Larry Goldings - Ballad Comping on the Hammond Organ

Acclaimed keyboardist and composer Larry Goldings (John Mayer, James Taylor, Madeleine Peyroux, Maceo Parker) demonstrates ballad comping tips and tricks for the Hammond organ.

[@randyzaucha4049]

Wacky Hammmmond explanations to a wonderful degree. Wonderful, agree! You look to be a natural teacher Larry. Randy Z

[@timmyfred11]

Larry, such cool offering, so glad for your gifts and spirit...no wonder James and you found each other... music is the connection to everything that matters.

[@JimmyTanglesRecordingCo.]

SUPER CRUNCHY LESSON!!!!!!!!!! Thank you 🙏🏾

[@tommymandel3326]

Thanks Larry. Some bracing note juxtapositions there!

[@weseemusic]

nice an crunchy and scientific!

[@timmyfred11]

It's just science, Man! What profundity! #makemesmile

[@christopherhanna5754]

Scary goldings revived my fanhood of Larry and hammond B3 PLAYERS ala jimmy smith larry young al kooper..etc. larry is a modern giant.....

[@eamonnmorris5331]

"Nice and crunchy" ... is that a Monk term? It's wicked that he's doing this on the Hammond Organ, where these sustained dissonances are even more "crunchy" than on Monk's piano. Delightful guy!

[@mattdaniel_keys]

very usefull lesson. tnx larry!

[@allanploth6031]

Great breakdown. Thanks. 👍🏻

[@albinkarlsson9943]

heard you the first time when you played with scary goldings. great tunes. love your sound, what kind of racoons do you use.

[@AxistubeToulouse]

those are Larry Goldings signature racoons

[@xebio6]

Man those seconds are so juicy but so hard to grab on a guitar

[@zoomzoom3950]

I like science; but I likes maths even morez. nice explanations and examples.

[@genepaulmusic]

Smashing that like button

[@irProteus]

Larry, 'twould be helpful if - at or near the beginning of your videos - you would share with us the registrations that you are using..... 🎶 Thanks

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

0:58 looking up at the camera, a bit like Hans, upset with Monk's harmonies. I hope to not study in Braunau with Hans someday. The obvious (duh?) wisdom of the inversion creating a fourth's sound. How did i not notice this? Maybe hit it by accident, but never used it intentionally . DANKE KUMPEL,,,,er ,,,,,thanks, dude.

[@frednow]

I agree: No IIdom7 chords on Tuesdays!

[@ZakiWasik]

Racoons and science. Love it!

[@Keybombmusic]

Does Hans Groiner approve of this approach?

[@arkeys74]

Was just about to write that 😆

[@organfreak]

I had a dead baby squirrel in there that the cats dragged in! But it didn't make my chords any juicier, at least in that way.

[@itiswhatitis141]

tasty science

[@ReallyDudeYouGottaHearThis]

It’s science man. 🍔🍔🍔. Raccoons dig small invervals. Great lesson!

[@jefftewson8798]

HI, the Raccoon family here. Could you keep the noise down a little ..??

[@DandyDon1]

Tape, not rubber bands on the Drawbars? 😉

[@weseemusic]

find the transcription here! weseemusique.blogspot.com/2018/07/larry-goldings-jazz-tutorials.html

[@BlackBlofeld]

Why he has tape on 16' & 8' drawbars?

[@weseemusic]

yes, right, as he mostly use always the same registration on lower keyboard, it won't move that way! ;-)

[@gingervytis]

More curiously, why does he select the A# preset for bass? Me... I'd be whacking the B present accidentally and losing all bass. Although, when I saw him play in Trashville about 2005, he had bass on the B preset, and no tape, but rubber bands. It's scienterifical.

[@NachoMist]

Probably doesn't want percussion on his bass I guess?

[@076657]

I guess it's there to keep the family of racoons from moving the drawbars.

[@CulinarySpy]

Bad db contacts or broken nichrome wire. Taping the end of the db out keeps the contacts touching the db bus, even in the face of such a fiercely animated playing style....Larry wins technician of the year award for this sly move. Or else he just keeps knocking them in 'cause he's such a clumsy f*ck

[@andreashoppe1969]

You look a lot like Paul Simon for some reason… or maybe I need to take an eye exam.

[@GirthUnitz]

I agree! On the first part, not the second. :)

[@chrisgibbons7839]

He blinded you with science!

[@le_piano_man]

horisontal video, finally

[@davidhunt3161]

BORING

[@paulrhodesquinn]

Don’t be so hard on yourself

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

@@paulrhodesquinn nice one. Dude is either so far into squirelly sounding 12 tone shit his ears can't handle the beautiful "simplicity" here, or he's so into boring 2 cho9rd post post grunge pop crap that he can't handle the beautiful complexity here. Either way paint a big L on his forehead.