Rock Organ Licks played SLOW

[@michaelcorby3681]

You play just fine, Nick. Your teaching skills are also excellent. I have a 1935 Hammond A, upgraded to a B with the addition of Leslie switches, percussion, etc, into what is correctly called an AB. It is the finest beast Hammond ever made. The B3, of which I have had many, has the same balustraded legs but despite having everything and more than a B3, especially in extra tonewheels that were removed by bean-counting accountants. It looks identical to it’s descendant, the B3 but the main body furniture is a few inches less deep at the back. The extra depth of the main cabinet was created when wood was pretty cheap and Hammond were targeting schools, churches and other places where the organ needed to look more like a piano. Strange thinking perhaps, but true. My instrument was fully restored to it’s current immaculate condition and MIDI OUT was also added to the lower which involved adding velocity sensors to every single key. It may also be of interest that my Hammond was made by The Hammond Clock Company as it is made in the 1st year of issue before The Hammond Organ Company actually existed. The plaque insider states that it is not for sale and is made purely for demonstration purposes. This particular instrument is an unmatchable gem and I am incredibly lucky to be it’s custodian albeit for not much longer as I am 72 this year and not in the best of health. I noticed that, like me, you appear to operate your Leslie speaker with a foot switch. This is the best way to do it, needless to say. It keeps your left hand where it needs to be, attending to the bass notes, of course. I know not whether you would agree but I always try and explain to synth and other modern keyboard players that playing Hammond type of cloning on anything but a Hammond does little to turn us into organists, largely due to modern keyboards being set up with sustain pedals. This tends to mean we end up playing piano style on an organ, which really misses the point of learning to crawl about on the keys picking notes and sequences without any way of sustaining them except holding the notes down with your fingers, and not doing so with your foot on a pedal. Playing a real Hammond enforces correct and ancient technique without which the organ parts we chose to play just don’t sound right. Therefore, tough as this must sound, I personally recommend owning a proper tonewheel Hammond or even a clone as long as you do not attach a sustain pedal to it. Failing to can still sound pretty good, though, but one ends up playing notes that would not be possible to play on the real thing. My conclusion is that anyone watching this lesson who is trying to get into proper Hammond techniques should find it to be incredibly helpful to watch this uploaded video. It really is brilliant and should save years of struggling away trying to find the right scales and traditions of true Hammond playing. MC - retired pro.(Scotland)

[@nickfoleyuk]

You’re very kind mate x

[@gdub-rawk]

I'm a guitar player just trying to pick up a few licks for my demos and this was immensely helpful! Thank you! All those guitar triad ideas translate nicely and made it easy to follow along.

[@draster541]

I just love the sound of a Hammond organ. Especially the one with the Lesli speaker. Excellent Tutorial.

[@jeffconley819]

I can’t get that overdrive sounds without smashing the gas pedal . Even then it’s pretty clean. What adjustment needs done to get overdrive.

[@Ashfaq1999]

Great video nick. Love that john lord, santana & world in action theme rock organ sound. 👍

[@jyoung2078]

This is so appreciated. Exactly what I needed.

[@jimmiraldi8825]

Wow. I just got an old Hammond M102 series organ and have got it working. Now I have something to practice on it and learn a bit how to play it. This lesson was fantastic. Thanks Nick.

[@DomGiavonni]

I love the M series! Last December I was able to get the M103 up and running and I’m so glad I found this video to learn these runs

[@markdalton3064]

Thank you for the excellent playing, sound, and especially the teaching! From an old rocker (30 years ago) wanting to get back to playing on my C3. So, next time go even slower, LOL!

[@kggoodheart3552]

U don’t talk too much your insight is very helpful thank you great vid 😊

[@waynebell5040]

When do you get to the “slowed down” part?

[@johnglennon5623]

😂😂😂

[@unclemick-synths]

This is great stuff 👍 I doubt that I'll ever get anything bigger than my humble Yamaha Reface YC but these kinds of tips help me learn to make it bark.

