Dizzy Fingers on Hammond B3

Описание: Here is "Dizzy Fingers" one of Zez Confrey's most well known pieces. Most of it is in the key of A, which is not a popular key for keyboard players, but one thing that we can say in favor of A is that the common scales and arpeggios that relate to A seem to be designed with people's hands in mind, and are surprisingly easier than you might think at first. In fact, it really is, after a little practice, much easier to play this piece in the key of A than in C! Its coda section then is in the key of D, another key that many keyboard players aren't too fond of, but again, the part in D is fingering-wise quite easy even at the fast tempo that this song is usually played at.

Wikipedia says the following. "Edward Elzear "Zez" Confrey (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1971) was an American composer and performer of novelty piano and jazz music. His most noted works were "Kitten on the Keys" and "Dizzy Fingers." Studying at the Chicago Musical College and becoming enthralled by French impressionists played a critical role in how he composed and performed music..."

For most of this song I relied solely upon the Hammond vibrato, and used Leslie trem only in one part. I also used a very short duration ambient or echo effect, with just a single repeat on each channel, one side delayed by only 0.1 second and the other at 0.175 second. Both Leslie tremolo and more prominent reverb tend to blur fast playing, and a very minimal and brief stereo echo is enough to add a touch of ambience but not blur one note into another, and likewise, avoiding Leslie tremolo likewise improves clarity when keyboard notes follow each other in rapid succession. And don't forget, if you like my somewhat different approach to the Hammond organ, please consider subscribing. It's easy, and it's free. That way, You Tube will notify you whenever I upload a new video, and your subscription also helps me in that it tells YouTube that you like what I do and then they will promote it to more people. Here's a timeline of different sections of interest in the video, and you can also use the "scrub bar" below the video to go to particular sections easily. Thank you for watching, I am most grateful. ~The HAMMOND Guy~
00:00 intro.
00:10 First part of melody.
00:20 Repeat 1st part of melody,
00:36 Second section begins.
00:46 Tricky syncopation.
01:05 Overdub keyboard as a piano for the melody.
01:39 Coda, key of D.
02:10 Repeat fisrt part to final ending.
02:49 Outro, introduce other Hammond organ videos.