How should a cathedral organ sound?
So that you can also play pop music on it?
Organ and trumpet, how?
Hi, Starting this Easter, I'm supposed to play along with the organ more often during services at the village church. Since I have a B-flat trumpet and the organ (I think) is tuned to C, I wanted to ask if I can play the notes in the hymnal like this (along with the organ), or…
Teach yourself to play the organ?
Hello, I'd like to learn to play the organ. However, there are a few problems: My parents already pay for lessons for two different instruments and I don't have the money to pay for the lessons myself. I don't know anyone who could teach me this. That's why I've been thinking about buying a used…
How does a purely mechanical setting system work on an organ?
How does a purely mechanical setting system work on an organ? This is quite easy to implement with pneumatic, electro-pneumatic, and electro-mechanical stop action. How is this achieved with a purely mechanical stop action? I mean this structure:
Were you at the service?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56f2Pn8KPDE
What does it mean when a cantor or cantoress is in a church?
The organist is also the one who introduces a foreign organist to the organ
Why is the organ so difficult to play?
Hi, I'm 19 years old and would like to learn to play the electronic organ. I noticed at my music school that there are no courses or teachers who specialize in organs. But why is the organ so difficult to learn? I would accept the challenge of learning to play the organ. But I wouldn't…
Are there people who enjoy teaching others how to play the organ?
Hello, I am m/19 and am interested in playing the organ and learning how to do it. But not the organ from the church, but an electronic organ or a combo organ. I have never played an instrument before and would like to start with the organ. I also wanted to ask this question because…
To all the organists out there?
When you're sitting at the organ console—whether it's a built-in console or a freestanding console, and whether it's in a small parish church, a large cathedral, or even a concert hall—how loud can the organ get when the entire organ is activated?
Recommendations for organ shoes?
Can anyone recommend organ shoes/brands? I'd like to finally treat myself to some proper ones.