10-04-2024, 07:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-04-2024, 08:25 PM by Hugh Wallington.)
Some thoughts on using the Harmony / Echo
On my AR80 organ I had a feature called M.O.C (Melody On Chord). How it worked was this. Notes you played in your chord with your left hand were 'added' to the melody with the voice chosen for the melody, so when you played single notes you heard multiple notes being played. And of course they were 'in harmony' with the melody. The choices you had were very basic. One note added in; two notes added in; or three notes added in .. and always 'underneath' the melody. The general consensus was not to choose the three, as notes added in were too low and the melody sort of 'growled' at you.
And I remember it being said that this feature was for 'beginners' who couldn't play multiple notes as a 'proper' organist would. The MOC would fill the notes in for you so all you had to do was to play a single note melody line .. and sound like a professional organist! So I put it out of my mind that this could be a feature I would use.
It slowly dawned on me that yes, this could very well be the case if you chose one 'voice' for playing the melody. But what if you had (say) a piano playing the melody with no MOC applied; and another voice selected (eg. a choir) that did have the MOC applied. You would then get just the piano playing the melody as single notes; and the choir also singing the melody .. but with harmony notes added in. And by choosing two voices you could have the volumes set at different levels so the piano playing the melody was louder.
What an eye-opener that was! No longer was this a feature for a 'beginner' to use, but something amazing to use in an arrangement. With the organ, one could choose what is called a LEAD VOICE, which is Monophonic (ie. it will only play a single note; you can't play multiple notes) .. and Monophonic voices didn't have the MOC applied to them. So you would set the Piano up as a Monophonic voice and play a single note melody with it; and the Choir would be a normal Polyphonic voice with the MOC applied. The possibilities are endless! Piano and Strings?
With our keyboards it's much easier. We can apply the Harmony/Echo to just one of R1, R2 or R3 .. or all three of them. And you can choose whether to have those added notes 'under' or 'over' the melody. And even to have them not playing the melody at all.
A real opportunity to be creative here!
This whole topic was discussed in my Tierce-de-Picardie Forum before it closed, and I had also put a link up to it in the PSR Tutorial forum before that closed. Luckily, I was able to SAVE what we had discussed as a WORD document .. which is below. If you click on the LINK you will be able to read what was said .. and with a BOX LINK you will be taken straight to any audio/video content directly. You can also download the WORD document if you so wish, but following the audio/video links from the downloaded document is not so direct. Follow any instructions that appear when you click on an audio/video link.
https://app.box.com/s/v29frf8b9gtwbnfr8dd3bhagdufdzp1t
Hugh
On my AR80 organ I had a feature called M.O.C (Melody On Chord). How it worked was this. Notes you played in your chord with your left hand were 'added' to the melody with the voice chosen for the melody, so when you played single notes you heard multiple notes being played. And of course they were 'in harmony' with the melody. The choices you had were very basic. One note added in; two notes added in; or three notes added in .. and always 'underneath' the melody. The general consensus was not to choose the three, as notes added in were too low and the melody sort of 'growled' at you.
And I remember it being said that this feature was for 'beginners' who couldn't play multiple notes as a 'proper' organist would. The MOC would fill the notes in for you so all you had to do was to play a single note melody line .. and sound like a professional organist! So I put it out of my mind that this could be a feature I would use.
It slowly dawned on me that yes, this could very well be the case if you chose one 'voice' for playing the melody. But what if you had (say) a piano playing the melody with no MOC applied; and another voice selected (eg. a choir) that did have the MOC applied. You would then get just the piano playing the melody as single notes; and the choir also singing the melody .. but with harmony notes added in. And by choosing two voices you could have the volumes set at different levels so the piano playing the melody was louder.
What an eye-opener that was! No longer was this a feature for a 'beginner' to use, but something amazing to use in an arrangement. With the organ, one could choose what is called a LEAD VOICE, which is Monophonic (ie. it will only play a single note; you can't play multiple notes) .. and Monophonic voices didn't have the MOC applied to them. So you would set the Piano up as a Monophonic voice and play a single note melody with it; and the Choir would be a normal Polyphonic voice with the MOC applied. The possibilities are endless! Piano and Strings?
With our keyboards it's much easier. We can apply the Harmony/Echo to just one of R1, R2 or R3 .. or all three of them. And you can choose whether to have those added notes 'under' or 'over' the melody. And even to have them not playing the melody at all.
A real opportunity to be creative here!
This whole topic was discussed in my Tierce-de-Picardie Forum before it closed, and I had also put a link up to it in the PSR Tutorial forum before that closed. Luckily, I was able to SAVE what we had discussed as a WORD document .. which is below. If you click on the LINK you will be able to read what was said .. and with a BOX LINK you will be taken straight to any audio/video content directly. You can also download the WORD document if you so wish, but following the audio/video links from the downloaded document is not so direct. Follow any instructions that appear when you click on an audio/video link.
https://app.box.com/s/v29frf8b9gtwbnfr8dd3bhagdufdzp1t
Hugh
It's all about the music!
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