The st Century Organ Series

The st Century Organ Series Playing the Rodgers Trillium Organs Lauren Gadd Noel Jones, AAGO Frog Music Press frogmusiccom Trillium Rodgers Organ are trademarks used ith permission of Rodgers Instruments LLC, part of the Roland Group

1 Welcome! 5 2 nderstanding the Console Display 6 3 Choosing Stops 7 Echo Voluntary 8 General Cancel 9 5 Manual and Pedal Couplers 10 Allegro - Largo 11 Come, Christians 12 6 Expression Pedals 1 Amazing Grace 15 7 sing Comination Pistons 17 Kingsfold 18 8 sing Comination Memory Banks 22 Elevation 23 9 Crescendo 26 Crescendo Doxology Introduction 27 10 Transposer 29 Doxology Transition 30 11 Tremulants 31 Priere 32 12 Celeste Stops 3 Communion 35 13 Floating DIvisions 39 O Waly Waly 0 1 Chimes 3 Chime Prelude on St Elizaeth 15 Making Voice Palette Organ Stop Selections 6 Créche 7 16 Making Voice Palette Orchestral Selections 50 Cantando 51 17 sing the Bass Coupler 53 Chapel Meditation 5 Praeludium and Fugato 55 18 sing the Melody Coupler 61 When Morning Gilds the Sky 62 19 Selecting MIDI Voices 6 Just As I Am 65 20 MIDI Voice Keyoard Velocity 67 I Need Thee Every Hour 68 21 MIDI Voice Fixed Velocity 70 Trumpet Fanfare 71 22 MIDI Voice Voice Expression Velocity 72 God Is So Good 73 23 sing the MIDI Voice Foot Sitch 75 Devotion 76 2 Temperaments 78 Toccata per l Elevazione 79 25 Expression Levels 82 A Day of Rest 83 26 Room Modeling 85 On Jordan s Stormy Bank 86 Postludium 88 Appendix PR-300 MIDI Basic Keyoard Chart Index The PR-300 MIDI Basic Keyoard Chart is Rodgers Instruments LLC and it, along ith the terms Trillium, PR-300 and Rodgers Organs appear here ith the kind permission of Rodgers Instruments LLC Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

Playing the Rodgers Trillium Organs sing this ook For centuries organ uilders have uilt organs and passed on inside information to the organist aout the organ that ill e their musical partner Every organ is uilt to a vision, a vision of the music that the organ ill e playing To help you explore the musical possiilities of this organ, e have created this ook as a map that explores places for you to go, things to see Before taking a trip it is helpful to study a guide ook and get an idea of hat you ant to do hen you get there Some people find themselves in places and then uy a guide ook to figure out hat they are seeing every day This ook orks the same ay, it can serve as an introduction to the instrument or provide insight for the person ho is already playing a Rodgers Trillium Organ What places are e going to visit Rather than museums and coffee houses, e are going to visit music Music that e can play Music that explores the sound of the voices of this organ You do not need to read this ook or the oner s manual to play the organ It is designed as a straightforard classical organ, uilt to AGO standards, hich means that everything is laid out in a logical place and that the console is ergonomically designed to ease playing of the manuals and pedals The AGO design as estalished in the mid 20th-century long efore ergonomic ecame a household ord Organs hich rely on electricity for poer and control often have a indo into the orkings of the organ, in this case e call it a Display Windo When you poer the organ up, it displays a ait message When the organ is prepared for playing, the Transposer Windo appears This indo opens hen told to, y you, to provide additional pipe organs sounds, orchestral voices such as Orchestral Ooe, Harpsichord, Trumpets and Timpani The indo also lets you configure these voices to suit the music you are going to e playing Do not e frightened of the Display Windo It is as simple as 1, 2, 3 Every aspect can e reached ith in three levels se QICKMEN to select the category, the item to e changed and make the change We have enoyed riting this ook We invite you to rite us at trillium@frogmusiccom ith your comments We look forard to hearing from you noelones@frogmusiccom laurengadd@frogmusiccom Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

1 Welcome! This page is the last page eing rittenhich makes sense ecause it is a page ritten to guide you in the ook, and also tell you hat you ill not find in the ook We choose things of immediate interest to highlight and explain ith musical examples There are many more things of interest in the Trillium Organs sing the SmartCards, changing the Dynamic Wind settings for different styles of music, many more things To research them, use the oners manual It is very complete and ell ritten In addition, visit the Trillium We Page on our esite As time goes on e ill e posting updates, changes and ne pages that ill rventually find their ay into future editions of this ook Also on the e site page you ill e ale to register this ook and also sign up for the Certification Exam on this ook, if you like Thank you again for taking time and interest in reading our ook We look forard to hearing from you ith any questions or comments Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

