From bardian@usadatanet.net Fri Dec 09 15:09:20 2005
Subject:Re: Terminology and technique

I do that stuff all the time, but I couldn't say how I did it until I sat at
an organ. So, I fired up my Farfisa Professional (like Sly's at Woodstock)
and Motion Sound and here's what I found. I use the base of the palm of my
hand. When I do the whole keyboard (like at the beginning of a solo when
you slide up to the first notes), I start low with my right hand with the
fingers pointing to the left of the keyboard. I slam my palm on the bass
notes and slide it up. As I move to the high notes, my hand rotates (with
the palm still on the keys) until at the top my fingers pointing to the
right - ready to hit those first high notes. I also do little smears
between notes or chords just using my fingers and upper palm. It feels
better doing it on my Electro 73 with a lighter action than my VK7 which has
(for no reason that I can figure out) weighted keys. I don't care about
waterfall keys vs. diving-board keys because I do it on the tops of the keys
and not the edge, probably because I really learned how to back in the '60's
with my Wurlitzer Combo Organ with diving-board keys.

----- Original Message -----
> OK, I'm new to playing organ, so I get to ask the
> really newbie questions. What is it called when
> sliding across the keys (in either direction) ending
> in either a single note or a chord? I have heard it
> called a "gliss", "smears", and "wipes". What is the
> most popular term for that? Gliss might be short for
> glissando which I think is travelling up or down from
> one note to another, actually the definition is, "A
> rapid slide through a series of consecutive tones in a
> scalelike passage."
>
> While on the subject, is there a best way to do the
> gliss or whatever it is called? Palm, side of the
> index finger, back of a finger (scratch keys?), you
> guys who have been doing that for years should have a
> preferred way. If I listen to "Smokin" by Boston, he
> does some pretty fast ones and I would be really
> curious to know his method.
>
> I have to (read that as I GET to) do a couple of these
> in a song this Sunday at church. I am doing OK with
> the ways I have tried, but can't help but wonder if
> there is a more correct way.
>
> Lou
>
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