The greatest rock ORGAN Intro of ALL TIME? (A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum) 

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One of all time greats Mathew Fisher vocals Gary Brooker sorely missed it was a rock era late 60 early 70s add robin trower on guitar how could it not be great

Awesome

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Excelent!!!❤

Thank you. I'm adding to my list of songs to learn along with Light My Fire. 🎹 👍

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Awesome song. Procol Harum had some amazing rock organ sounds in their music. Getting my clonewheel this summer, and I can’t wait to play this.

This was the first thing I learned with my re-entry into organ playing 12 years ago with the sheet music from Elmo Peeler's manymidiproducts. Actually it is not too hard to learn but very rewarding.

Thank you. I am the third. :) I love this song. I have different versions on my Spotify list. I play it with my keyboard but I benefit a lot from your video.

- I understand that the original was played on an M102. (Scaled-down B3.) But the M102 had a large Jensen speaker in it, and internal reverb, which is _very_ important to achieve the WSOP sound. I've seen those things (your blue-haired aunt's or grandmother's parlor organ that was in her living room before she died) for sale for $200 USD locally in the past. People just wanted to get rid of them out the basement where they were stored under cover. They didn't know what they had because "it wasn't a B3." And your aunt didn't set those drawbars anywhere near like this. - The left hand is actually the key. The right hand is fairly easy to dial in correctly, because it's upfront. But you can't have the left hand too shrill or reedy or it will overpower the overall effect. Fisher (bless his heart) got it right. Classic case "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"...and it definitely ain't broke. - Pretty much any softsynth Hammond tonewheel emulation will get you there, if you go that route. That sound is VERY easy to authentically emulate/model. There are around half-a-dozen good ones, some with better Leslies (ramp up and brake speeds). All have a WSOP patch, but in some cases with the left hand incorrect. (See above to get you headed in the right direction.) - The Leslie makes use of the Doppler effect. Somebody was crazy (and brilliant) enough to put that "train horn going away from you" puzzling (and awesome-sounding) phenomenon into a cabinet. Put it all together, and you've got the masterpiece known as AWSOP.

Excellent! How about the rest of the song?

Thank You! I learned it from a band back in the Day who "graduated" from playing it on a Farfisa to a Hammond M3. Though he never used full chords the way it was done originally it sounded almost as good using single keys on both parts. So I started doing it that way when I finally found a Hammond M102. *Surprise!* Turns out that was the make & model Procol Harum recorded it on! Now I'll have to use your settings and progression. Can't wait! (Where did you get the settings? I was given, allegedly by way of Matthew Fisher, the original player, one for the lead somewhat different from yours.)

Light My Fire.

I wonder where they got the idea for this tune from. lol🤣😂🤣. Great number I love it, thank you.

What kind of keyboard are you using? I have a Nord stage three. I can split the keyboard if needed. I will practice it and see if it needs to be split for a different organ feel. Thanks

Like the song but I'm a piano player.😊 Could you show me how to play "I don't won't to miss a thing " by Steve Tyler on piano

Beautiful song and awesome lesson. And I like else song from this Procol's Night album calld Pandora's Box Marine maybe you have midi files of the A Whiter Shade of Pale so I could play using backing track

Dang it! Now I really want an XK-5! My wife is going to kill me!

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I wonder where they got the idea for this tune from. lol🤣😂🤣. Great number I love it, thank you.