tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post114478387532253309..comments2023-06-08T11:21:10.878-04:00Comments on EPISTLES FROM THE SCRIPTORIUM: Easter Sunday at the CathedralBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-1144854201202946842006-04-12T11:03:00.000-04:002006-04-12T11:03:00.000-04:00Thank you for the advice! I'll pass it on. (And ma...Thank you for the advice! I'll pass it on. (And maybe buy him a book for an Easter gift.) CCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-1144849944347458312006-04-12T09:52:00.000-04:002006-04-12T09:52:00.000-04:00If I don't have a pre-set fanfare introduction (i....If I don't have a pre-set fanfare introduction (i.e. Willcocks or Rutter arrangements, for example) I tend to improvise. I don't follow a formula, my fingers just do it. This tends to only be occuring at diocesan liturgies when I need to extend the hymn to account for the extra personnel in the procession, and the incensations.<BR/><BR/>Or occasionally I will use a modulation that is written out.<BR/><BR/>No number one "go-to" source, it's just stuff I've found over the years.<BR/><BR/>Two suggestions: 1) if it's not too late, attend the AGO in Chicago this summer. There are several workshops being offered on improvisation. 2) Attend the weeklong ImprovFest at Eastman. <BR/><BR/>~nb<BR/><BR/>~nbPhiMuAlpha2681https://www.blogger.com/profile/08883388434817321459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-1144792905371671992006-04-11T18:01:00.000-04:002006-04-11T18:01:00.000-04:00Ready for a shock?OCP's missalette uses the transl...Ready for a shock?<BR/>OCP's missalette uses the translation from the Roman Missal in the readings section.<BR/>Was shocked myself!<BR/><BR/>BMPBrian Michael Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-1144785872262481202006-04-11T16:04:00.000-04:002006-04-11T16:04:00.000-04:00Okay, great organists: I was trying to explain org...Okay, great organists: I was trying to explain organist the idea of free-composing to our organist -- You know, some kind of fanfare prior to each verse of our opening hymn for Easter morning, "Jesus Christ is Risen Today". Something besides playing through the last 8 bars. He freely admits he is not much of an improviser. Are there organ books that have these 8 or 16 measure things written in? Or is there a formula you follow -- i.e, start on the 7th, modulate a few times, then to V7, then into tonic and into the verse? Or is it like jazz -- you know it when you hear it?<BR/>Thanks for any advice I can give to my organist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com