Jack's Top 3 Hammond Organ Tips & Tricks!

[@gravynog]

This guy is a national treasure. And I'm an American, so...I guess that makes him a multinational treasure.

[@InsaneWayne355]

That "parking the pinkie" technique really nails the classic Hammond sound. Reminds me of Boston.

[@TheJFerg24]

I think of the solo in Smokin'

[@activelow9297]

According to this video, that technique will get you laid.

[@louishogan4326]

I watched a Hammond player start a show with what I'll call a "scream". At full volume, all drawbars out, key of Eb minor, he started by pressing high Eb, D, and Db for about 2 seconds, and then did palm wipe (glissando) down to low Eb octave and the bass line started. For sheer volume, you can unleash a scream almost any time. Another one of his tricks was to percussively rhythmically slap his palms on about 5 keys about ⅔ of the way up the keyboard. Like a guitar chuff. 3 or 4 quick slaps at the start of a phrase. Another trick, which I use all the time, I call a "rump" because of the sound it makes. When you play a bassline note with your thumb, use your other four fingers to rapidly and percussively play four scale notes below it running up to the bassline note. Also, if you're parking the little finger, that becomes a melody note. Punch the volume just before the note and rapidly rock it back when you hit the melody note. This emphasizes the note with volume, and also adds the distorted overtone series. This gives the effect of a different horn-like drawbar sound for the melody, giving the effect of three different drawbar settings. It takes practice, but it sounds awesome. You can also try playing. trills on the preset keys for a choppy effect. Very nice. The Hammond is the motorcycle of the organ world. Not impressive in the parking lot, but wild in the twisties. Actually, calling a Hammond an organ is a misnomer. It's actually 1930's additive synthesis technology. It's actually almost exactly unlike a pipe organ. Wolfi

[@thomasbrown3325]

I conceive of a pipe organ as an additive synthesizer too though.

[@alwayscasesensitive]

In 1988, I bought a Korg M1 from Andertons and I've still got it and still play it. Jack probably wasn't even born then! Enjoyed the video.

[@geoffwebber8272]

Funny Jack should mention Keith Emerson. I had just started thinking about him when Jack mentioned the parked pinky. Keith used to use daggers stuck in the keyboard, I always though it was just a bit of showmanship, but now more than 50 years later I have learn't the true reason. Mind you Jack would have a problem imitating some of Keith's other tricks. Such as pivoting his L100 on one corner (to induce feedback), thumping it down on the ground to jangle the reverb coils and turning the power off and on to make the tone wheels spin down and up again... Those were the days. I saw him when he played with The Nice, I was sat on the floor about 6 feet away from him, talk about a genius - he was one!... Oh and he could play his L100 from behind, so he could wheel it around. Now can you imagine the brain power required to transpose left and right hands and have all the keys back to front, and still play as if it was quite normal!!!

[@journeyofsound9859]

Brilliant Jack you taught us new B3 Tricks Thanks.

[@danielkinney6325]

This is the best DAMN CHANNEL on KZbin period...

[@Notmehimorthem]

The more I watch Jacks videos, the more I like him

[@davidsummerville351]

That was awesome!

[@TheOriginalSOOTY]

Reminds me of John Lord and Deep Purple, makes the Hammond come alive..Thanks for the tips :)

[@nellysagundo6634]

Another great tutorial, Jack!!

[@hoggwriter]

Your chording suggestions with the "plant your pinky" example is BASIC TRAINING for anyone playing covers or jazz or their own expressions out there. You've nailed it with these three tips, especially the last one. I'm sure I could look beyond, but with your tips, there's fundamental foundation for soundin' good on stage or in the studio. It's exciting! Thanks for your lessons, A. Means a lot.

[@timfleischer6857]

Jack...you crack me up. Your videos are extremely entertaining. And they also contain some very valuable tips that you explain in plain and simple English....little if any music theory which for me is freaking great! Keep up the great work. Your reviews are awesome as well. Lastly...dude...you are a very talented guy!

[@specsbattle1340]

11:23, that's why we need that excitement in music.

[@papashuvitsskateboardforth8399]

I don’t even play keyboards, just love your presentation vibe. Keep it real frosty, Homes

[@MrStupidHead]

Jack is a monster player. Inventive and creative, yes, but freakin powerful too. Would love to watch him in local band action!

[@georgeray3492]

Jack is a great lecture teacher. He reaches all of us in YT land and shows us what we need to practice for the next two months. Park the Pinky should be the title of your next solo.

[@gtoctane]

For the love of all that is holy...please do more of this stuff!!!

