LearnJazzPiano.com archives: blues drawbar settings for B-3

james3 -- 06/28/2007, 16:36:12 -- #35629

does anybody know any classic blues drawbar settings for B-3? Thanks, James

pphilip -- 06/28/2007, 17:04:17 -- #35629

I used to use on the top keyboard: The first three and the last drawbar pulled out all the way. On the bottom keyboard a kind of reverse V.

Whacky -- 06/28/2007, 20:32:32 -- #35629

I like the first four all the way out, but I also like the V kinda thing - just experiment - it's all good:)

Jazz+ -- 06/28/2007, 21:05:58 -- #35629

Jimmy Smith 88800000 and someimes 88800004

Whacky -- 06/29/2007, 09:23:42 -- #35629

A few years ago, Keyboard Magazine did an article showing favorite drawbar settings for some of the most notable players.  I wonder if you could do a search to find that baby? (I'm too lazy and my Leslie is sick, so I can't play my B anyway)

ziggysane -- 06/29/2007, 17:51:45 -- #35629

Beauty in the B (awesome book, though I don't own it) has a whole bunch of useful stuff in there, including history, classic Hammond licks, drawbar settings, and interviews with players and their approaches and techniques on the instrument, i.e., Greg Allman says to change up the drawbars as often as possible, and someone else says that they need to play uptempo tunes with a drummer to keep them from rushing out of control (stemming from a previous topic of primarily using the left hand for bass lines as opposed to the pedals.) Whew.

ziggysane -- 06/29/2007, 17:55:24 -- #35629

Also: http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?storyCode=15098 Google "Jimmy Smith drawbar settings" for some more links.

Whacky -- 06/30/2007, 07:22:29 -- #35629

yeah...it seems like the real organists change up the sounds quite often.   Joey D does it quite a bit.  I met him, BTW...man that guy can eat!!:)

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