[@ellieisnotlegit1023]

Upon a rewatch I'm still enjoying this peak quality content

[@wicksp335]

Oh I love that sound! Thanks!

[@jimmieroberts4430]

Ah I love that Leslie sound. Love doing these runs. Cheers mate.

[@mrdali67]

Even most of us won't admit it, but if you didn't listen to your piano teacher to do your scales 2 hours each day, your gonna regret you didn't listen when trying this 😅

[@THEADSALESPRO]

Like.... Yeah right? You the man

[@VIPFeedback]

This is a lie. I was the one who did two hours of technique a day. I wish I would have done two hours a day learning licks and riffs instead of that nonsense. I would have been stage ready much sooner.

[@jeffreyhoehn9307]

@@VIPFeedbacktotally agree. Maybe something along here are the scales and by the way these rifs slowed down go with this scale. A motivated student would so go after that.

[@penponds]

True - but I still see very little need for being proficient in Eb minor… LOL!

[@AspenTruth]

@@VIPFeedbackRick Wakeman might disagree with you.

[@B3burner]

I like how you describe the “slide off” technique. We organ players, or any keyboards for that matter, can’t bend notes like guitarists can, so this is the next best thing. EDIT: When I said “slide off” I meant “grace note”.

[@brigittehoffmann8965]

you can, if you have an old Hohner Clavinet with a "Whammy Bar"

[@MegaCraptacular]

Or your Lachy Doley 😂

[@louiscornale5667]

Glad you're playing slow

[@chrisrowley5288]

Cheers Nick! Great licks! I’m going to have some fun trying them out tomorrow when the Nord arrives! 🎹

[@MrRickPanick]

Exactly what I needed! No nonsense, right to it.

[@wicksp335]

Just spotted you fingered a C bass note on both manuals with the same hand. Love it Nick.

[@nickfoleyuk]

Thanks!

[@Henrikvikinghartfeldtjohansson]

Well Nick, I did enjoy it :) Thanks....

[@adamwhite5553]

Thanks a lot Nick for taking the time to slow these down, there are a lot of cool ideas there! I like the fast Bb - B - C - Eb one you do in F with the Leslie on fast and then roar up to the high C - it's a great one for adding some drama! A good bit of advice I was given is to think of two 'grips' for the blues scale, so for example in the key of C grip 1 is starting on C and where your fingers naturally land, and grip two is starting on G. Then trying to find licks for each grip, and then linking them together. It helps it seem much more manageable! Thanks again, Adam

[@nickfoleyuk]

Excellent advice Adam, thanks mate!

[@Blues.Fusion]

Are you a Uriah Heap fan? Any Heap riffs would be cool. When I was just 17.....

[@B3burner]

Another run of Jon Lord’s I really like, is the organ riff at the end of the live version of “Smoke on the Water”, from the ‘Made in Japan’ album. That thing is absolutely smokin’! I believe he is holding down a C in the bass, while (whilst) soloing in G minor blues. Or another way of saying that might be: He’s soloing in the “i” while holding down a “IV” in the bass. It seems to make for a very tense and suspenseful sound, because that IV in the bass is just dying to be resolved to the I. Do I have that about right? 🤔

[@nickfoleyuk]

You do!

[@Lazarett]

Thank you Master ! I will see this soon and practice . I am an old beginner but I know I can do that . Thumbs up !

[@lesliebrennan3351]

Played guitar since the Beatles came to America but lately I've desired to play our churches double keyboard Wulitzer. Thanks for teaching.

[@nickfoleyuk]

Thanks Leslie

[@DWDHARVEY1]

Wondered if you can demo how they get the fast almost slapping sound in the song Hush by Deep Purple.

