Cathedral Organ Combi - Bach's Tocatta & Fugue

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:04 pm

So I was messing around with different combi's and as soon as I hit the Cathedral Organ combi, it inspired me to play something on that combi .... so I tried my hand at Bach's Tocatta & Fugue in D Minor. What an AWESOME sounding combi!!!
It's too bad Bach wasn't around to play/see/hear the marvel of the Kronos

Bach Tocatta & Fugue:
http://youtu.be/q8PIHm45Wfw

Bach Tocatta Variation (w/ percussion):
http://youtu.be/cC5EM7t_Qd0

ed_f · Post by **ed_f** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:39 pm

PianoManChuck wrote:It's too bad Bach wasn't around to play/see/hear the marvel of the Kronos

The pipe organ was the synthesizer of it's day. Push a button and different sound... incredible!

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:20 am

ed_f wrote:
PianoManChuck wrote:It's too bad Bach wasn't around to play/see/hear the marvel of the Kronos

The pipe organ was the synthesizer of it's day. Push a button and different sound... incredible!

Yes, that's right! And Bach created some great music with it... downright mathematical sounding at times... so I could not even begin to imagine what kind of awesome music would come from his mind if he had a modern-day workstation (like the Kronos) in front of him.

Bertotti · Post by **Bertotti** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 1:55 am

Loved it!

I must be living in the past because pipe organ is still my favorite!

midinut · Post by **midinut** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:10 am

Great job Chuck. Makes me wanna take some lessons badly! Thanks for that!

Bertotti · Post by **Bertotti** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:12 am

PMC have you started online lessons?

ed_f · Post by **ed_f** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:21 am

Should state this in an interpretation - not quite the way JS wrote it.

levioter · Post by **levioter** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:03 pm

Well done pianomanchuck !
As always !
Thanks for sharing !

Cheers

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 5:40 pm

Thanks, everyone!! I enjoyed playing that piece.

ed_f: Should go without saying that its an interpretation. Actually, no one knows how the original of any classical piece is supposed to sound since the only recording device back then was pen & paper (music notation)... so all performances are interpretations.

Bertotti: Thought about offering online lessons a few months back, but abandoned that idea since I don't really read notation. Oh- and pipe organ is one of my fav's too!

Everyone else... Big thank you's!

ed_f · Post by **ed_f** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:02 pm

PianoManChuck wrote:ed_f: Should go without saying that its an interpretation. Actually, no one knows how the original of any classical piece is supposed to sound since the only recording device back then was pen & paper (music notation)... so all performances are interpretations.

Well if it was an accurate rendering of what was written down then I would agree yes goes without saying. Altered notes and timing etc are a different matter, thats all I was saying.

DocBambs · Post by **DocBambs** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:07 pm

ed_f wrote:Should state this in an interpretation - not quite the way JS wrote it.

I felt that your version perhaps owed a little to the Sky version. I wasn't keen on the percussion interpretation - but I quite like how Sky bring that in a bit later, so I wouldn't want you to exclude it.

Organists are some of the most skilled interpreters of other peoples music - even the most humble church organist may doodle a variation of a hymn tune while the "churchy" stuff goes on. Even Liszt did a brilliant Prelude and Fugue based on Bach's name (YouTube), so carry on PianoManChuck... you're in good company!

DB

pedro5 · Post by **pedro5** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:09 pm

Well...well....that's twice this week you have made me smile with your offerings......

Thanks my friend.

Please keep 'em coming !!!

Hal2001 · Post by **Hal2001** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:44 pm

Chuck, I don't know if your thumbs up at the end was a subliminal message, but it worked, I did give it a thumbs up on the video and left a comment. Nice job.

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:43 pm

ed_f wrote:
PianoManChuck wrote:ed_f: Should go without saying that its an interpretation. Actually, no one knows how the original of any classical piece is supposed to sound since the only recording device back then was pen & paper (music notation)... so all performances are interpretations.
Well if it was an accurate rendering of what was written down then I would agree yes goes without saying. Altered notes and timing etc are a different matter, thats all I was saying.

Ahh yes. Altered notes & timing are what makes it unique! I do many classical (and non-classical) pieces with altered notes & timing - gives it a very interesting uniqueness - sometimes even better than the original! Mechanically reproducing what's on sheet notation is one thing... the ability to offer something a bit different - but still recognizable - is what makes it all interesting!

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:51 pm

DocBambs wrote:
ed_f wrote:Should state this in an interpretation - not quite the way JS wrote it.
I felt that your version perhaps owed a little to the Sky version. I wasn't keen on the percussion interpretation - but I quite like how Sky bring that in a bit later, so I wouldn't want you to exclude it.

Organists are some of the most skilled interpreters of other peoples music - even the most humble church organist may doodle a variation of a hymn tune while the "churchy" stuff goes on. Even Liszt did a brilliant Prelude and Fugue based on Bach's name (YouTube), so carry on PianoManChuck... you're in good company!

DB

Actually what I did with that combi was turn on the drums (press the "drums" button). I then tried to play as best as I could with the drum pattern Korg (Karma) came up with... it wasn't something as elaborate as the Sky version in that it wasn't planned out... just played along with (the drums) instead. Can't say I'm too keen with the end result either.
I'm definitely no organist... just a pianist. So I guess you could say this is a pianist's version using the cathedral organ combi

Its the same way I play it on the acoustic piano

Thanks for the link to the Liszt version... thoroughly enjoyed that!

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