HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!

[Kizio89]

somethimes I play with shoes off , but just when J play on pipe organ i church
on Hammond  J usualy  don't play on  pedal becouse we have bass in band

[Luv2Praise]

With me it depends.  I usually play shoes on.  But when I go to other churches I seem to play the pedals with my hands (primarily because I'm pulling up stuck pedals =o)

LOL.... You are SOOOO wrong for that one!!!   ROTFLMBO

[bae95]

I play both ways but mainly shoes on

[roz860]

SHOES ON.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED I PLAYED SHOES OFF BECAUSE I WASNT USED TO PLAYING PEDALS. EVENTUALLY I JUST GOT ON ONE DAY AND FORGOT TO TAKE MY SHOES OFF AND THE REST IS HISTORY. BESIDES, THE CHOIR SAYS THAT MY FEET STINK. WHICH THEY DO. SO I DID THEM ALL A FAVOR BY KEEPING MY SHOES ON.   BE BLESSED!!!!!!!

[changin3]

Only if my heels are too high.

[trulyblessed]

both.. depends on what im playin.

[itoh]

I've been trying the toe socks and it's workin'

[Anand]

I play with my shoes on. Just in case I need to get-up and do something or maybe play the keys. I like to be mobile anyway. If you wear loafers then it's cool. But lace-up dress shoes prevent a quick exit or hinder my mobility if their off. So, I'm shoes on.

To each his/her own.

[musician_organist]

Sometimes, the other organist at our church plays with her left shoe off but generally, she keeps them on.  I played without my left shoe only once, but the reason happened to be that I was wearing these really big boots and they were hitting more than one pedal at once and it was really annoying, so one sunday, i just could not do it.  I've never done it since then.  I just don't see it as comfortable.  I see it as feeling wierd to my feet.  Even wierder, my church has a B3, so while the church watches you playing the organ without shoes...anyway, if you feel comfortable with no shoes, don't wear shoes.  But people come to church and take their shoes off, so does it matter if you're on the organ?

[tri-tonest]

I play with my shoes on ( more likely boots) i am slow with out my shoes and i cant heel toe right

[Muziqmann]

I play with my shoes on and I luv playin' in Timbs. Heel, toe, heel, toe, heel, toe.

[brooklynstyleb3]

my shoes are TOO BIG i wind up hitting two pedals at once.
Especially at my home church in Jamaica Queens NY The
pedals are too small.

[vMac]

Shoes off.  When I first started playing, I always took my shoes off because I have big feet and it's easier to feel where the pedals are without looking.  So I kind of stuck with it and I still can barely play them with shoes on.

[scoop]

Shoes on,

I used to play with them off cause I thought my feet were too big. Then I started experimenting with foot/leg techniques. Hey muzicmann, Tims aren't to heavy for you? Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't.

[jake]

:wink:

I use to swear by playing with my shoes off when I first started playing pedals.  One day I was talking to a pipe organist who introduced me to www.organmastershoes.com.  This is the best kept secret for us hammond church organist. Buy you a pair of these. Yall be Blessed.