[@johnglennon5623]

I've just been watching and listening to , Walking In The shadow Of The Blues by Whitesnake , to try and learn guitar part . But watching this I think I could learn keyboard part but a lot simplified version . Is there any chance you could teach us something like this instead of runs . I haven't got a hammond but have good organ sounds on cheap synths and keyboards that would do the job . Also Dont Break My Heart Again . Then there is Smoke On The Water , Child In Time , Perfect Strangers , Purple . No Quarter , Trampled Underfoot , Zeppelin. Stargazer , Tarot Woman , Rainbow . No More Hero's, Hanging Around , Down In The Sewer , Walk On By , The Stranglers . To name but a few

[@australier263]

A Hammond is a Hammond, stays a Hammond, will be a Hammond for ever! Never mind!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😎🤣😂😘

[@bogdanned6989]

Looking forward for thoes Jon Lord Drawbar settings. You got a subscribe for that!

[@B3burner]

Where do you get the threaded bracelets from, that you wear on your right wrist? They look cool, and are good musician-ware.

[@nickfoleyuk]

Some from festivals and some from the internet.

[@kevinhartnell2075]

Thank you so much, Nick!

[@nickfoleyuk]

My pleasure!

[@orophoto]

This is Amazing 😊, thanks for this Video

[@nickfoleyuk]

Thank you Oliver!

[@victorycrosby4896]

I got myself a maintenance free hammond sx2000 w/internal leslie...I love it and it's cheap to operate in comparison to the original.also got kurzweil k2600x ,,,I love b3.

[@nickfoleyuk]

Great stuff

[@666JGNotts]

Excellent mate, thanks very much for this. I'm mostly a synth-head but want to learn this sort of thing so this video is ideal. It does make me feel a bit inadequate though ;)

[@nickfoleyuk]

None of this mate, it’s just practice, honestly. If I can do it , you can do it - I promise.

[@666JGNotts]

@@nickfoleyuk Cheers for the reply. I will take your kind words and get practicing. Although I have 7 synths, I don't have what I'd call a proper organ (oooh matron!) so I use the organ performances on my Yamaha Montage for this sort of thing. I would like to get either a Hammond or a Yamaha YC but I don't think I'd do it justice yet with my lack of organ skills. I will use these dark nights to get some practicing done.

[@michaelcorby3681]

@@666JGNotts I’d have to very respectfully disagree. Do reconsider because a Hammond tends to teach you what it wants from you. Whilst you’re gathering licks, and this video is the best one I’ve seen so far for doing just that, you can still find incredibly simple things that are perfect with many tracks. In a way, I’m saying that Hammond is just as much about feel, no matter how simple the part is, than it is about playing accomplishment. I grew up being influenced equally by bands like Spooky Tooth as By witnessing the amazing stage stealing and lethal keyboard work, and particularly the Hammond playing, of Keith Emerson. I must admit to thinking I’d never be able to be a pro but I ended up playing Hammond in literally hundreds of US arenas in a band. Nick is absolutely correct in saying that all it takes is practice. People think you need to be born with these skills but it isn’t the music that we’re born with so much as an addiction to practicing. Rest assured, when I started I was crap. However, practicing on my own became an obsession that led me to the profession. If your even interested enough to find this video fascinating I can only suggest that it’s time to consider speeding up the learning curve by getting a big tonewheel Hammond before they become way out of reach price wise. Then, watch Nick a lot and let the Hammond teach you the rest. You also have a sense of humility towards music and all the greatest players I ever met had just that. You’ve got the right attitude to be a pretty decent player. You’ve got a great teacher online right here, too, You also have a calling that is essential to keep you practicing. All you need now, is to get hold of a real Hammond and the door will open like a portal, given patience. If you can’t afford a completely analog Hammond, consider getting an XK5 Hammond, don’t use a sustain pedal with it and add a genuine Leslie to it. That not only saves you some money but is logistically far easier to get to gigs and rehearsal studios, etc, with it. One last tip. You might find it interesting to minimalise your left hand playing here and there as a complex bass on any organ can intrude on the EQ territory of a bass guitar in a rock band. The more simple bass that Nick displays is extremely effective on organs, particularly Hammonds. Many highly accomplished players keep the left hand part very simple. Using a foot switch to turn the Leslie speeds up and down is also highly recommended. Personally, I use a device made by Leslie called a Leslie preamp combo pedal. They’re absolutely brilliant and yiu can also put a guitar into them and it will sound truly incredible. Like Nick said, if I can do it, so can you.

