Hammond B3 Organ Lesson: Bass Pedals

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Part of the video series: How to Play a Hammond B3 Organ

Summary: The bass pedals of a Hammond B3 organ can be played while standing up, but try not to stomp too hard on them or they might break. Learn how to use the bass pedals of a Hammond B3 organ in this free video organ lesson from an experienced church organist.

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By Geoffrey Killebrew
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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

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"Now here we are back at the bass pedals. It can get, it's very easy to start jamming especially when you put in gospel music or when you're playing rock, there's, there are people that play more traditional styles of organ, but here, we're kind of focus on gospel, contemporary gospel. And, in that, in that room, you get, it's easily to get excited. So when you're playing the bass, sometimes you kind of stop on the pedals and or you might stand. I've seen in concert people standing up on organ. Now if that's going to be what you're going to do, you know it's, I'm going to advice that you use wisdom with it, because, with this organ, this things are made in the 50's, in the 60's and unless you have a brand new organ, it can be kind of old. Think of like stomping on your grandfather or your grand, maybe not. But here it goes, under the bass pedals are these small ties here which connects these very small button, that are like a finger, smaller than my finger, that are being pressed down. So keep that in mind, if you're stomping on, on the pedals, that it's a very little work that's going on on the bottom side of here, very small action. So I can't say, because maybe, you know, sometimes I'm the culprit, I stomp on the pedals, but just keep it in mind as you go along, you can get easy, very easy to get excited and I find myself doing a service, my friends make fun of me all the time for getting under the organ and doing one of these numbers, trying to get it, get it unstop, 'cause sometimes it'll get stuck. So to avoid that, try not to stomp, try not to stomp. Once again, try. Now the way that you're going to bring that, bring that sound out is by these two draw bars here, that's where the bass pedals are located. That's how you get the sound. Here, you can get a little high in there if you want to. But to me, in my opinion, it gets very nasal and kind of annoying so, it depends on your style after you develop your style. I keep it down low, very rarely do I bring it up, pass that if anything. So just a little explanation and advisory notice if you're going to jam."