!
Fraser Gartshore if the case is attractive the rest is only a matter of money... It doesn't sound like the soundboard is completely dead yet. Hammers and a restringing would probably do wonders
@22:45 reminds me of the 1980's Coor's Les Paul commercial th-cam.com/video/DDxCQ7oJJZ8/w-d-xo.html (the hammers are just right, please don't have them brought to new quality, it would sound as dismal and ordinary as any other concert grand)
Hi Fraser Thank you for the video. It would be really helpful (for me) if your excellent tutorials had a camera overview of the piano while you are playing. I am trying to look around you to see what notes you are playing 😃
You got my 83 year old dementia suffering mother off the couch and dancing around the house, thank you very much!
The power of music!
Why weren't you my music teacher 40 years ago? I finally understand, thank you.
Would be fun to see you together with Dr. K!
Great vids, Thanks!
Love the Stockhausen story - wonderful 😄
What fun! Wunderbar Fraser! Whatever kind of piano that is it is perfect for Boogie Woogie. Those hammers must be hard as wood to make that sound. Yes, I miss the organ, but in these times some fun at the piano is needed.
First of all; thank you Fraser (and Mrs G) for continuing to provide us with something fun to watch during these difficult times.
I was taught piano during my early teens and my parents bought me an upright piano which I still play at home occasionally.
A while back I was introduced to the church organ and I'm pleased to be friends with the owner of the only Cinema Organ in Wales. I am in awe at the 'octopus' skills of an organist and my question is:
What does an Organist do with their feet when playing the piano?
Watching 1.5 years later and loving this lesson, making learning the piano fun. A good way to end after practicing those BORING scales
thanx man !, just started with piano, cose i had to stop with guitar, after 40 years, your video is very motivating, thnx
3 years late 🤣 but that boogie at the end may be the best thing I have ever heard, the piano has a great sound for it too. wish it were on spotify.
This is so good! It’s a pity we have to all be driven to stay at home in order to get to gear more of your wonderful boogie-woogie. This is one of the best tutorials on playing boogie-woogie I’ve seen in a while and with your “signature” relaxed presentation style it’s really enjoyable.
I'm having trouble coordinating my hands to get the off-beat bass note timed right. I'm sure I'll get it with practice. Thanks for showing us how it's done and inviting us into your home and telling us the Stockhausen story. Great fun.
Love it! Originally I only listened to organ music, but over the last 4 decades, thanks to some characters in San Francisco I got exposed to all kinds of Trad Jazz.
You are a awesome piano teacher with a lot of humor. Keep up the good work.
You are an amazing entertainer and an amazing teacher, but I repeat myself! You slipped in some music theory in a way that actually made perfect sense and you make it seem easy enough to try. At home! Thanks for this video. Going to share it now.
Well explained Sounding good Danke !
I remember the day my mother learned to play boogie woogie. It was shortly after WWII and we were staying at her sister's house. All us kids went to school and my aunt did too because she was a teacher. My father had gone to work. When came in that afternoon my aunt asked my mother what she did and mother sat down and played a boogie. Her piano teacher had been a cousin who lived with them so my mother played classical music from memory if it was a favorite piece. She also played by ear when she liked something. I don't play so I figure it would take me a few weeks to do just the blues. I have sung enough to be able get that down sort of. I enjoyed your playing.
It's always best when you can learn and have fun at the same time. Merci bien, Fraser. 👍
PS: I especially liked the Karlheinz Stockhausen story. It has inspired me to "re-discover" his wild music (which I haven't heard since my undergrad music history courses).
This is making me want to tune my piano
Fraser, that was hilarious ;) I've played the guitar (and related instruments) for 25 years, and only recently started to play the piano a tiny little bit. Your explanation was greatly appreciated, and as it appears I'm now learning the boogie thanks to you!
It is fun listening to you. I am even inspired to start learning from your video. Why not, nothing else to do during this curfew time. ( 63 years young man). from the Himalayas, India.
Learning english and piano basics the same time thanks to Fraser Gartshore.
A great change from the usual style, reminds me of the videos that Brendan Kavanagh do as well :)
It's interesting an original Irmler as I'm used to seeing the Blüthner ones. It's actually nice to hear boogie woogie. We often get concert pianists in our shop, yet strangely none ever play boogie woogie. Loved the video.
I was watching this as the stock market was closing in the US. I definitely needed that lift! Wonderful video!
Good luck across the water!
This guy has the charisma to make learning a blast. Very enjoyable video.
