[rodgersorgan] Re: rodgersorgan Digest V2 #170
- From: Pam Girard <psgirard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 11:55:55 -0500
Thanks for all the helpful suggestions on hymn
playing/accompaniment/leading. Fortunately I find myself in the "doing
this" section rather than in the "uh oh" section -- still good to reinforce
what we organists need to be doing on a regular basis. Especially like the
thought that we should know the hymns we're playing .. words, theology, etc.
Pam Girard
United Methodist
Sun Prairie, WI
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> rodgersorgan Digest Fri, 11 Jul 2003 Volume: 02 Issue: 170
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> In This Issue:
> [rodgersorgan] Re: Hymnplaying Suggestions
> [rodgersorgan] Use of SOL and PR300S
> [rodgersorgan] WRITE DOWN YOUR PISTONS
> [rodgersorgan] Notes from Tennessee
>
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> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 20:21:39 -0700
> From: Ralph Cullen <rcullen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [rodgersorgan] Re: Hymnplaying Suggestions
>
> Hymn Leading: The most important role of the organ, and therefore,
> organist. In my humble opinion :o)
> Three points I would add to this very helpful discussion.
> 1) Know the hymn. IE Understand the words, message, and theology.
Interpret
> that hymn by use of registration. The congregation, as a whole will not
> know what you did, but they WILL feel it, AND RESPOND, when the "swell
box"
> opens on the words.. "my chains fell off, my heart was free" and those
> chorus reeds and swell mixture sparkles over full Great Principals....
This
> of course demands that we play from our hearts as much as off the page,
and
> if our hearts are cold, how can our music be anything else? But if our
> hearts are on fire, so will our music be. In this way, the organist can be
> the hinge pin on which the whole life of the worship service can hang...
> for better or for worse.
> 2) Understand that two things are important in giving a congregation
> confidence and guidance... a) Foundation = BASS IE the pedal line is vital
> to be there as a "floor" for the singing to stand on. b) Upper work esp
> mixtures. As has already been clearly and very well explained: These
> pitches remain audible as pitch reference when the "founds" as they say in
> France, are swallowed up in the chorus of hymn voices.
> 3) As important as Bass and Treble is, so also is solid unison weight. I
> never could understand how the organ reform movement could justify itself
> in the context of worship support, with thin or non existent unison
> Principals. The English, who seem to understand these things (speaking as
a
> colonist) will have one two or three "Open Diapasons" (8') at least, even
> on a modest organ, build a broad chorus from there on up.
> Just a few thoughts,
> Ralph,
> Rodgers Organs New Zealand.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:39:43 -0400
> From: dan clarke <dan050@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [rodgersorgan] Use of SOL and PR300S
>
> We recently added a PR300S and SOL to our 837. As a newcomer to midi it
> is taking me awhile to learn how to use the PR300S in the woship
> service. However, at this time I am focusing on how to implement the
> SOL
> with the organ voices. I have some questions I would like the
> discussion group to answer, if possible.
>
> 1. When you program the SOL voices with the voices on the organ, will
> the SOL voices you have chosen, stay with the piston you have selected?
> At this point it does not seem to work the way I though it would. For
> example: If Disk 1 is in the PR300S and I choose to use the Gedeckt
> voice on the Great (midi A), you must have that voice showing on the
> PR300S screen. I was under the impression that if you had the right disk
>
> in the machine the organ would know what voice to use from the floppy.
>
> 2. Can one control the volume of the SOL voices using the expression
> pedals?
>
> 3. I tried to set-up the reverberation on the SOL voices using the midi
> set-up controls on the 837. Unforunately, the change is only temporary.
> I have followed the instructions in the organ guidebook but it does not
> seem to work. I realize that the RSS does not work with the voices on
> the PR300S and SOL, however, a little bit of reverberation seems to help
>
> round out the sound of the SOL voices.
>
> I would like to say that many of the SOL voices blend very well with the
>
> organ voices. The variety of voices certainly enhance the sound of the
> organ.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan Clarke
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:08:31 -0400
> From: noel jones <gedeckt@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [rodgersorgan] WRITE DOWN YOUR PISTONS
>
> I have a church with 5 organists...or at least 4.
>
> The Rodgers 837 with the memory card lets them all have their own pistons,
some
> of which would be impossible to reconstruct. I will let you all figure
what
> that means!
>
> In all training sessions (and there were many) we made it clear that they
should
> always keep a hard copy of their pistons.
>
> Within the last 24 hours one of the organists discovered that following a
4
> hours power outage, due to construction, the pistons that she had set were
missing.
>
> In the process she tried everything including...reinitializing the card.
>
> Once the organ was turned off and back on again the card is now working
just
> fine. No LOW BATTERY message in the Display Window. It's functioning
just as
> it is supposed to. Tney even cut the power to the organ to see if the
battery
> was working ok.
>
> Of course now all the pistons they had set are now gone.
>
> I can't set them bewcuase at least one of the organists has her pistons
set to
> sound like an electronic organ she played at another church. Celestes and
> mixtures. As I said, these are pistons I could not reconstruct!
>
> Write down your pistons. Especially if there are very precious adn dear
to your
> hearts.
>
> --
> noel jones, aago
> athens, tennessee, usa
> 423 887-7594
> -------------------------------
> frog music press, publishing MIDI music
> moderator, rodgers organ users group
> at www.frogmusic.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:15:30 -0400
> From: noel jones <gedeckt@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [rodgersorgan] Notes from Tennessee
>
>
> Ya'll Know Yours Is A Redneck Church If ...
>
> 1. The finance committee refuses to provide funds for the purchase of
a
> chandelier because none of the members knows how to play one.
> 2. People ask, when they learn that Jesus fed the 5000, whether the
two fish
> were bass or catfish, and what bait was used to catch 'em.
> 3. When the pastor says, "I'd like to ask Bubba to help take up the
> offering," and five guys and two women stand up.
> 4. Opening day of deer season is recognized as an official church
holiday.
> 5. A member of the church requests to be buried in his 4-wheel-drive
truck
> because "It ain't never been in a hole it couldn't get out of."
> 6. The choir is known as the "OK Chorale."
> 7. Boone's Farm "Tickle Pink" is the favorite wine for communion.
> 8. In a congregation of 500 members, there are only seven last names
in the
> church directory.
> 9. Baptism is referred to as "branding."
> 10. There is a special fund raiser for a new church septic tank.
> 11. Finding and returning lost sheep isn't just a parable.
> 12. High notes on the organ set the dogs on the floor to howling.
> 13. People think "rapture" is what you get when you lift something too
heavy.
> 14. The baptismal font is a #2 galvanized washtub.
> 15. The choir robes were donated by and embroidered with the logo from
Billy
> Bob's Barbecue.
> 16. The collection plates are really hub caps from a '56 Chevy.
>
>
>
> --
> noel jones, aago
> athens, tennessee, usa
> 423 887-7594
> -------------------------------
> frog music press, publishing MIDI music
> moderator, rodgers organ users group
> at www.frogmusic.com
>
>
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