In memoriam Joyce Jones

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Your teacher is your go-to-person for questions about fingering/pedalling.
Have you already "mastered" the F major prelude (BWV 556)?...

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liond9514 In a comment to Admin's post you wrote that you would like to have fingering suggestions for the whole score. As Larason2 already pointed out,...

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https://www.bodensee-musikversand.de...rlag=&ausgabe_...

[andijah]

Congratulations :-)

[andijah]

Today I learned that Joyce Jones passed away on the 28th of February.
https://www.agohq.org/joyce-jones-in-memoriam/

If this was already...

[andijah]

There are people who might argue that it's unprofessional for a musician to be told about the music and that the organist/music director should choose...

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There are so many of those toccatas, I had to stop writing about them ;-)

[andijah]

For some "easy going" on the pedals have a look at the Pachelbel toccatas - many have long notes for the feet and the fingers do all the work....

[andijah]

I wouldn't recommend them for self-study, though.

Bombarde64
Do you have the possibility to take a few lessons with an experienced...

[andijah]

I think there are short arrangements in an "Oxford wedding album" that I own, but since I don't play those pieces (at weddings), I don't really...

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Oh, and by the way, I was 15 when I started playing the organ and didn't even have an adjustable bench at that time. There are so many factors that determine...

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I'm just thinking about the number of historical instruments we have over here. None of them was really built to standard, and pedalboards come in a large...

[andijah]

Inner flexibility of the hand doesn't necessarily come with hand size. I have rather short fingers (but wide palms) and I can (with some exceptions) do...

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What's your goal? Do you want to be able to play full legato for the upper voice, or simply avoid that jump? Have you thought about letting the left hand...

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I started with piano, then came the accordion (same teacher) and then the organ (different teacher). My piano teacher at that time encouraged me in all...