Organ Modulation Tips: Finger Slide

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Part of the video series: Playing an Organ By Feel

Summary: Finger sliding on an organ is a good way to change keys up or down while playing a piece of music. Discover how this experienced organ player was able to paint a mental picture while playing the organ in order to become a better musician in this free video.

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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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"So, that's the first note that I pressed there, E. I'm going back here. The second note I hit was F sharp. I'm going to bring it up to G now. So, instead of playing this, those are the first two notes, I'm going to bring it down to E. "S", and after that I have. So, bring that one up too. So, instead of playing here, and I said. So, I have these here, already, that I brought up. The very next note is here, cause I went. So, now that we changed the key, we bring it up a half step. Then, that was the last note of the little run that we did there. There are, that's the last note in my little run. So, I'm going to bring it up a half step. Now, so, if, if you come up with your own fill, or something, or you want to key, and you want to bring it up to another key, just slide it up. So, I'm just going to break it down a little bit, make it a little more simple. So, I'm going to do that, a little more, that fill in another key. In that very next key up, which, instead of E, I'm going to bring it to F, from F to F sharp. Now, that's a very basic principle, by whether you're advanced, you know, or you're just starting out, use the same thing. Let's say I was playing, I'd bring it up a half step. Taking it one note at a time. And, you know, changes to the next key."