Hi all, I just added a sweet resource where you can see Holger’s organ chords organized on a page, like a lead sheet. That and his piano transcriptions are available in the Free Resources Library at neojazzacademy.com/free | Also if you want to further improve your modern harmony and advanced gospel harmony skills, check out my Harmony Magic pack of 35 exercises, on sale again just for November! neojazzacademy.com/harmonymagic
Just watched this again, where he mentions JS bach the multiple voices moving togeather are really incredible, thanks so much for putting this togeather Noah, and sharing for us students to digest, really appreciate both your generosity.🙏🏻
This was an excellent interview; Holger is definitely one of a kind. I do wonder what/how do you practice all that he did, almost all of the stuff he did flew over my head (only recognised how much drop 2 voicings are very important in this style) and I'm so interested and yet so lost. 😭
[1] Something that might help folks trying to figure out some of what Mr. Marjamaa was doing, is that in the first organ music bit he played right at the start he was, I believe, going off a song called 'Great Is Thy Faithfulness'. It's a complex song harmonically to begin with, and, as the gospel style calls for, he was taking liberties. (Sounded great.) He comes back to the song in snatches during later bits he plays. Here's one version of 'Great Is Thy Faithfulness' by Israel Houghton -- th-cam.com/video/6yrGX16PfNY/w-d-xo.html [2] Gospel Hammond technique is almost the opposite of jazz Hammond technique a la Jimmy Smith, though you can mix them up a la Cory Henry. In the Jimmy Smith-descended jazz style, the right hand is almost always on the top manual, with maybe only the bottom three drawbars out and the percussion on, and the left hand is on the bottom manual. Furthermore, on fast tunes you can walk with the left hand on the lower manual (because there's no way your left foot's going to not give out after a minute or two at fast tempos) but for each quarter-note you can simultaneously tap **lightly and quickly** on a bass pedal -- any bass pedal! -- and then get off it. That makes it sound deeper and more bassy than just walking on the lower manual with your left hand -- although really that's all your doing. You can even be playing a song in C# and tap lightly on the C pedal to fill it out and **provided you get off the pedal quick enough**, it will not clash and will work. I didn't believe it till I saw and heard guys doing it, then tried it myself. (That is something they do in both the gospel and jazz Hammond style). It's crazy, but it works because there's a whole bunch of things that'd never work on piano or European church organ, but **only** on Hammond. [3] In the gospel Hammond style, I've often seen guys play with right or both hands on the lower manual and no percussion -- because there's no percussion setting on the lower manual -- and sometimes using the upper manual for bass. Lots more adventurous drawbar settings; try, forex, just having the bottom drawbar and top drawbar out and the rest pushed in, for that high singing gospel tone. ABOVE ALL, Hammond organ is the opposite of piano technique. Especially in gospel, you want a kind of **controlled slop** and body language, where you might have passages where you just slap and smear your hands across the keys. In a way, the more body language you can put into it, the better. Check out this Billy Preston solo Hammond version of 'How Great They Art'' and just how ridiculous some of the things he does are --and yet it works. (And just to contradict some of what I say, he uses his right hand on the upper manual, but with drawbar settings a jazz player probably wouldn't use) Billy Preston 'How Great They Are.' th-cam.com/video/bWPjPYdLaZE/w-d-xo.html
Hi all, I just added a sweet resource where you can see Holger’s organ chords organized on a page, like a lead sheet. That and his piano transcriptions are available in the Free Resources Library at neojazzacademy.com/free | Also if you want to further improve your modern harmony and advanced gospel harmony skills, check out my Harmony Magic pack of 35 exercises, on sale again just for November! neojazzacademy.com/harmonymagic
Just watched this again, where he mentions JS bach the multiple voices moving togeather are really incredible, thanks so much for putting this togeather Noah, and sharing for us students to digest, really appreciate both your generosity.🙏🏻
wow this is fully insane you guys are awesome❤❤
Beautiful hammond organ performance here!
Thanks for listening!
Great video, as always, Noah! Thanks for posting.