[@unclemick-synths]

@@michaelcorby3681 as a bassist, I truly appreciate your consideration. In my first band the keyboardist used to practice incessantly by himself and my basslines would end up in his left hand - some songs I'd have alternative basslines depending on what he played on the day! It didn't bug me too much because at least he was playing a proper bass line and I could have fun playing around it but some keyboardists would stomp all over me with garbage they'd picked up in piano lessons.

[@curiouscurious6558]

Love the grind

[@danmatthews3102]

GREAT JOB! Thanks for posting.

[@nickfoleyuk]

Our pleasure!

[@ademozarslan]

Teşekkürler.

[@christopheclugston]

You can basically use a C minor blues scale for everything

[@davidmaraman855]

How about a break down of Keith Emersons Hammond organ work of the ELP song Knife Edge. An exciting tune. Thank you. 🎹

[@louiscornale5667]

Outstanding

[@B3burner]

What about the organ lick in the middle of Eric Clapton’s “I Shot the Sheriff”?

[@brucekolinski5401]

Very nice, Thank you, Sir.

[@timothysobina6777]

Awesome!!!!! Thank you!!!

[@nickblindlemon3383]

Liking the warm up Nick.. you lost me on draw bars ;-)

[@nickfoleyuk]

Cheers Nick

[@DDubyah17]

This was awesome! Can i ask some slightly unusual advice? Long story short, I used to be a bass player but lost my right arm in a motorbike crash. Really miss playing music so I've taken up blues harmonica. But this sounds awesome! I'd love to be able to play this type of organ. Am I correct in thinking a lot of these rock / blues licks would work well playing with one hand? Or am I going to get tripped up somewhere? And where wouldyou start?

[@nickfoleyuk]

All good one-handed licks mate

[@gunsandguitars6678]

Tag'd you by mistake but I'll be here anyway Rock on ☆

[@timpullen4941]

I used to be the National Hammond Service Technician for Hammond South Africa 1980. I went on to run my own service company until 2015. Part of our service was Hammond Hire to big concerts. A100 and 147. What are the controls to the left of the preset keys on the lower manual?

[@nickfoleyuk]

It’s a Profkon overdrive unit I have another video on my channel all about it

[@michaelcorby3681]

@@nickfoleyuk It sounded perfect.

[@B3burner]

May I ask you: Is there ever a time you can play your C-3 clean without so much overdrive? Or yours has been wired to be “naughty” all the time? I like a 1968 Mark-1, Rod Evans era Deep Purple sometimes.

[@nickfoleyuk]

I can play it clean yes but it doesn’t happen very often. Maybe I should. I have the Profkon engaged. See previous review of it on this channel.

[@B3burner]

@@nickfoleyuk Thank you for answering my question. You did a real good job presenting your lesson. I learned a lot.

[@italogoncalves5520]

Excellent!

[@guitartommi]

Nice, nice, nice !

[@image30p]

Seems like one would need a pretty hearty keyboard to do those slides without breaking something. Is that correct? Great playing! Really inspiring stuff. I love that style.

[@nickfoleyuk]

Absolutely mate , thanks

[@mrdali67]

The old hammond keybeds was build like a tank. No way a modern Fatar waterfall keybed is gonna last long if you treat it like this

[@anthonyruda2021]

Is there a spot on this video where you explain where your distort effect is coming from?

[@nickfoleyuk]

I’ve done many videos on this important subject. Take a look at my channel, it’s all there. 👍🏼

[@Garf-h1f]

i cant thank you enough .