2 nderstanding the Console Display Device Console Display Console Display When the organ is poered and once it completes automatic diagnostic procedures you ill see the indo display change to read: xx:xx am TRANSPOSER Ø This display indo is used in many ays It is your indo into the orkings of the organ At this point it indicates that the organ transposer is set to the default neutral position Ø Reach over and grasp the SELECT kno Turn it one click to the left and note that the Console Display no reads: TRANSPOSER -1 The organ ill no play everything one-half step loer than ritten automatically To reset the organ to normal pitch, find, and using your right thum, push the General Cancel piston p underneath the loer keyoard on the right The Console Display ill no read: TRANSPOSER Ø Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

3 Choosing Stops Device sing Rocker Talets and Draknos Rocker Tas To activate: To silence: Press the ottom half of the rocker ta until the light comes on, then release The stop ill return to vertical position, and remain lit Press the top half of the rocker ta until the light goes off, then release The stop ill return to vertical position Draknos To activate: To silence: The Music: Pull the drakno until the light goes on, then release The stop ill remain lit Push the drakno until the light goes off, then release The Echo Voluntary contrasts the sounds of a Flute and String Celeste In a ork like this, it is customary to pause eteen phrases, giving you time to change the stops, and to enhance the echo effect Christus is provided to give you the opportunity to try different 8 stops and ecome familiare ith their sounds Advanced Technique: Echo Voluntary Choose a Great Flute 8 Play this piece differently y going to the Great Keyoard henever the music indicates playing the Sell Bourdon You ill find that most of the time hen playing church organ you ill e using oth hands on the same keyoard, especially hen playing hymns To give a correct alance to all voices in the music, unless there is a melody to e rought out y reaching ith one hand to another manual Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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General Cancel Device Piston p Canceling Stops se your right thum to press the p piston Pistons are arranged so that they fall under the thum hen your fingers are over the keys aove, making it simple to reach under the manual ith the thum to make changes Organists make a hait of clearing all stops using the General Cancel Piston at the end of each piece General Cancel also automatically resets the Transposer to Ø sing the General Cancel Piston helps eliminate those emarrassing moments during prayer and sermons hen you accidentally rush a key, drop a hymnal onto the keyoard, or step on a pedal hile getting off the ench Hoever, if you use the Crescendo Pedal, descried later, the General Cancel ill not clear it, leaving the Crescendo Pedal Activated Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

5 Manual and Pedal Couplers Device SW to GT Rocker Ta SW to PD Rocker Ta GT to PD Rocker Ta sing Couplers Each keyoard of the organ has stops for voices of different tone colors and pitches The stops are there to turn the sounds on and off Couplers make it possile for you to select stop voices from to or more manuals and comine them all together on one manual The Allegro-Largo shos ho you can mix stops from the same tone family, the flutes, from to different manuals together on the loer Great manual y using a coupler Select the GT Bourdon 8 and the SW Blockflöte 2 No push the SW TO GT Coupler Rocker Ta and you have Flutes 8 and 2 on the Great Come, Christians is an example of comining choruses of sounds from the Sell to the Great, another common use of the Manual Couplers Choose the SW Basson 16 and Ooe 8, the Great Principal 8, Octave Super Octave 2 and Mixture IV Set the Suass 16 and the Great to Pedal Coupler Add the SW to GT Coupler hen indicated in the piece Three and four manual organs ill have additional couplers and some at 16 and couplers hich raise or loer the pitch of stops y an octave You ill also find nison Off Couplers hich silence the stops playing at normal pitch Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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6 Expression Pedals Device Expression Pedals SW to GT Reversile Piston sing Expression Some organists are faced ith divided expression pedals for the first time hen they play a Trillium Organ While these are sometimes called Volume Pedals, they do much more than simply make the sounds louder and softer