Topic: Clever Way To Put A Transposer On Any Organ!! (Read 14926 times)

under13 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 22, 2008, 04:19:10 AM »

Quote from: T-Block on May 21, 2008, 02:35:33 PM

From what I hear (& see), the pay is great cuz most churches don't really give a care. As long as u can hit a note, u can start with $100 a sunday easy.

So why am I playing for free?

Just thinking out loud

Quote from: T-Block on May 21, 2008, 02:35:33 PM

The true musicians know this is not the way to go.

So true. not every church has a keyboard. The Transposer will be straight up embarresed when the soloist modulates and they have to stop playing

THE WOLFMAN · « **Reply #21 on:** May 22, 2008, 07:08:29 AM »

*stands up*

Ummm....Hello....

My name is Wolfy...and....and......I was a transposer..........

('hi wolfy!" People clapping )

uh, I've been clean for 10 years, after i was called out by a ~~profit~~ prophet that modulated while hooping.......
("good for you!" more clapping)

I, uh, just wanted to uh, encourage someone here that hears the uh...uhm....the demon that lives under the global settings button, God will deliver...uh, thank you......

(mother jenkins in background" o yes he will! shanama!)

themidiroom · « **Reply #22 on:** May 22, 2008, 08:50:39 AM »

Quote from: under13 on May 22, 2008, 04:19:10 AM

So true. not every church has a keyboard. The Transposer will be straight up embarresed when the soloist modulates and they have to stop playing

We have no keyboards, only B3 and a piano. If you did go to churches with a keyboard, would you always know how to transpose it?

THE WOLFMAN · « **Reply #23 on:** May 22, 2008, 09:09:17 AM »

A director said sumthin to me that made me step it up. I was learnin to play at this church, yeers ago, and another church wanted me to help their choir, and i just kept it real with them, lettin them kno that Im not proficient in all keys, dude was like, "i appreciated that, keepin it professional, but what u gonna do if the power goes out and there's only a piano?"
I had my epiphany moment then.

Quote from: themidiroom on May 22, 2008, 08:50:39 AM

We have no keyboards, only B3 and a piano. If you did go to churches with a keyboard, would you always know how to transpose it?

As a former keyboard salesman, YES.......

under13 · « **Reply #24 on:** May 22, 2008, 09:19:01 AM »

Quote from: themidiroom on May 22, 2008, 08:50:39 AM

We have no keyboards, only B3 and a piano. If you did go to churches with a keyboard, would you always know how to transpose it?

I dont even know how to find the transpose function on any of these boards. a few years ago I used it on my casio ONCE!, I wanted to play along with something that was in Eb, that I had learned in D.

Now for most things, If I can play it in one key, I can play it in all of them, it wont be as good in some keys, but I can still hold it down. Transpose would mess me up, it would be frustrating reaching for an A and hearing Bb

BimmerFan99 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 22, 2008, 12:50:05 PM »

I transposed once during a service a few years ago. I felt really bad. Never did it again.

themidiroom · « **Reply #26 on:** May 22, 2008, 01:39:20 PM »

Quote from: THE WOLFMAN on May 22, 2008, 09:09:17 AM

As a former keyboard salesman, YES.......

I could pretty much figure it out if it's a Roland, Yamaha, or Korg. I have a Studiologic controller and another musician couldn't figure out how to transpose it. I let him sweat a little before I offered to help.

Rjthakid · « **Reply #27 on:** May 22, 2008, 03:05:13 PM »

I own a Yamaha MO8, and I have no idea how to transpose.

That doesn't mean I'm a beast. That's not the case. I'd just rather work out a song in a different key than transpose. So I never learned how to use it.

THE WOLFMAN · « **Reply #28 on:** May 22, 2008, 06:27:00 PM »

Quote from: themidiroom on May 22, 2008, 01:39:20 PM

I could pretty much figure it out if it's a Roland, Yamaha, or Korg. I have a Studiologic controller and another musician couldn't figure out how to transpose it. I let him sweat a little before I offered to help.

tru that, the Studiologic(fatar) controllers are NUTS to navigate the globals.

HammondMan82 · « **Reply #29 on:** May 22, 2008, 08:54:50 PM »

Quote from: Rjthakid on May 22, 2008, 03:05:13 PM

I own a Yamaha MO8, and I have no idea how to transpose.

That doesn't mean I'm a beast. That's not the case. I'd just rather work out a song in a different key than transpose. So I never learned how to use it.

THATS GOOD....!!!

Dooley · « **Reply #30 on:** May 24, 2008, 09:11:38 PM »

Hammond player here... no b-3000's no XB-3's....
Only A-100, C3, C2, B2, CV,BV, RT2, RT3, And B3's for me. No transpose on any of those.
And for the record, if you put a transpose on your tonewheel, by the time you go through all of that trouble doing that, you coulda practiced learning the song in the key you weren't comfortable in, lol...

Transposing is the worse thing ever created.

seemunny · « **Reply #31 on:** May 25, 2008, 01:56:11 AM »

Aww come on man! When you transpose in the world, oh it's really baaad. But when you transpose for the lord....aww man watch out!! right? right?

LGM are you WIT MEEEEE!...

(i'm not feelin the love in here!) lol

themidiroom · « **Reply #32 on:** May 27, 2008, 09:19:46 AM »

Quote from: Dooley on May 24, 2008, 09:11:38 PM

Transposing is the worse thing ever created.

I don't think it's quite that serious.

under13 · « **Reply #33 on:** May 27, 2008, 09:58:26 AM »

Quote from: themidiroom on May 27, 2008, 09:19:46 AM

I don't think it's quite that serious.

Oh, but it is!

Depending on what your goal as a musician is. If you wanna be a keyboard player, then go ahead and transpose. But if you wanna be a piano or organ player the you need to be ready for any key.

Its almost like using steroids

themidiroom · « **Reply #34 on:** May 27, 2008, 10:13:13 AM »

Quote from: under13 on May 27, 2008, 09:58:26 AM

Oh, but it is!

Depending on what your goal as a musician is. If you wanna be a keyboard player, then go ahead and transpose. But if you wanna be a piano or organ player the you need to be ready for any key.

Its almost like using steroids

I just focus on my abilities and work towards growing as a musician. There are a lot of folks that transpose and that's not going to change, so I don't worry about them.

Wolfram · « **Reply #35 on:** May 27, 2008, 03:47:53 PM »

I stopped worrying about what others thought about my playing and whether or not I used or did not use the transpose feature on a keyboard or not. I have used it when things were crucial and the singer came up with a sore throat last minute and it was a paid gig. No sense sounding bad purely because my ego needed stroked. The show or in this case the service was the most important thing. Can I play in twelve keys, yes. Do I want to slop through something with a a house full of people that are expecting a great concert merely because I have to proove to everyone that "Look ma, no transpose button!"? OR do I play it as we have rehearsed for weeks to get the performance as perfect as we can so the singer sounds great and no one is the wiser. I choose to not allow my ego to over-ride my common sense.

I play organ... The XK-3 kind. There are numerous hisses and despairing remarks about these new fangled electronic instruments not sounding like the real deal. I have to beg to differ. I run mine through a 145 Leslie and it screams.

The great thing about opinions is that everyone is entitled to theirs. You all have yours. I respect the fact that you believe what you do. I disagree because it is not practical in all cases and shows a very small minded view of what music is about as a whole. It is not about transposers and cappos. It is about what lies underneath. If you really believe that the only thing that makes a musician great is their ability to play without transposition, you really no nothing about music at all....