From goff747@yahoo.com Thu Aug 25 09:01:36 2016
Subject:Re: Hammond XK-5 and 3 Contacts


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I've been playing the Hammond for 50 years, and I don't think I have ever played in such a way that there's a pause between contact points, or so that only a few contact points are made while the rest are missed. And I really doubt that anyone else plays this way either. Listening to recordings of all the great players, I've never heard it. Have you?

I think the excitement about multiple contacts (virtual or otherwise) is much ado about nothing. Am I wrong? >>>

actually jack yer wrong mon ami. there are those who use the 9 contacts in a solo or chord cluster on a real hammond with differing fingering pressure. i posted years ago on this and other lists. some got it some didn't. try making a triad with one or two fingers lighter than the rest. your choice on the inversion. it's a sensitivity that needs development. if you play a real hammond like playing a non touch sensitive keyboard, hammering with equal pressure down to the hilt, you are missing a few nuances.

goff

 

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