Just started organ, any tips for a beginner

[Keyzislife]

I've been playing keyboard for a long time, and now I want to try organ. Any tips on how to get started

[Mysteryman]

You should practice playing the drawbar organ sound on your keyboard without the sustain pedal if you have a non weighted keyboard. This will help you get ready for organ.

[kys23]

I would recommend getting hearandplay’s organ DVD series. It teaches praise progressions and worship progressions. I personally benefitted a lot from the worship dvds. It teaches you chords to play on every note of the major scale and this technique was super helpful for me to play songs and progressions in other keys (I don’t know of any other DVD’s that use this approach for organ - if there is let me know!). The organ is a beast instrument but keep praying, practicing, listening, and living a saved life and watch God use you!

[SketchMan3]

If you have a volume pedal for your keyboard it would probably be good to use it when practicing organ.

[chrisc18]

In my personal opinion I love when pianist switches to organ, their style seems a little more unique to me...idk why...I fee like the biggest thing to learning organ is hand and foot coordination, you can always create a sound from drawbars once you understand each one of them...a good example to listen to is Melvin Crispell....Very unique sound....good luck!

[raphael062002]

I just recently purchased the Organ Essentials Part 1- Back to Basics by digital download. However Im not sure the contents of the zip files are in order. Would anyone be able to provide something like a list of the contents for THE dvd?

Part 1
MajorMinorChords
TriTones
HarmonicMelodicPentatonicScales
Introduction
KeyCenters

 Part 2
OranBackToBasics_4thChords
5_1_4_Progressions
7_3_6_Progressions
ChordSubstitutions
LayeredChords
PedalTechnique
1_6_2_5_1_Progressions

Part 3
ImASoldier
SuperImposedChords
TalkMusic
WhenIThinkOfTheGoodness
ChordSubstitutions
HolyHolyHoly_BlessedAssurance

Part 4
ChordPatterns
CircleOf4thsAnd5ths
KeyChanges
LetGodArise
LordPrepareMe
PassingChords

Part 5
Credits
OhHowILoveJesus
Outro
PreacherChords
ShoutMusic
Solos

[jonesl78]

You should practice playing the drawbar organ sound on your keyboard without the sustain pedal if you have a non weighted keyboard. This will help you get ready for organ.

agree

[Mysteryman]

agree

These days I do most of my keyboard practice without the sustain pedal.