Summary: The vibrato control of a Hammond B3 organ can be adjusted with a preset control to create of variety of sounds. Find out how to add vibrato to a Hammond B3 organ sound in this free video organ lesson from an experienced church organist.
Geoffrey Killebrew is the Music Director for Grace Christian Center Church in Worcester Massachusetts. He has been playing the Hammond organ and keyboards for 8 years. While Killebrew...read more
"Now, once again we're going to talk about shaping your sound. It's completely different than....playing the organ is different than playing a regular piano. This happens to be a keyboard, so it has millions of sounds. Maybe not millions, but thousands of sounds. On the organ, you have a couple of other ways to shape your sound. So what I'm saying is...what I'm going to show you now is called the vibrato, or chorus. Here's how you would turn on or utilize that chorus, the vibrato. You would first turn on the manual or the preset that you're going to use, that you've chosen. And this has that instant...shape to the sound, it gives it vibrato. (plays) And you have, let's see here, one, two, three, four, five, six different ways...six different types of vibrato. Listen closely as I change them. (Plays) My favorite happens to be here. Or this one, here. But after this clip, you know, I might try some of the other ones. Once you get your favorite, you know, it's your sound. But um...yeah...that's how you change the vibrato."
eHow Article: Hammond B3 Organ Lesson: Vibrato