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Well I had my very first organ lesson yesterday after a month of preparation. It went great and I'm so happy to be able to start out on this instrument.There is a local church that lets me practice on their organ anytime I want and with no school right now I'm over there most of the day. The organ was built by Moller and from what I can tell it's in great shape. My teacher is starting me with "The Little Organ Book" which is by Flor Peeters. We are taking it slow and making sure everything is being done right. Anyway my next lesson isin aweek and am looking forward to many more. It's so wonderful to make music on such an amazing instrument!!!!! [:D]
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Your post made my day!</P>
There is hope for this world after all. [A]</P> -
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AMEN & HALLELUJAH !!</P>
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I wish you the very best. Sounds like you have a good attitude too.Onward! </P>
Rob</P>Comment
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*two thumbs up*.....congrats!!!!! :)Comment
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What a foolish, stupid thing to do--beginning organ lessons. Of course, now you realize that:</P>
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<LI>You'll only want more.</LI>
<LI>Soon that church you're practicing at won't be enough--you're going to want one of your own.</LI>
<LI>Of course, the electronic organ you choose won't be good enough for you after a couple of years (and thousands $ I might add).</LI>
<LI>So you find a cheap pipe organ on eBay to install in your home--but not too cheap!
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<LI>After a year or two, that won't be enough, so you'll start expanding the pipe organ!</LI>
<LI>Pretty soon, you'll have a celeste rank over your fireplace.</LI>
<LI>Then you'll have to have a console upstairs as well as downstairs.</LI>
<LI>You'll marry your pipe organ and live alone with it.</LI>
<LI>You'll keep upgrading, but never selling.</LI>
<LI>The organs will begin reproducing, and you'll be buried in instruments!
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<LI>You'll curse dear old Flor Peeters for ever writing that @#%$%&@# BOOK!!!
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<LI>When you get old and die, you will at least have a pipe big enough to bury you in (64' Gravissima), but no one will care.</LI>[/list]
But that's all right. Your pipe organ will be parted out and sold by the pipe on an Internet auction site (not the one you're buried in, of course).</P>
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.</P>
Another one bites the dust!</P>
Welcome to the crowd, Strad. I hope you get as much of a ride out of the road you've taken as I have. I, too, had my first organ lesson at 18 years of age. Your post has served to remind us of what it was like to have our first lesson.</P>
Don't let my post disturb you. It's purely hypothetical--no names mentioned--NYC Farmboy! <as he grins evil-ly></P>
Please keep us posted on your progress. Take good notes. Wouldn't it be neat if you could keep a journal of what you're doing as an organ student and post the progress on the Forum? Imagine what an historical record that would be?!</P>
Michael
</P>Way too many organs to list, but I do have 5 Allens:- MOS-2 Model 505-B / ADC-4300-DK / ADC-5400 / ADC-6000 (Symphony) / ADC-8000DKC
- Lowrey Heritage (DSO-1)
- 11 Pump Organs, 1 Pipe Organ & 7 Pianos
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[quote user="myorgan"] What a foolish, stupid thing to do--beginning organ lessons. Of course, now you realize that:
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<LI>You'll only want more.[/quote]</LI>[/list]
The first step on the road of perpetual dissatisfaction! [:(]</P>2008: Phoenix III/44Comment
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I have that Flor Peeters book and I think it's a fine choice for a new organist.</P>
David</P>Comment
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Hi Strad "07", </P>
That sounds GREAT!!!! You're going to love the King of Instruments!!! [:D] Anotherhas joined the ranks! Welcome, buddy! [<:o)]</P>
Keep it up! [Y]</P>Comment
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Congratulations! </P>
Soon you'll start thinking of organs all the time if you're not doing it already. You'll get that faraway look as you're contemplating Tibias and Swell shoes. Another thing you'll do is find ways to work organ playing into every conversation no matter the topic. You might even start stashing money away in cans for that organ purchase like I tried to do. Don't worry, these are the kinds of problems that most of ushave here. If people get annoyed at you, oh well they'll just have to get over it. </P>Comment
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Well Stran 07 you've gone and done it now!!! You're hooked and there's nothing you can do about it. You can't help yourself. You can't say "no". No turning about now. One day you'll be buried in a 8 stop Moller pitman chest that needs re-leathering.[:D]</p>
Congrats to you, good luck and God's speed. It's really great to hear someone else has decided to learn the organ.</p>Comment
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Helloagain! Now that it has been a few lessons down the road I thought I would let you all know how it was going for me. I can still say I have the "organ bug" and love it! We are moving right along with the book. The pedal exercises are extremely great as my teacher has been having me play them with different rhythms. He also has me mixing up the melodies in the songs, such as playing the moving line in the feet or in theleft hand to gain that independence. He also has been teaching just how pipe organs "work", which I find to be very interesting. All in all I still love it and wonder why I did not start out on this instrument in the first place...lol</P>Comment
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I wonder why I didn't stay with it either. I had every oppportunity to major in organ and didn't take it. Back then I thought you had to already be an organ prodigy to even get into a university organ program. You might even start doing what I'm doing now, that is getting up an hour early to play the organ before the wife gives me the to-do list or I have to leave for work.Comment
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Well, I'm only going to take this thread slightly off topic to announce tha yesterday (9/3/08) I had my first formal lesson. My teacher is a really nice lady, and she's using The Organist's Manualby Roger Davis as the method book. The church where she is employed is currently organless, because someone committed arson there last year, and the organ is in a famous shop on the West Side of Cleveland, but she predicts it will be back in the church by Easter this year.Comment
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I resumed lessons after a lapse of years. My teacher uses selected pieces rather than a method book. The pieces are selected (I hope) that will advance my technique and improve the musicality of my playing.Whether this approach is better or worse than a method book is a question.
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She attempts to find pieces that I will enjoy (and thus practise more). For me, the lessons are essential to make progress. I tend to fall into a rut and develop bad habits without the inspiration of lessons.
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