Divided Expression Pedals open up the possiility of providing solo or accompaniment voices on either manual In pipe organs, some or all pipes are enclosed in oxes that have ooden shutters connected to the expression pedals in the console These shutters act to control the amount of sound that enters the room, ut also change the perceived tone color of the pipe sound, as the pipes egin to sound righter as the expression pedal is depressed and then melloer as the pedal is retired to its closed position The To Manual Rodgers Organs have Balanced Divided Expression, the left pedal expression pedal controlling the Great and Pedal Stops, and the right expression pedal the Sell Stops Balanced means that the pedals can e adusted and they ill stay here you put them, making to-footed playing on the Pedaloard possile Three Manual Rodgers Organs do not normally have expression enaled on the Great Pedal Divisions This makes it possile to perform music in hich the Great pipe sounds clear and open and the other manuals can e rought in and out in degrees using the expression pedals It can e very thrilling to hear the Great playing and then hear the Full Sell gradually enter,thickening and enriching the Great ith the Reed Chorus from the Sell Select the GREAT PEDAL Enclosed rocker ta to assign the Great and Pedal Divisions to the Choir (left) Expression Pedal When you ish to increase the level of a enclosed divisions at once center your foot on the space eteen the to expression pedals so you can control them oth at the same time Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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7 sing Comination Pistons to Select Registrations Device Thum Pistons Numered 1-10 sing Thum Pistons Pistons permit the saving of stop settings for instant recall hen needed Pistons are arranged so that they fall under the thum hen your fingers are over the keys aove, making it simple to reach under the manual ith the thum to make changes Practice playing a chord on the manual and reaching under the keyoard and selecting a piston ith your thum hile keeping your fingers poised in playing position To set pistons: Select the stops and couplers that you ish to save Hold SET and then push a Comination Piston The stop setting you have chosen is no saved Pistons are notated on the music score y a circled numeral: q If a memory other than M1 (hich is the default, turn-on ank) is to e chosen, it ill appear ust efore to the piston numer: M2 r Advanced ses: Note that there may e numered Toe Studs that are duplicates of some of the Manual Pistons for your use MIDI Voices and Voice Palette Stops may also e saved to Comination Pistons y themselves or along ith organ stops Kingsfold shos the ease of playing using pistons Practice pushing pistons in rhythm so that stop changes come during silent moments eteen eats Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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8 sing Memory Levels Device Memory Level Piston Memory Banks When you poer up the organ Memory Level 1 of the Comination pistons is activated y default Other Memory Levels can e selected and more pistons set and saved on them Some organists save all Sunday Morning settings on one memory and use the other Memory Levels for Wedding Music, MIDI voices, or other cominations Memory Levels can e locked y pressing and holding the Memory Level Piston of the Bank that you ant to save Look at the Display After a fe seconds it ill sho either: MEMORY LEVEL MEM 1 NLOCKED Rotate the ALPHA dial to change the readout on the menu When finished, press the General Cancel [0] The Memory Level status ill remain set as you have left it Many additional memory levels can e added y using the SmartCard In Elevation, egin ith Piston 1 from Memory Level 1, then change on the last page to Memory Level 2, Piston 1 You ill find that changing the Memory Bank hile playing does not affect the stops The stops only change hen you push the Comination Pistons Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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9 Crescendo Pedal Device Crescendo Pedal Crescendo Before the days of our modern Comination Action Pistons, the Crescendo Pedal as a valuale registration tool ecause you could use it to add stops hile playing Hoever, it as difficult to udge ho far to push to get the level of stops you anted and have it occur at the exact musical points you had chosen The TTTI and the Crescendo oth activate existing stops in programmed order The order can e changed as you like The Crescendo Doxology Introduction indicates ho the Crescendo Pedal might e used [indications in grey] and alternately ho pistons can e used in place of the Crescendo Pedal to give you exact control over the stop increases hile playing When you are finished, e sure