Walking Basslines

[HustleMan]

While it's geared towards jazz organ, and not gospel, this is a very good site about learning to play walking bass:

http://organfreak.tripod.com/bass.html

Excellent, Excellent stuff.  Thank you.

[Cherri]

It's odd.

The Organ is one of the most complex instruments to play, and one of the most beautiful....Yet the Organ Room is one of the most DEAD Instrument Rooms.

There are some many different techniques to be played on the Organ it's STAGGERING....Yet the posting here is so sparse.

 

I concur...

[diverse379]

hey cherri you dont check to see if a brother is breating?

anyway back to the subject

I will say that you will find several clips of organists doing their thing and to be honest a lot of what organists do you really hae to have both the visual and auditory because it is so very improvisational and unless you really understand how to pull off the techniques you will find it difficult to play whaty you are reading on this site there is no tempo markings no way to illustrate syncopation and speeding up of a phrase. 

basically if you are good enough you can take some simple posts of songs and adapt them to organ./

trust me I know the frustration you feel but as I get better on the organ I am realizing it is not so easy to really teach it without being able to use writen music and rhythyms

[Cherri]

hey cherri you dont check to see if a brother is breating?

anyway back to the subject

I will say that you will find several clips of organists doing their thing and to be honest a lot of what organists do you really hae to have both the visual and auditory because it is so very improvisational and unless you really understand how to pull off the techniques you will find it difficult to play whaty you are reading on this site there is no tempo markings no way to illustrate syncopation and speeding up of a phrase. 

basically if you are good enough you can take some simple posts of songs and adapt them to organ./

trust me I know the frustration you feel but as I get better on the organ I am realizing it is not so easy to really teach it without being able to use writen music and rhythyms

Just make a sister feel bad, why don't ya! Apologizes... Apologizes...

Understanding rhythm/time does make things a littler less confusing...

[HustleMan]

there is no tempo markings no way to illustrate syncopation and speeding up of a phrase. 

Very true.  Chorded songs help for worship music, but playing a devotional?      

I've even seen people try to put little explanations in the songs they post, but it JUST ISN'T THE SAME.

Hey diverse379, do you have the Eddie Howard DVD?  If not GET IT.  It's off the charts.      

[diverse379]

Very true.  Chorded songs help for worship music, but playing a devotional?      

I've even seen people try to put little explanations in the songs they post, but it JUST ISN'T THE SAME.

Hey diverse379, do you have the Eddie Howard DVD?  If not GET IT.  It's off the charts.      

Lol You know I have it I have everything Wheatworks put out trust me i am also on the waiting list for the new jermaine griegs dvd

I even bought a new notebook and the only thing that is going in it are chords and songs from the dvd's I own  I am writing them in staff paper to further develop my reading and notating skiills

the eddie howard dvd is probably the best product sebastian (wheatworks) put out

but to be honest i find that there is some definite relation ship between what roger jean taught in brooklyn organ roger broke down the basics so once you get through that you can tackle eddie howard with no problem.
to be honest i believe that if you really want to be the best you can be

you should have the pj morgan and the roger jean and master everything on both of those dvds  the eddie howard will round out your devotional traditional playing and you will be a beast

i just finished the roger jean right hand stuff and it is definitely tight.  I have been playing around with eddie howard too but i am focusing more on roger jean

check out the clips from hear and play's new organ dvd there is some definite hotness their

by the way how long have you been playing whats your pedigree what have you studied who do you study

what is your style