{"product_id":"echo-from-organ-abc-with-fingering-and-pedaling-by-vidas-pinkevicius","title":"\"Echo\" from \"Organ ABC\" with Fingering and Pedaling by Vidas Pinkevicius","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter I uploaded 10 tracks from my YouTube channel archives to Distrokid today, I thought of creating another piece for the organ. This time it was Part 5 from my cycle\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrgan ABC\u003c\/em\u003e. It starts from letter E and I named it\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEcho\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEcho on the organ might mean two things - a separate manual on an organ with more than 2 manuals or it could be a compositional technique devised to create an echo effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI chose the latter. I wanted to create an effect of a dialogue between two layers of sound - loud and softer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is in the mode of F and I improvised it on my MIDI keyboard which was connected to the Sibelius software on my computer. After I played it, I went back and renotated the performance so that it would look legible on the score. I also changed the meter often and disposition of voices from time to time. For music in a new meter to look comprehensible I had to renotate the rhythms too - usually remove tied notes. As in the previous piece, here too I had a fun time with parallel fifths in both hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen this was done I printed out the score and sat down on my organ bench and played it through while pointing the camera at my fingers so that later\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/@drugelis\" class=\"steem-keychain-checked\"\u003e@drugelis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecan transcribe the fingering from the video.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI dedicated the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEcho\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto Pastor de Lasala, OAM (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/@tormus1958\" class=\"steem-keychain-checked\"\u003e@tormus1958\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon Steem) in order to show my appreciation of his relentless participation in our Secrets of Organ Playing Contest week after week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLet me know what you think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat will you get?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePDF score. 1 page. Beginner level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis score is free for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.organduo.lt\/total-organist.html\"\u003eTotal Organist\u003c\/a\u003e students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood luck in your practice and let me know how it goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2MpTr2TdQ4k\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secrets of Organ Playing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31762095538314,"sku":"null","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1617\/3503\/products\/Echo_from_Organ_ABC_with_fingering_snippet.jpg?v=1579016207","url":"https:\/\/secretsoforganplaying.com\/products\/echo-from-organ-abc-with-fingering-and-pedaling-by-vidas-pinkevicius","provider":"Secrets of Organ Playing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}