[@larrainetaylor5512]

Wow! This is just what I've been looking for. Just a few little tricks you show with the palm glissando will help me immensely on some of the sounds I couldn't quite get right. Can't wait to see more. Thank you!

[@RonaldFigura]

Saw Rod Argent use the lower part of his leg to do what I would call a "smear". And I saw Emerson do what I guess you could call "wiping the table" starting at the top octave and coming down multiple times and then swirling his way back up. Crazy. Or how about the intro to "Hush"? Jon Lord plays the Hammond like a drum.

[@gtoctane]

More of this stuff Jack!!!!! Gold mine of tips and tricks!

[@tomblaze2]

Excellent lesson

[@glenq6233]

Jack, lots of laughs along with the awesome information, that’s the way to teach! Love the Billy Preston reference too!

[@spacewalden8358]

Very nice Jack the hack ! Give us more rock keyboard and funkiness ! Cheers !

[@rickcaruso1265]

Those wedges you spoke about.. Were actually just hardware store bought, factory made $2 bucks , quid, yielded a large bag of them , generic wooden clothes pins ? It gets even better because you then split them down the center any way you chose it became a twoffer in other words one equaled two halves. Some guys , Blokes then took paint stir sticks of course the wooden ones they gave you for free when buying a gallon of paint then wanted a dime or 10 penny, pence pennies for them so we took a dozen and glued the clothes pins to the stir sticks in different configurations an octave , a fifth, a third . Once others saw what you were doing they'd copy you and than was the time to look for new tricks to get laid over. Keep up the good work you are reliving our life's and were watching you ! So far so good.

[@remychadwick2467]

Hey, loving this series - your knowledge of organ playing and voicing is lots more interesting than generic reviews of Roland patches! I love when you focus on how to apply technique to gear

[@daveparker6494]

Excellent job mate! Really appreciate all the tips and fantastic techniques! Well done, cheers!!

[@daniellem6924]

Thank you! Keep the videos coming!!

[@greglewandowski551]

I've been a bass player & guitar player for 25 years with no real keyboard knowledge. I recently bought a used Nord Electro 5D and this is the simple stuff I need to know. Keep these videos coming! Maybe some live Q&A like Pete Thorn and That Pedal Show to help us newbies out? If you can afford the time, the super chat (top chat?) can be worth it (as in people send you cash during the live video).

[@marcelsaxer6458]

Great tips - and wow, GREAT playing!

[@danielcolfer4671]

Jack... you’re a hoot. Great work!

[@nickvledder]

It even worked on my KeyLab 49 Essential. Thx for tip!

[@cosmojonesmusic]

Did you say 'Ginme Summer lovin'? 🤣 Oh, Jack. You're priceless. 👍

[@MrEuki]

I have been really appreciating your videos. There might be some haters here and there but what they are usually doing is not complaining reasonably or even constructively at all, instead they're nibbling on details which happen to be not precisely to their own personal liking. So keep up the good work! What I personally happen to love is the mixture of usefulness, the serious lack of bullshit which unfortunately is present in so many other videos these days and which is probably just there to elongate them, the humour and of course Jack as a person himself, who I believe has grown massively internally over the past few years. Engaging, useful, entertaining, fun and not loaded with bullshit but instead clear and concise. Being humble always makes you look good, but damn, you guys should also give yourselves some more credit. So once again: keep up the good work! :D

[@cameronmcminn5074]

I’ve noticed the pinkie trick for years but hadn’t heard it spoken of. So cool. I’m going with the Billy Preston wooden wedge idea next gig! (Allows total flexibility)

[@ZaryaMain]

My favorite palm gliss is the hit the chord where there's a short break in sound, and gliss down and then gliss back up into the full band coming back in.

[@kristofferekrem3150]

MORE HAMMOND CONTENT!!

[@acheron4444]

Nice! I want more hammond tipos! Thanks, Jack

[@willemkossen]

As a hammond player i approve. Loads of tricks to add to this.

[@JerseyPB]

The cobbing / counter rhythm style ( Lachy Doley for example ) is another great Hammond tip.

[@Gottenhimfella]

Jack suggest keeping the root going at the top of the keyboard for a pedal tone. Traditionally it was done at the bottom, down in the bass register, holding the perfect fifth or dominant, rather than the root (eg, in G, hold down the D). It was called "pedal" or "pedal point" because on a pipe organ it would be done on the pedal keyboard. That same effect is often still used in jazz, giving a sort of perpetual "suspension" feel, and it's worth knowing about and considering for rock (not just prog rock) under the right circumstances.

[@Gottenhimfella]

For a great example of the "top of the keyboard" pedal tone Jack suggests, Google the youTube clip "ZOMBIES "HOLD YOUR HEAD UP"/SHE'S NOT THERE" and go to 4m 06s The whole solo is a revelation. Rod Argent in his "declining years" , tearing up his Hammond like nothing.

