From john_worrell@hotmail.com Sun Nov 02 15:16:24 2003
Subject:Re: Drawbar Registrations

jake92028 and fellow other "clonies"

jake raises some good observations for those of us who may be neoohytes or
have developed our musical prowess on instruments other than a Hammond or
cole. Perhaps he or others in the group could answer / instruct in the core
knowledge he recomends; or recomend literature / sources that contain it...

...A typical Hammond/clone 'Upper' manual:
1. Compared to a
piano, which drawbar is middle C?
2. What's the interval or octave
separation between the drawbars?
3. What's a Fundamental and a
Harmonic?
4. Where, musically, are all nine drawbars in relationship to
each other?
5. What's the range or 'zone' of each drawbar compared to
the others?
6. Which drawbars cover the entire range of the keyboard and
which drawbars don't?
7. To include percussion, what's a 2nd, what's a
3rd; what notes do they represent, which drawbars are they 'the same
as' once you know the 'middle C' drawbar?
8. differences in sound in the area of overall
brightness, drawbar signal strength 'curve' from zero to 8, etc.

>From: "jake92028"
>Reply-To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
>To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [CWSG] Drawbar Registrations
>Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 17:31:24 -0000
>
>When someone requests organ drawbar registrations for a song, it's
>nice that someone else may know and provide the info, BUT: This most
>often means the player hasn't done their homework and/or practice
>with the drawbars in order to develop a feel for the tonal variations
>they can create. I would go so far as to say - if you can't play
>using only the drawbars and are dependent on presets, you haven't
>learned to play a Hammond/clone organ (yet?).
>
>For example, a typical Hammond/clone 'Upper' manual: Compared to a
>piano, which drawbar is middle C? What's the interval or octave
>separation between the drawbars? What's a Fundamental and a
>Harmonic? Where, musically, are all nine drawbars in relationship to
>each other? What's the range or 'zone' of each drawbar compared to
>the others? Which drawbars cover the entire range of the keyboard and
>which drawbars don't? To include percussion, what's a 2nd, what's a
>3rd; what notes do they represent, which drawbars are they 'the same
>as' once you know the 'middle C' drawbar?
>
>If you know these facts, then have practiced manipulating the
>drawbars (while practicing) until each drawbar's separate sound and
>the combined sounds of all their variations are familiar to you up
>and down their keyboard range - you'll almost never have to ask about
>a drawbar registration again. Then your only test might be that
>Hammond clones have differences in sound in the area of overall
>brightness, drawbar signal strength 'curve' from zero to 8, etc. You
>can get 'the' sound you want with single notches up or down on
>the 'right' drawbars, once you're mentally and sonically in sync with
>them.
>
>Your 'almost never' drawbar questions, once you've learned to play
>them, will be more about a subtle tone variation you can't quite
>nail - as above, could be as little as one notch of one drawbar - but
>someone else's ears have got it. Once you're a drawbar player,
>presets become what they should be - a convenience only and a target
>you can 'morph' from.
>
>(Rev) Walter ...it's Sunday, so cut me some slack #;-b~
>

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