From formercakid@yahoo.com Tue Dec 16 15:21:30 2003
Subject:Re: Breaking keys -pt2 - Bach

Prelude in C from "The Well Tempered Clavihord"
Minuet from "The Notebook of Anna Magdelena Bach"
Minuet in B Flat
Polonaise in G minor

--- Mark Winans wrote:
> Speaking of Bach...
>
> What are the names of some his less challenging
> works for organ that I could work on to improve my
> chops?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated
>
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Invisable Man
> To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:52 PM
> Subject: RE: [CWSG] Breaking keys -pt2
>
> I have broken keys on a Hammond Porta-B when I
> played
> in bands back in the 70's. But I realized I was
> doing
> something wrong and reajusted my technique to
> resolve
> the problem. I noticed I was playing too flat
> fingered
> and hitting the sides of the keys instead of
> directly
> on top. Decided to go back to my old music teacher
> and
> he put me back in touch with playing Bach and that
> ended my flat finger playing, I was back to curved
> finger playing and much improved technique. Gotta
> admit though, it is a rush when you break a key!
> --- Patrick Benfield
> wrote:
> > oops...sorry about that. it's at:
> >
> > mclemoreavenue.com/Bloody B-3.jpg or
> > www.mclemoreavenue.com/photos.html
> >
> > Take care,
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> > Patrick Benfield
> wrote:
> > Here's a picture from about 3 years ago when I
> broke
> > a key right in the middle of "Green Onions" and
> had
> > to keep on playin.
> >
> > -Pat
> >
> > http://www.mclemoreavenue.com/Bloody%20B-3.JPG
> >
> > Ed Fliege
> wrote:Perhaps
> > Keith Emerson's penchant for stabbing his
> Hammond
> > with knives was
> > some sort of payback for an earlier wound
> inflicted
> > on him by his keyboard.
> > Seriously, it has often been brought to my
> attention
> > that my playing
> > style(?) is less than milquetoast and I have
> managed
> > to break many a key
> > over the last 30 years. Early on I broke enough
> > Fender Rhodes tines to pay
> > for a whole new piano. Over the years I've
> broken
> > keys on my Hammond C3, a
> > Hohner D6, a MultiMoog, a Kurzweil SP88 and a
> Casio
> > CZ-1000 - and I'm not
> > bragging about it because frankly it's always a
> pain
> > in the ass to replace a
> > key, but I've just always figured it came with
> the
> > territory. Lately, I've
> > been breaking keys, but just the black keys, on
> my
> > Roland RS-9 (which I only
> > use as a controller); eleven of them so far. If
> you
> > could see one of these
> > keys and the stingy amount of plastic allotted
> where
> > the key hinges, it
> > would be obvious that it was just not engineered
> > that well. Obvious to
> > everyone but Roland who claims I'm the only one
> who
> > keeps breaking keys and
> > that it's not a known problem. Funny, they have
> > plenty of spares they're
> > happy to sell me at $5 a pop.
> >
> > Ed Fliege
> > k2mojo@groovedaddies.com
> > www.groovedaddies.com
> >
> > > I've never broken a synth or piano key, BUT I
> have
> > broken Hammond
> > > keys in my rock and roll days. It has to do
> with
> > getting carried away
> > > by the roar of the Hammond, the thunder of the
> > band, the > > > elevator of choice here>, the pretty girls
> eying
> > you...
> > >
> > > A Hammond key break is always an exciting
> thing.
> > It invariably
> > > happens when you do a big dramatic palm and
> > forearm smear from bottom
> > > to top. Ah, but is the Hammond intimidated? Au
> > contraire - the key
> > > stub with its razor sharp point, now
> unrestrained
> > by the front lip,
> > > juts up in deadly fashion to slice your entire
> > forearm open as it
> > > passes. You then make your blood sacrifice to
> the
> > Hammond.
> > >
> > > Makes me nostalgic
> > >
> > > Moe
> > > http://www.hotrodmotm.com
> > >
> > > > I
> > > > have to confess to never breaking a key on a
> > quality keyboard even
> > > > during the most balls-to-the-wall (old
> > expression) full volume live
> > > > performance, and cant relate to how some
> players
> > manage that - some
> > > > even brag on it ...I don't get it.
> >
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