 By Vidas Pinkevicius (get free updates of new posts here)
The other day I was preparing for my today's recital of organ improvisations on the medieval Anglo-Saxon heroic poem "Beowulf" where lots of fighting with a monster giant Grendel, his mother, and the dragon take place. Obviously in this story one of the main companions of the hero is a horse. How do you depict a galloping horse or riders with musical means? It works exceedingly well with dotted rhythms. For example, playing fast-paced repeated chords in the rhythm of dotted eighth-note and a sixteenth-note. Something like this. Try it. It's fun.
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Drs. Vidas Pinkevicius and Ausra Motuzaite-Pinkeviciene Organists of Vilnius University , creators of Secrets of Organ Playing. Don't have an organ at home? Download paper manuals and pedals, print them out, cut the white spaces, tape the sheets together and you'll be ready to practice anywhere where is a desk and floor. Make sure you have a higher chair. |
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