[@azmike3572]

Totally amazing that "Gimme Some Lovin'" from 1966 is still referenced!

[@TheJFerg24]

A Hammond standard

[@azmike3572]

@@TheJFerg24 I think Cavaliere did use a B-3.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Great tips. Will incorporate into my playing. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@bryanjohnorwell2540]

Just discovered your video on a general search for Hammond techniques as I have just bought the self same NORD keyboard that you are playing up there! I'm a pianist aiming to fully convert and this video has already helped me tremendously. :). Thanks for having made it... and I have just subscribed.

[@MatthewWilkinson]

Longtime viewer, love all the vids with Jack.

[@fje042]

This is awesome! Love it! More tips and tricks!

[@ryanmelvey8764]

these are great tips. thank you jack!!!

[@penponds]

Informative & engaging- great work Jack.

[@markcox5385]

Great stuff Jack! I'd love to see you explain the little staccato touches in the left hand.

[@wordofmo]

I wish somebody would do an extensive video on the slap/percussive playing that I see so often. It’s done so quickly that it’s very difficult for me to figure out. And yet nobody seems to teach it. Malc Deakin is a master of it.

[@rolux4853]

Craig Wollman absolutely yes! I desperately want to learn this, since I’m in love with percussive Hammond playing! It’s one of the coolest sounds you can get out of your organ. I’m not even sure if you should only use notes that are in your chord or inside your scale or if you just hammer on your keyboard and use „random“ and „wrong“ notes like in your palm glissandi.. It would be great to gain some knowledge of this topic since it’s bugging me to get this right, since the first day I decided to play the organ.

[@wordofmo]

@@rolux4853 Malc's video is good but he doesn't really teach it other than just showing in real time. A friend of mine who is a studio musician here in NY said his experience with drums helped him a lot playing percussively on the Hammond.

[@CosmicGigs]

Heres a great video tutorial of it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opywln2wgdKIr5o The guy is great - tons of incredible organ tips and ticks on his channel. Also recommend all Matt Johnsons (of Jamariqui) channel for organ vids kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHytaoimerSdbq8

[@Diamond_Eyes_24]

“Drawbars for some svelling” luv when Jack goes manic-Germanic

[@rolux4853]

Diamond Eyes I’m a Manic-Germanic and I don’t understand. Can you please explain this joke to me? Is it just because we Germans have a funny way of pronouncing some English words?

[@GaryVey]

This is so helpful! Thank you!

[@graphicdav]

Long time musician. Guitar player... trying to sound more 'authentic' when I step to the keys. Thanks, big help

[@theaudioeng]

Great Jack, classic B3 licks 😎👍 Check out Cory Henry when he's 'washing the dishes' and learn a load of animation tricks there. Like you note, really lifts the performance 🎅🎶🎹🎶

[@wickedchickenstudios7023]

Great video! Thanks so much!!

[@ShivanshDev]

im so glad i subscribed.these videos are precious!

[@MrKeys57]

Small things that add great effects! 🎹

[@anneslater5437]

Awesome video, thankyou! 💖👍

[@ArthurStone]

Cheers Jack and Andertons; nice tips/sounds great : D

[@randyzee402]

Gawd I love this! Great humor and Hammond tricks! Some I knew, some are going into my trick bag. Thanks JACK!!

[@randyzee402]

I have an XK-1 and Motion Sound leslie.

[@stradaveriusfiddle]

Cool stuff. I’m just getting a new Nord 6 this week, and want to make use of its great Hammond-like sounds, and play more organ when playing with a band. Thanks for the tips on the gliss, and ‘doin’ the dishes’. I’m definitely going to try and get those techniques ready to use. Thanks 🙏!

[@kevon217]

1:33 mark scared the shit out of me! great video!

[@pianist007]

How about expanding on the subject by taking Joachim (Jymm) Young’s Hammond comping on Steve Miller Band “Fly Like an Eagle” as a case study. His contribution on this song is sheer perfection displaying authority on drawbar coloring, using percussion and volume pedal swells to create amazing dramatic throbbing effect with chopped chords, Leslie cab slow/fast timing throughout the song buildup. I haven’t seen anyone doing that yet on KZbin and I believe you are very qualified for that job. Thanks for the nice video and keep the Hammond passion alive.

[@rolux4853]

I concur! Would be great to learn about these techniques with that song!

[@Blueguitar007]

That is a cool organ song.

