The expression pedal is located at the back of the organ. When playing jazz bass lines, the pedals are predominantly used to play ‘pitch-less thumps’ which support and enhance the rhythmic feel of the bass line played on the lower manual. When walking a bass line on the pedals, you will use both your heel and your toe. The most common technique for playing pedals is what organists’ call ‘heel and toe technique’. The ‘half moon’ switch on the front rail is the most common, and you will also encounter switches in the cheek blocks on the side of the organ. The Leslie switch can be located in different places on different organs. The Leslie can be set to ‘stop’, ‘slow’ and ‘fast’, but ‘slow’ is not used often in jazz and most jazz players prefer ‘stop’, and ‘fast’. The Leslie switch adjusts the speed of the spinning baffles in the speaker. In the lesson on bass lines we will explore the use of these drawbars in more details. The set of 2 drawbars in the middle of the organ are used to control the pedals.
Instead, we set up a sound on the set of drawbars that are not active, and use the preset keys to easily switch between the 2 sets of drawbars during performance. We don’t have to completely readjust the drawbars during performance. Switching Drawbars During PerformanceĪn important part of performance technique on the Hammond is switching between sets of drawbars to get different sounds during our performance. Being able to play detached is an important part of organ technique. The percussion circuit only triggers when playing detached on the keyboard.
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The percussion circuit is specific to the upper manual and is an important part of controlling the Hammond during performance. If chorus is turned on, we will have it set to C3. During these lessons with will concentrate on the dry C3 setting. The pure vibrato settings are not that common in jazz and are mainly used as a special effect. We examine the chorus vibrato settings and how they can be used to achieve a wavering tone with the notes and also to increase the bass and treble frequencies. The chorus and vibrato is controlled with the 2 switches and the knob in the upper left of the organ.
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We cover some common drawbar registrations used in jazz organ and how to configure these on the Hammond B3 for the upper and lower manuals.
When playing jazz organ, we mostly use the ‘A# preset’ and the ‘B natural preset’ which select the drawbars to provide real-time control of the tone of the organ. The preset keys are the reverse coloured keys on the left end of each manual. We do this using the preset keys and the drawbars. Once we have turned the organ on, we are ready to select what sound we want it to make. We discuss the manuals, drawbars, presets, pedals, percussion circuit, and chorus vibrato settings. In this lesson we explore the anatomy of the Hammond B3 organ.
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