Part II Exercise 13Trills, Sputter Technique, and Drone
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Trills, Sputter Technique, and Drone TonesThis exercise explores
three important organ sounds:
Trills. It is common to trill between two notes a minor third
apart on the organ. The root and atted third of a chord and the fth
and seventh degree of a domi-nant seventh chord are used often.
They are featured in this exercise.
Sputter. Use two or three ngers to rapidly repeat a note. I call
this sputter technique. Its like trilling on one note.
Drone tones. Another nice effect is to sustain a pitch while
playing a lick along with it. I call this a drone tone. Some
players use matchbooks stuck between the keys, small weightsand
even their nosesto drone a note. Here, the fth nger on your right
hand will serve well.
Try to imitate the examples on the CD. Play the exercise
right-hand only at rst, then add your left hand.
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