[@officalj2productions290]

yesssir you are playing that thing

[@ConnorOBrienAwesomeness]

I tried "scrubbing the dishes" the other day while playing "In The Sweet By and By" on a MODX with full action keys at a local music store. That was the first time I'd done it on a full action keyboard, normally I just go crazy on my keyboard's plastic keybed. It hurt like the dickens to go crazy with the glissandos and licks on that MODX.

[@董逸雯]

You are not the only one lol.

[@HenrikHanssonMusic]

Yup, good stuff! For some extremely funky pinky parking - check out Chester Thompson's playing on Tower of Power's 70s albums.

[@DavidEllis-rw1of]

What fun and great effects! I’m just getting back into keyboards after many years and this is great stuff to add excitement to playing and listening. Thanks!

[@uhoh007]

more Jackness......Lovely

[@maxvantiel]

Truly inspiring. Thank you!

[@katefairliemusic]

So helpful thank you!!

[@CovertCulvert]

Great video! There's only one thing missing...the HAMMOND!

[@keneokpareke1753]

Amazing. Thanks.

[@markram7421]

Wow, as a failed keyboard student this was exceptionally accessible, fun, concise. Jack has great energy and presence, practical and profane (the beeped "rooster" an unexpected pun). While the claim of mastery improving one's opportunity for interpersonal excercize is credible, he might have to dial back a bit or he won't have time to make these excelpent video tips.

[@RossHunterdev]

Cool tips thanks 👍👍👍👍

[@grandwazooX]

Man. I am 53. i was searching for you for at least 20 years.

[@LA610]

Thanks...great tips

[@corsasobreaguas]

Obrigado, excelentes dicas...top

[@stevewills735]

love it!

[@xp50player]

More of this👍

[@NiallH9]

Excellent vid man I've got the Yamaha reface yc not ideal for most but still makes me want to break it out and learn to be better ✌

[@jeremythornton433]

Great tips!

[@Dobroz99]

Loved it.

[@barrymcguire9208]

Fantastic. And very funny!

[@HobbyFinn2]

Great vid!

[@keithbrown797]

Very cool!

[@felixayala05]

Great info. Tks.

[@SeanKabanuk]

Awesome! thank you for posting some great keyboard content. There's a shortage of that on KZbin these days. I prefer using thumbnail/fingernail for glissandos on weighted and synth action keypads - less painful, unless you miss! Palm glissandos seem to work better on waterfall keys. Keep up the solid vids!

[@scottbc31h22]

For even more excitement with a palm smear, grab as many keys as possible, including sharps & flats. start with Leslie slow and kick in the Leslie as you slide up the keyboard, and land on the chord you need.

[@wil9after9099]

🇨🇦 Bill Morgan at 11:30 I laughed so hard I left a spot on the carpet.(although I am 72) well done again jack.

[@officialWWM]

So much skill!

[@simonsbuddy1806]

Felix Cavaliere. Young Rascals. 1966. At a gig. He wedged two dissonant notes at the bass end of the second manual of his B3 and let them drone through the Leslie and PA on chorale setting--not too loud, but certainly present in the room (a Catholic High School Gymnasium in Wayne, NJ) x 10 minutes after roadies checked set up but before band took the stage to create a drama and suspense. Kind of a Leni Riefenstahl Nazi rally drone. I understand Hitler would do the same before his massive rallies...play a droning low tone through the PA to build anticipation and release when it ceased and the oratory began. Unfortunately, I cannot find any reference to the same, however, in a brief google search.

[@hugoapresname]

Great tips, now I want to ORGANize people more! 😊

[@TheSunlight74]

One of my favourite examples of palm glissando in rock is the start of In the Flesh by Pink Floyd, which opens The Wall album. Really cool playing - not Rick Wright apparently on this occasion

[@LoveUnderWill]

Best vid ever.

[@coventry66]

Jack - Truly Awesome. Thank you. Love your approach and your sense of humor.

[@KellygenXYZ]

I appreciate it mate - I'm mainly a piano player but recently got a Nord Stage mostly for the organ - I never wanted to break my back gigging with a B3 so my organ chops are rudimentary - this is cool and useful. Funk patterns are a welcome thing too, although I'm a very percussive piano player, any extra cool s@&# on funk organ is welcome. Cheers!

[@musicbecker]

For the 2nd trick you better use a expression pedal. They´re made for this.

[@torbenanschau6641]

thank you man. Tried it with my Kurzweil with hammer action... just hurts... but good advices

[@nathanaelvalville9191]

Why... would... you... do... that 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@bluesbred3]

Some things are just made for each other: Hammond B3 w/ a Leslie speaker and a Gibson Les Paul electric guitar. Match made in Heaven…

[@michaelmattson3515]

I have seen weighted bars too.