18:00 :'D Dieser verzweifelte Blick von ihm. Zum glück schaue ich mir immer beide Versionen an :) Ich hab mich glaube ich mehr erschrocken als er, als er auf einmal deutsch gesprochen hat.^^
“Look Ma... I’m playing Boogie Woogie!!”😊 I absolutely LOVE this video!! Fraser, where were you all my life?? How I wished I had videos like these, all those years ago, as a classical piano music student, slogging it out with Bach, Beethoven & the boys, wanting to play something different just to interject a bit of fun... You make learning music such fun and very exciting!!! Love your white room...like a Winter Palace... très Liberace!!✨🍸🌟 Re the organ: now that we’re all hibernating in lockdown, perhaps it’s time to invest in a Hauptwerk Virtual Pipe Organ?? You won’t regret it... I love mine!! Once again, many thanks for keeping our spirits up during these dark & difficult times!!🌺💕😊🎶
Brilliant, I’ve been watching your videos in German thanks to TH-cam suggestion. Now I find you have some in English. Together we are bringing Boogie Woogie to the world even if people don’t subscribe to our channels. Best wishes from the UK would be honoured to play with you if you over.
Yes Boss! I do all vids in English and German (it’s my only chance to speak English these days after 20 years living here!) - mainly Organ stuff, but a bit of boogie and stride on piano to keep the technique up! I’ll be back in the uk one of these days - I’m sure we could sort something out!
Fraser, thanks for the reply, I would dare go near an organ for fear of total confusion, but loving the boogie woogie.
I don't play any keyboard instrument, and my attempts at learning music theory only leave me baffled. But all that actually made a bit of sense to me. I may have actually learned a bit! Fascinating! And that piano is perfect for this music. A 'proper' voicing would ruin it.
Dear Fraser, keep doing this, it’s great! Have to try this. Thanks!
Nowyou have to let the piano cool down lol. Can't wait to get my CD i look foward to hearing it.
Love it, Fraser! I love jazzy music for piano or organ. :) Stay well!
now that's cookin' with gas! you make it look actually DOABLE by us mere mortals! good show!
I tried also the german version. But here in my opinion its from 16:25 more challenging, as you vary between c c6, f7 and g7.It sounds even better :-)
I looked you up and found that you have a pipe organ most of the time. My first experience with organ music was "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at a baseball game. I learned that it could do so much more as I grew older. My last experience was singing in church with the pipes of the organ around us, the choir. The organist had played at the ballpark in Dallas, Texas and when we practiced he would break into some of the things he played there. Glad I found you. It sounds like we will have fun.
Thank you for this, this is definitely going to get me at a piano asap 😁😁
Love it, you make it look so easy, another great video. Take care and stay safe.
Loved the "Scotland the Brave" motif you shoehorned into your improvisation.
(Ps...greetings from Inverness)
Being a boogie fan means this is my most favorite video you have done to date. But I do miss the organ as well. Be safe, be well, we will all get through this together regardless if we are in North Central Iowa USA or you in Germany. Thank you for a bit of fun in the midst of the viral pandemic.
I love all of your videos. Greetings from Ukraine!
Fraser maybe you should do a triette(!) with Terry Miles and Brendan Kavanagh as they do Boogie Woogie around random pianos in London Tube Stations and St Pancras Station
Wow you are really amazing and the piano is my favorite !
You and Brendan Kavanagh would be AWESOME! Great video!
Next time I’m in the UK we’ll have to see if we can arrange something spontaneous in a station somewhere!
@@FraserGartshore he probably may asks you, if you know Boogie Woogie😂
Fantastic! Learned so much! Many thanks!
A great vid, thanks, I will dig out my old keyboard and give it a try :)
Wow! that's opened up a whole new world for you to talk about and demonstrate and I'm not talking the various forms of blues style playing, which you must, of course continue with! But developing on your fascinating anecdote about playing with Karl-Heinz Stockhausen gives you an excellent excuse to dwell more on the development of 'classical' music in the 20th century. Maybe (and consider it a dare if you like) venturing into the music of arguably the greatest composer for piano and organ and orchestra and voice(s) and, and, and (you get the idea); the incomparable Olivier Messiaen! Ah dear. So many wonderful composers and styles of composition and so little time...
Also love the big belly blues theory!!!!
17:50 The Tower of Babel 😀. Like 👍🏻
Einfach geil!! I will learn from your videos !! please make some more didactic videos!! Greetings from Belgium !
I get that the structure is basic.
But, man. The playing and coordination it takes to be really good is in no way basic.
I honestly don't know how you get there fully with that left hand independence. To me it always feels like I'm learning very specific things, but never quite get it to a level where I'm satisfied.