to retire the Crescendo Pedal y deselecting the Rocker Ta or pushing General Cancel p Otherise, you ill find yourself playing other stops than hat you have selected on the rocker tas or pistons Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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10 Transposer Device Console Display and Select Kno Changing Keys The Transposer has existed for centuries on keyoard instruments Early organists used the Mutation Stops on the organ to transpose The pitch standard as e kno it, A=0, as not estalished until recently, and is still not adhered to in all circumstances In early times choral music as often ritten using choir pitch, hich as as much as the interval of a fourth or fifth higher than organ pitch Organists dealt ith this y using Mutations in place of 8, and 2 stops Instruments ere also uilt ith transposing keyoards that ould slide from right to left to make playing in different keys simpler The Transposer raises the pitch of the organ pitch y half steps Rotate the Select Kno to the right or left When done playing, push General Cancel p to reset the Transposer to 0 General Cancel p automatically clears all stops and resets the Transposer to Ø If you are playing an offertory in A flat immediately folloed y the Doxology in G, you may find the uxtaposition of the to keys rather arring To avoid this, loer the offertory music from A flat to G y setting the TRANSPOSER to -1 When you complete the hymn, push General Cancel p, and then the piston for the Doxology, and continue on Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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11 Tremulants Device Sell Tremulant Great Tremulant Flute Tremulant (Main Tremulant) Tremulants vary the ind supply to the pipe in a pulsing manner, causing it to loer and then rise ack to pitch over and over again Each Manual has its on Tremulants In addition there is a General Flute Tremulant This Tremulant is usually adusted to e more extreme in rate and depth than the Manual Tremulants and affects flute stops on all manuals The Flute Tremulant can e adusted to give the effect of tremulant on a high pressure organ, a theater organ eing an example When high ind pressure tremulants ork, they cause the organ to flatten in pitch and drop in volume ith each oscillation Tremulant Stops are not recent inventions L arte organica y Costanzo Antegnati, pulished in 1608, descries ho to use them JS Bach seems to never have indicated Tremulants in the fe orks of his that have stop suggestions in his hand, ut e kno that he did require that one e fixed on an organ efore he played it Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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12 Celeste Stops Device Flute Celeste Viole Celeste Erzahler Celeste The Celeste Stops deserve special mention Rather than one pipe per key, a celeste stop plays to pipes per key One is tuned to correct pitch, the second either sharp or flat a it As a result the ear hears these to pitches as ell as the eat eteen them String celestes have the edge of strings ith the addition of armth Flute celestes are very arm and rich Hyrid stop Celestes, such as the Gemshorn and Erzahler Celestes serve on their on, as ell as filling in eteen string tone and flute tone, a characteristic of hyrid stops Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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13 Floating Divisions Device Festival Trumpet or Royal Trumpet Each keyoard of the organ has stops assigned to it A floating division has its on stops that are not assigned to a keyoard Coupling this division to existing keyoards gives the effect of having an additional keyoard ithout taking up space Floating stops can e coupled to existing manuals In this case, the Festival Trumpet can e assigned to the Sell manual sing Gen 10 notice that the SW NISON OFF is activated and the Sell stops still play from the Great The Sell keyoard no plays only the Solo Reed from the floating division Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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1 Chimes Device Chimes Chimes have a very long ring time hen the key is held, proecting great resonance The harmonic structure of chime tone is such that they alays seem to sound slightly out of tune in relation to other instruments For that reason, it is sometimes most effective to accompany chimes ith celeste stops Organists are also found of coupling the celeste stops to the manual ith the chimes so that the melody plays on the chimes and also hauntingly on the celeste stops as ell Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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15 Making Voice Palette Selections Device Stops ith Dots Voice Palette Stops These are additional organ stops hich can e chosen y holding SET and activating a stop ith a dot on its face To replace the shon stop ith the Voice Palette voice stored in its position: 1 Hold SET 2 Select stop ith dot 3 Rotate Alpha Dial to change the display to read the name of the ne stop This stop ill play the Voice Palette voice until you either: Turn the organ OFF or se the Alpha dial to set it ack to Mixture using the same process as aove or Push a piston that has the Mixture saved to it or Hold SET and then hit p hile the indo shos TRANSPOSER To play Creche on a 787/797 using a Diapason 8 on the Great as a solo voice, hold SET and choose the Principal 8 stop Read the display and roll the Alpha Dial to change the name in the display When it reads Diapason, you are ready to play Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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16 Playing Voice Palette Orchestral Voices Device Stops ith Dots Voice Palette Stops These are Orchestral Instruments hich can e chosen y holding SET and activating a stop ith a dot on its face To reach them you use the same procedure as on choosing Voice Palette organ stops 1 Hold SET 2 Select stop ith dot 3 Rotate Alpha Dial to change the dusplay to read the name of the ne stop To play Cantando select Gen 7 and identify from the oners manual or a product sheet here to find Slo Strings and SATB Ah For Example: On the 787 hold SET and choose Sell Bourdon Doux 16 Change it to Slo Strings using the Alpha Dial, then hold SET and choose Great Chimes and using the Alpha Dial change it to SATB Ah These stops ill no play along ith the stops of Gen 7 piston Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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17 sing the Bass Coupler Device: Bass Coupler Rocker Ta The Bass Coupler reads the ottom note you are playing on the Great Keyoard and plays that note using the Pedal Stops you have chosen This is useful hen you find a pedal part too difficult to play, or ecause you need to play a hymn in a short period of time and don t have time to learn the pedal part It also makes it easier for a pianist ho is filling in at the organ, to play the organ and provide a solid ass line ithout using the pedals Chapel Meditation gives us an opportunity to try the Bass Coupler and explore ays to make our music interesting There is a tremendous need for short pieces of music in a church service But hat can you do hen the piece is too short Select the piston recommended for the Chapel Meditation, add Bass Coupler, and play it through once at a medium volume ith oth hands on the Sell Keyoard Then repeat it ith oth hands on the Great Keyoard, using more expression When you reach the end, go ack and repeat it on the Sell very softly What the congregation ill hear is a light verse, folloed y a fuller verse ith depth from the added ass line due to the Bass Coupler, and then a quiet echo verse from the Sell The Praeludium and Fugato can e played on manuals only, ut can e greatly enhanced for those ho do not play pedals y adding the Bass Coupler on the last page as indicated in the music Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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18 sing the Melody Coupler Device Sell Melody on Great Soloing a Melody The Sell Melody Coupler takes the highest note you are playing on the Great and couples the Sell to it, playing hatever stops you might have selected It, like the Bass Coupler, reacts to the ay you play If you play very smoothly, the coupler may not pick up the notes consistently For that reason, use it on right energetic hymns ith articulate touch In playing When Morning Gilds the Sky e select M2 Gen 6 and remove the Sell Melody Coupler to egin, then engage it later in the music to ring the Sell voices don to solo over the Great voices Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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19 Selecting MIDI Voices Device MIDI Voice Selection using Organ Keyoard Soloing a Melody Each Manual and the Pedaloard can access MIDI voices using the MIDI pistons If you have a MIDI module attached through the MIDI port on the organ (found under the manuals on the kneeoard) you access the module using the folloing instructions Hold SET and press a MIDI PISTON Touch the key on the organ keyoards that corresponds ith the MIDI voice you ish to program to that stop in that division See the Appendix for a copy of the asic GM list Voices 1-61 can e selected from keys 1-61 on the ottom keyoard, 61 and aove on the next higher keyoard The remaining voices 123 and aove are found on the pedaloard starting on the left or on the top manual on a three manual For Just As I Am, follo the instructions as listed aove, pushing SWELL MIDI A Release SET and the Piston and you ill see that the