@@tomgiles1484 thanks for watching / commenting Tom!
One of the best to ever do it!
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27:21 you can double thumb the 6 and 7 of the B. So your pinky is free to reach the major seventh in the melody. This whole video is full of gold.
Yeah good observation! Often great to catch a couple notes with the thumb
@ you rock Noah. 🙏🏼
Woowww !!! What a great surprise. Thank you Noah for this video🙏🙏🙏🎹🎼
@@TheKalemba777 My pleasure glad you like it!
Hey Noah, are you going to have a PDF for the organ part? I see there is one for the piano but not for first half of the video on organ?
Hey Blake, I just created a PDF that looks like a lead sheet so you can better see the chords. It’s there now in the Free Resources Library
Great interview! I like how you rationalize the costs of music education toward the end.
Thanks for listening / watching
Holger! Thanks for bringing him 🔥🔥
For sure!!
This was an excellent interview; Holger is definitely one of a kind. I do wonder what/how do you practice all that he did, almost all of the stuff he did flew over my head (only recognised how much drop 2 voicings are very important in this style) and I'm so interested and yet so lost. 😭
Any specific spots you found yourself not understanding?
Gorgeous sounds
Wow wow wow!!! Its SO SWEET!!! I like!!!
Thank you! Glad you like it
I could not help but comment, so valuable!
@@mean5string thanks for writing, glad you’re finding it helpful!
[1] Something that might help folks trying to figure out some of what Mr. Marjamaa was doing, is that in the first organ music bit he played right at the start he was, I believe, going off a song called 'Great Is Thy Faithfulness'. It's a complex song harmonically to begin with, and, as the gospel style calls for, he was taking liberties. (Sounded great.) He comes back to the song in snatches during later bits he plays.
Here's one version of 'Great Is Thy Faithfulness' by Israel Houghton --
th-cam.com/video/6yrGX16PfNY/w-d-xo.html
[2] Gospel Hammond technique is almost the opposite of jazz Hammond technique a la Jimmy Smith, though you can mix them up a la Cory Henry.
In the Jimmy Smith-descended jazz style, the right hand is almost always on the top manual, with maybe only the bottom three drawbars out and the percussion on, and the left hand is on the bottom manual. Furthermore, on fast tunes you can walk with the left hand on the lower manual (because there's no way your left foot's going to not give out after a minute or two at fast tempos) but for each quarter-note you can simultaneously tap **lightly and quickly** on a bass pedal -- any bass pedal! -- and then get off it. That makes it sound deeper and more bassy than just walking on the lower manual with your left hand -- although really that's all your doing.
You can even be playing a song in C# and tap lightly on the C pedal to fill it out and **provided you get off the pedal quick enough**, it will not clash and will work. I didn't believe it till I saw and heard guys doing it, then tried it myself. (That is something they do in both the gospel and jazz Hammond style). It's crazy, but it works because there's a whole bunch of things that'd never work on piano or European church organ, but **only** on Hammond.
[3] In the gospel Hammond style, I've often seen guys play with right or both hands on the lower manual and no percussion -- because there's no percussion setting on the lower manual -- and sometimes using the upper manual for bass. Lots more adventurous drawbar settings; try, forex, just having the bottom drawbar and top drawbar out and the rest pushed in, for that high singing gospel tone.
ABOVE ALL, Hammond organ is the opposite of piano technique. Especially in gospel, you want a kind of **controlled slop** and body language, where you might have passages where you just slap and smear your hands across the keys. In a way, the more body language you can put into it, the better. Check out this Billy Preston solo Hammond version of 'How Great They Art'' and just how ridiculous some of the things he does are --and yet it works. (And just to contradict some of what I say, he uses his right hand on the upper manual, but with drawbar settings a jazz player probably wouldn't use)
Billy Preston 'How Great They Are.'
th-cam.com/video/bWPjPYdLaZE/w-d-xo.html
Very nice!!!
Saludos Masters, saludos y bendiciones para todos 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Richard deserves a mention!
Richard Tee!
Lacoste🐊
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