You are quite right. I have not yet found a video that really addresses independence and coordination as you point out. Christian Fuchs (from Berlin) does videos that are the very helpful to me. I hope Fraser does not mind me plugging another channel.
There are Videos about that. But the essence is practice,it most be practise. But even here is a very good part to practice hand independence. From 16:25 on is perfect to practise it. Fraser says...go and practise this for a minute...rofl. This minute was 2 days for me. 😛
I completely forgot to tell you that I got some cd’s from you out of the time you played blues etc. And there still available! ( I don’t know of all them are still available but I found a couple by Amazon) that’s all. Thank you for sharing and playing.
Now there's a thing! What's up there on Amazon? I must have a look myself - I hope someone else isn't profiting form my music!
Very nice !!!
Thank you :D
This video is a refreshing diversion from the organ. Can you give us a little background on the manufacturer of the Piano and what you did to bring it to playable condition?
It's an Irmler from Leipzig around 1900. The mechanics were pretty frozen when I got my hands on it, so with a bit of TLC, I got things moving again and working to a degree. Sadly it's a bit too far gone (case and soundboard are both pretty cracked) to have it fully restored...
There are videos of pianos in very poor condition complete with cracks being restored but €€€€€
Der Klang dieses instrument ist ideal für der Boogie-Woogie!.. Oops, wrong language version video, aber ich muss Deutsch lernen! ;)
Seriously though, I think that considering the general direction of your music, this piano doesn't needs any more tuning as long as the frame holds up! This video is an interesting idea all things around considered and I certainly enjoy the change. Also a big thank you for posting material as text as well -- for some bizarre reason this is becoming more and more rare nowadays as time goes on...
Thank you for yet another enjoyable video. I’m not a musician but your educational vids are great to watch. Thanks also for letting me hear at least one classic German word I have not heard for many years 😂. You are quite lucky after teasing about the dog several times that you finally revealed the true star of the video, I was going to give a thumbs down if I didn’t get to see the pup lol 👍 stay safe stay indoors
Oh Fraser!!! My piano teacher from Grade V upwards always told me to never trust a white piano "always hiding something" :) However, fab Boogie-Woogie!!!
You delighted my strained Corona days, thank you! Besonder der Teil bei dem du aus Begeisterung gedeutscht hast :P
I saw that snippet of Scotland the Brave sneaked in there ;)
Well spotted!
@@FraserGartshore Couldn't be a Scotsman and not notice it! Well done on the video btw, and the piano sounds great for that sort of thing!
Great! That’s the real thing. Boogie Woogie is marvelous. And your explanation and playing as well. Whatever people are saying playing boogie woogie, blues etc. Is great. Even on a organ. Or maybe just on a organ. How did you manage to got that piano right. Did you tune it yourself? Because getting the piano like this requires also some string changes. But I love it. Go on playing!
Great, a grand piano! It sounds very mellow, like a cinema organ's piano! I love it! And it's quite rococo, very fancy... As a piano student, I will appreciate a lot these next at-home videos! (of course I love the organ, but, alas, I don't have access to one, just to a pedals harmonium (reed organ, just one manual and 3 stops on each half of the keyboard, and of course my electronic keyboard, but it's one manual as well), so piano it is for now... :-) Keep it up! BTW, loved your album! Both organs are sweet and your choice of stops gives for very melodic sounds, and the rhythms are cool... Ah, whn will I be able to sound half as cool? :-P Congratulations and keep up the great job! Cheers!
Since I only have a Yamaha P-125 (electronic piano with some organ sounds) I wonder if there is organ music for just one manual . Or will harmonium music does the job? Can you help?
@@thomasstokhof5370 You are better than me! I just have the Yamaha YPT-255, at least you have 88 keys! :-P
From my very short experience with organ music, there's some partial solutions: a) there are music for just one manual, many early and portable organs had just one manual (and reef organs aka pedal harmoniums were very popular), it's a matter of finding it (not easy, I know, but read at the end); b) you can split the keyboard in two, and play two small manuals: it's not the same as in one over the other, but it's a partial solution to try and tackle more complicated sheet music; c) ultimately, you can transport the organ sheet music to piano and either simplify it a bit, or spread it all about the keyboard: the first is laboroius but doable, and it's something legit (we have been doing this since forever), the second solution is very demanding and well beyond my playing capabilities at the moment.
In any case, playing with organ sounds will help you to improve your legato technique, especially when changing chords: many times you will have to leave one or more fingers pressed, I find this very different to playing piano, where you have the sustain pedal to help.