SWELL MIDI A piston is no flashing To play using the Pan Flute, press the second D from the left on the Sell keyoard (On Three Manuals, press the second D from the left on the middle manual) Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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20 MIDI Voice Keyoard Velocity Velocity KBD The default setting for Velocity is KBD, hich means that the MIDI you are playing ill respond to variations of touch as a piano ould All of the pistons set on Memory Bank 2 use MIDI and are set to KBD velocity If you find hen playing that certain notes stick out, you may e more comfortale setting a different Velocity setting that ill ignore touch pressure differences and play at an even level Hoever, KBD does offer some onderful musical effects Play ith a light touch on the Sell on Piston 7 Memory Bank 2 and then increase the pressure, creating a crescendo of choral sound over the organ stops you are playing Choose GREAT MIDI A and select the Nylon Guitar PC 25 Play I Need Thee Every Hour ith expression, using the Great Expression Pedal to vary the overall volume, and your finger pressure to ring out individual notes Roll chords to give the effect of strumming After you learn to use the Foot Sitch Sustain feature in a fe pages, come ack and play this again, using the Foot Sitch to let the sound of the guitar strings ring out Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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21 MIDI Voice Fixed Velocity sing Fixed Velocity To reset from KBD to Fixed Velocity Settings: Setting a fixed velocity does to things: It sets the level of the voice in relation to other voices or stops It also locks in the attack characteristic of a voice at that level The higher the level, the more attack is heard Strings and Brass are examples of voices that display definite attack characteristics 1 Hold SET and press a MIDI piston 2 Rotate Select Kno till VELOCITY is highlighted 3 se Alpha Dial to choose a numer from 2-127 2 is very soft, 127 is the loudest Setting the Velocity in this manner alances the stop to other voices and stops eing used The voice is no longer affected y touch playing same level at all times, ust like an organ stop and ill respond to the expression pedal for its division This setting can e saved along ith the Orchestral Voice on a piston To play Trumpet Tune: Set the stops for the Trumpet Tune Select: Memory Bank 2 Select: Piston 10 PEDAL Remove All Organ Stops GREAT Remove All Organ Stops SWELL Remove All Organ Stops Then change the Velocity from KBD to at Numerical Value: PEDAL MIDI A VELOCITY 100 SWELL MIDI A VELOCITY 100 GREAT MIDI A VELOCITY 80 This makes the Harpsichord softer in relation to the Trumpet and Timpani, creating a more authentic alance eteen the voices Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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22 MIDI Voice Expression Velocity Expression To change Velocity from KBD to Expression Setting to Velocity Expression assigns the attack level and volume level of the stop to the position of the Expression pedal for that division 1 Hold SET and press a MIDI piston 2 Rotate Select Kno till VELOCITY is highlighted 3 se Alpha Dial to choose EXP It ill no longer respond to your touch like a piano keyoard No it ill respond to the expression pedal for its division, On voices like the Trumpet, the attack level ill also increase and decrease ith the use of the Expression pedal for that division This setting can e saved along ith the MIDI Voice on a piston To play God Is So Good: Select: Memory Bank 2 Select: Piston 7 Then change the Velocity to EXP GREAT MIDI A SWELL MIDI A EXP EXP The Choir Aahs on oth manuals ill increase in volume ith the Expression pedal for the manual, giving an eveness to the sound that is sometimes difficult to achieve ith Velocity set to KBD Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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23 sing the MIDI Foot Sitch Device Foot Sitch On the left expression pedal there is a sitch you activate y putting pressure on it ith the left side of your shoe This pedal is programmale for each MIDI piston independently It ill not sustain Organ Stops from the organ To change the ay the Foot Sitch affects the sound: HOLD SET and push a MIDI Piston Rotate the Select Kno to highlight FootS Choose Off, Sust, Sost, or Soft, Press the flashing MIDI piston or cancel (0) to save this setting Devotion orks ell ith GREAT MIDI A set to Piano PC 1 or Electric Piano PC 6 ith FootS Sust Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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2 Temperaments Device Temperament take us ack to tuning systems that ere in use until quite recently They change the relationship of intervals and add much