[@nickfoleyuk]

Check me out on Patreon @nickfoleyuk !

[@ellieisnotlegit1023]

This music >>>

[@thevampirematrix816]

I do like like myself a good music

[@jamesrosenberg5929]

Is Great❗️🎹✋🏽🎹😎🎹🤚🏽

[@alex-plays8407]

Very very cool :-)

[@NicolasMelis]

Yess!! 🔥

[@jamesc1698]

Hi Nick .. Awesome Licks, Trills… I’m New to Playing the Organ. I’m a Saxophone player. On this Video at 20:13 & 20:35. Your doing a Run down, Could you Make a Video or show me exactly how to Accomplish this. Is it 2 fingers ? That’s what will help me out… Appreciate your videos.

[@nickfoleyuk]

I’ll have a look at that for you James

[@jamesc1698]

Thank you Nick for your quick reply… I recently purchased a Hammond A-100 withe the 147 Lesley.. but not really from a keyboard Ear player, but Super excited about learning these that your playing.

[@jamesc1698]

@@nickfoleyuk Nick, I looked at the Beginning of your video. The segment (1:42) is a Good example of what I’d like to have a closer Breakdown of the fingering to this. Thanks Again !

[@nickfoleyuk]

@@jamesc1698 1:42 - the upward lick is F, Ab, Bb, B, C then B and high F together

[@nickfoleyuk]

descending looks like F, Eb, C, B, Bb, Ab, F, C, B, Bb, Ab, F, Eb, C, B, Bb, Ab, F I sometimes cant slow them down too much because there is a muscle memory in some of these trills and I don't play them correctly slowly lol. Try that and see how you get on, Thanks

[@nouveaurichetheunderground6806]

Is that after market distortion/overdrive on that C3?

[@nickfoleyuk]

Yes. I have a video on it in my channel

[@nouveaurichetheunderground6806]

@@nickfoleyuk I check it out! Sounds Brutal!!!

[@willburrito9710]

Nice sound that’s for sure.

[@Daichi_hammondorgan]

Thanks!

[@popovpopov9892]

Je to o něčem

[@jefflopinot9870]

I have to slow down the play of this video to half speed to see it slowed down.

[@TheMurrblake]

thank you. On a differs note, how much caffeine do you drink a day?

[@nickfoleyuk]

Zero lol

[@louiscornale5667]

Great but you Need whooly bully watch it now 😮

[@juancampo5268]

Mazanita

[@studiosys]

Played slow ? .

[@nickfoleyuk]

I know! There is a slower one too. A lot of it is reflex and when I slow rally slow I don't play them correctly. You can pause the video though? I've invested in better and better positioned cameras so new stuff should be much improved

[@noimnotarobotcanubeleiveit7024]

you said SLOW i want my money back!

[@nickfoleyuk]

Sorry about that. I’ll try and do it again slower soon. Thanks

[@noimnotarobotcanubeleiveit7024]

@@nickfoleyuk lol it will never be slow enough for me to follow. but i will keep on trying. thanks for the amazing music

[@Rigbysalad]

Is there any chance you could do some Booker T and the MGs? I’ve been listening to the album Doin Our Thing and I can’t help but hear you ripping these. I can’t find any tutorials anywhere and would love to hear any of the songs in the album. “You Don’t Love Me” is what made me think of you and come comment this.

[@charleslanphier8094]

The whole video is really just you showing off, isn't it ?

[@wiemiromarsoichdir5516]

Dear Sir, if you call this "slow", what would be fast? Are you natural born coffee? Great video and thanks very much, but please consider that there are still quite average normal people trying to learn around and not in a hyper fitness center. Have a cuppa tea :-)

[@thomashamer2863]

Slow ?😂

[@nickfoleyuk]

Clearly not! I have a better camera now. I should do it again muuuch slower 👍🏼👍🏼

[@cosmiconion87]

still far to fast - thats not teaching. your self indulging.

[@muhdbaharompirun974]

Talk tu much