And, finally, back to solution a): I think the easier way to find sheet music for one manual is to look for simple pastoral and church music: most smaller churches had simple harmoniums or small organs, with usually just one manual or two and no pedals. As, ultimately, music is music, it's as good as any other to learn, and it will usually be easier than the more famous pieces from Bach and company. If you are a church going person, many will sound familiar, which is a plus, and if you are not, well, then they will be fresh and interesting. As an added bonus, you can sing along in many of them (as most will be accompanied with a chorus), that helps to keep the spirits high when the technique (as in my case) is not up to the task... LOL.
Thanks for the question and I hope I have been of assistance, but let's ask +Fraser Gartshore @Fraser Gartshore (mentions don't seem to work, let's hope he read this!) for his advice on this matter, maybe we can get a blog post our of this? ;-) In any case, good luck out there!
David S. de Lis
Thank you David for your swift and elaborate answer. It puts me on the right path finding one manual music for organ. Thanks again!
@@thomasstokhof5370 no problem! I have just remembered, most early electronic organs had just one manual, so songs by the Beatles and early rock hands will have one manual music as well, for example "The House of the Rising Sun" and many more! Good luck and have fun!
Assendum: I have posted an entry with this discussion on the Learning organ group at Fraser's Social Group, "Pipes and Posts", I am sure many people can help us out over there: pipesandposts.com/?status/98-98-1584792806/ Cheers!
I like very much this style of music on piano but it's too difficult for me to play!
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Boogie Woogie 16 to the bar please...
great stuff, did Axel Zwingenberger take lesson with you ?? ;) ;)
"Cool Cat loves to BOOGIE WOOGIE!"
So I just went to my piano to practice. Came back and starting watching the second half and noticed that you are using the second finger of the left hand for the dominant, not the thumb as you suggested at the start. Did I miss something? Thanks so much.
Well spotted - just my old habits! Whatever is easier for you - go for it!
Fraser Gartshore Thank you.😊
The language slip means you're playing right. Haha
Pfftt. . . .you had your thumbs up by 0:10 ;)
I have an upright piano and two keyboards
do you have a home organ? [IOW Conn, Baldwin, Thomas, Allen, Hammond and the like]
Unfortunately not. I’m hoping to get a Hauptwerk setup at some point when the finances allow it!
@@FraserGartshore so i take it you don't like the others much. i've found the allens come plausibly close as a wurlitzer emulation. only main things missing are the pipes, the acoustic, and the second touches.
I do like them, it’s just their limitations in the modern world. I used to own a Hammond B3 back in the UK - sold it when I moved to Germany. (Big mistake!) I would like a new XK5 Setup - thanks to its midi capabilities, it could also run a Hauptwerk setup! It would have to be something flexible enough to cover all kinds of music!
Fraser Gartshore I think there's a home organ you can afford. This organ isn't a true organ it's just the keyboard adopted the organ style. This organ is the Yamaha Electone organ I think you must be familiar with it. Due to you have told us on before your childhood beginner organ lesson is learning on this instrument. This Electone organ I think is just cost around 2029.59 Euro. This model is the Yamaha STAGEA ELB-02. If you want you can go to www.tarotrade.com to purchased it. If you want a professional model like a pipe organ the you can choose the Yamaha STAGEA ELS-02X concert model.
But does he know where middle c is?
Looks like a Bosendorfer or maybe a Heintzman?
I wish! It's a ratty old thing from Leipzig dated around 1900 or so. It's actually an Irmler. It's too far gone to have properly repaired, but it's fun playing old stuff on it for now!
Fraser Gartshore if the case is attractive the rest is only a matter of money... It doesn't sound like the soundboard is completely dead yet. Hammers and a restringing would probably do wonders
@22:45 reminds me of the 1980's Coor's Les Paul commercial th-cam.com/video/DDxCQ7oJJZ8/w-d-xo.html (the hammers are just right, please don't have them brought to new quality, it would sound as dismal and ordinary as any other concert grand)
Reminds me of the time Andrew Lloyd Webber played rock'n'roll on a pre-raphaelite piano. Except less campy: th-cam.com/video/PRBpNxdLotw/w-d-xo.html
My poor brain can't take all that detail... Surely all that piano nees is a good tune? The tone is there but the strings aren't...
I've tried tuning it as well it will allow. The strings are old and brittle - I don't want to take any chances!
Hi Fraser
Thank you for the video. It would be really helpful (for me) if your excellent tutorials had a camera overview of the piano while you are playing.
I am trying to look around you to see what notes you are playing 😃