color to your playing At first the ear notices ho out of tune and dissonant some intervals arethen you ear ill egin to notice the crystalline eauty of pure intervals Press QICKMEN and using the Select Kno find Pipe modeling Push QICKMEN once again and choose Temperament QICKMEN one more time to choose the Temperament you ish to try The Temperament remains in effect until you turn the poer off or set the Temperament to another setting The Joy of Temperaments, y Frog Music, explores using Temperaments and style in Early Music, ith many music examples for playing Taken from The Joy of Temperaments Toccata per l Elevazione should e played upon the Great Principal 8 and Sell Geigen Principal 8, Sell to Great Coupled, using Meantone Temperament Play it first in normal Equal Temperament Equal Temperament means that all intervals are equally out of tune, the tuning used on Modern Pianos When Frescoaldi rote this piece, Meantone Tuning as very common Certain intervals are more in tune than others and the composers rote music that explores the music effect of the tuning differences Dissonant chords appear on dissonant intervals, consonant chords (maor, for example) appear on more in tune intervals This music takes on a completely different character hen played using temperaments such as Meantone, for hich it as intended Music up until and even after Bach as not ritten to e played in today s Equal Temperament Rather, other tunings like Kirnerger and Werckmeister ere used to temper certain harsh intervals No attempt as made to correct tuning y setting all intervals to the exact same numerical tuning in use today Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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25 Expression Levels Device: Minimum Expression It is possile to iden the dynamic range of the instrument making it possile to play even softer The default setting is pp, meaning that the organ expression pedals produce the normal volume change of a pipe organ This is very important to hen interfacing a digital organ ith pipes Some pipe organs have a ider range of expression due to the design of the sell oxes (a generic term for any pipe division enclosure), the acoustics of the room and other factors Rodgers provides to additional levels of expression control that can e set y the user They add more room to the soft end of the range, permitting the organ to play softer ithout making any change to the high volume level set y the Master Volume To iden the Expression range: Press QICKMEN and using the Select Kno find Pipe modeling Push QICKMEN once again and choose Shutters QICKMEN one more time to choose the Division (SW, GT, or PD) you ish to tadust se the Select Kno to choose hich expression setting [pp, ppp, pppp or nencl] you ish to change You il usually make the levels in all expressive divisions match Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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26 Room Modeling Device Display Select Kno Press QICKMEN and using the Select Kno find Room Modeling Push QICKMEN once again and choose the category you osh to change, then push QICKMEN to reach the values to change If you are playing in a room in your home, studio or church that has dry acousticsmeaning little revereration, depth and armth of soundyou can use Room Modeling to improve the sound and playaility of the organ in that acoustical environment using Room Modeling If you are practicing in a small room for a concert to e played in a large revererant cathedral, you may find it useful to set the organ Room Modeling to match the room you ill e performing in Most music ritten for the organ has een composed for organs in rooms ith natural revereration, carrying the sound of the organ throughout the uilding Often churches uilt from modern uilding materials and comfortale appointments, including carpeting and pe cushions, make playing the organ in them more like playing the piano ithout a sustain pedal! For that reason, Room Modeling has ecome an important part of music making at the organ The settings for Room Modeling each have a different effect: Room Type creates revereration patterns; Wall Type affects the type of sound reflection; and Rever Level controls ho much of this you hear Try setting each of the three controls independently Some find that they prefer strong Room Type and Wall Type settings and little depthothers find the prefer other alancing of these parameters The to orks that follo have een chosen to give you some music to use to test and set up Room Modeling to your taste Setting Room Modeling should e done taking into consideration playing pieces ith light registrations as ell as ones ith heavy, massive chords Frog Music Press Terrace Vie Drive Knoxville, TN frogmusiccom

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