The HAMMOND B-3

Fall Semester Class VIII

Tom Brooks - Instructor / Clinician The
Original
Rock
&
Roll
BEAST
The HAMMOND B-3
Take it apart:
Start up switches
Swell and Great Manuals + Pedals
Drawbars
Preset Switches
Percussion
Chorus-Vibrato
Volume Pedal
The Leslie Speaker
 Great Moments
in B-3 History
Keith Emerson
“Hoedown”
From Aaron Copland

Spencer Davis
Group
Take it apart: Green Eyed Lady

S Siberian Khatru
Yes

Deep Purple
“Hush”

“Magic Carpet Ride”

 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ The DRAWBARS
✴ :60 second Crash Course
on Pipe Organ Theory
✴:60 second Crash Course on
The Harmonic Series
✴Now make it RAAWK!
The HAMMOND B-3
The HAMMOND B-3
 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ Rock & Roll
Drawbars

✴ A great place to start

Here’s what I do...
 “EVERYBODY
PRAISE THE LORD”

Lincoln Brewster
Hammond B-3 organ
 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ The DRAWBARS
✴ :60 second Crash Course
on Pipe Organ Theory
✴:60 second Crash Course on
The Harmonic Series
✴Now make it RAAWK!
The HAMMOND B-3
 Pipe Organ Theory
An 8’ foot pipe is the basic ‘Fundamental’ pitch
A 4’ foot pipe sounds an octave higher
A 16’ foot pipe sounds an octave lower
The WHITE Drawbars are the Fundamental and the
octaves above it
The BROWN Drawbars are below the Fundamental
The BLACK Drawbars are odd harmonics
(octave + 5th / 2 octaves + 5th / 2 octaves + 3rd)
 Two 61-note Manuals
+ Pedals

SWELL--->
GREAT--->
PEDAL--->
*The SWELL Manual is on top
*The GREAT Manual is below
*The PEDALS are on the floor (removable)
 Four Sets of Drawbars
*SWELL - B flat = far left Drawbars
*SWELL - B natural = mid-left Drawbars

2 Pedal
(top) Drawbars
in the center
SWELL--->
GREAT--->
(bottom)

*GREAT - B flat = mid-right Drawbars

*GREAT - B natural = far right Drawbars
The HAMMOND B-3
SWELL
B flat =
far left
Drawbars
B natural =
mid-left

Take it apart:
Drawbars
(with percussion)
2 Pedal Drawbars
S in the center
GREAT
B flat =
mid-right
Drawbars
B natural =
far right
Drawbars
 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ “So how do you turn
this Beast on?!?!?”

✴ The Start-Run switches

 Start ‘er Up ! !
In the upper right corner find 2
switches labeled START and RUN
Push and HOLD the START
switch for 8 seconds (listen)
Keep holding START; push and
HOLD RUN for 4 seconds
Release both switches, count to 10,
HAVE FUN!
 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ The PRE-SET Keys

✴ The REVERSE color

keys at the far left of
each manual
✴These are actually
SWITCHES (not keys)
 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ Chorus & Vibrato

✴ The dial offers 3 levels

✴On-Off switch for each
manual
✴Loud-Soft Volume switch
 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ Percussion

✴ On-Off switch
✴Loud-Soft Volume
✴Fast-Slow Decay
✴2nd or 3rd harmonic
 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ The Leslie Speaker

✴ Spinning Speaker
✴2 speeds
✴Tube Amp Distortion
✴Braking-Acceleration
 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ Leslie switches

✴ Choral = slow
✴Tremolo = fast
✴Can be a foot switch
 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ Volume Pedal

✴ Expression-Power
✴Leslie foot switch
shown
?
Here’s what I do...
“Graffiti Skies”

Israel Houghton
 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ More about
DRAWBARS
✴The Harmonic Series
✴If 4 instruments walked into
the room and you closed
your eyes and they all played
the same note...
The HAMMOND B-3
Here’s what I do...
“Sing Sing Sing”

Chris Tomlin
 IF YOU ONLY
GET 1 THING
get THIS!
‣You can do 98% of everything
you need to do...
‣ on the Top Keyboard
(the SWELL Manual)
‣using the ‘B natural’ switch
(the mid-left set of Drawbars)
The HAMMOND B-3
Start Here:
Swell (top) Manual only
Mid-left Drawbars
Preset Switch ‘B’
Percussion Off
Chorus C-1
Leslie Slow
Make it RAAWK!
Here’s what I do...
 “All to You”
“Love the Lord”

Lincoln Brewster
 "ALL TO YOU"
Rhythm Arranged by Tom Brooks
BPM = 107 *Driving Rock WorshipAlliance.com Lincoln Brewster
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 Hammond B-3 Review
Modern Worship / Rock / Gospel - YOU CAN DO THIS!
The Leslie Speaker - “Chorale-Tremolo” = slow-fast
The Drawbars - Harmonics / Partials
The ‘Reverse Key’ Preset switches at the left
Chorus / Vibrato dial-switches
Percussion settings
Emulations versus ‘The Real Thing’ - less $$ than you think
***Everybody needs to play The Beast before you leave!
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 The
HAMMOND
B-3
‣ The KEYS
✴Slip-Slidin’ Around
✴Gliss up /Leslie accel /
Volume swell up into the
Chorus
✴Slide off for impact
✴STOP / Leslie Brake /
Drawbar diminuendo
Here’s what I do...
“Today is the Day”

Lincoln Brewster
 "TODAY IS THE DAY"
Rhythm Arranged by Tom Brooks
BPM = 120 ***2 Bars of WorshipAlliance.com Lincoln Brewster
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 Resource Page:
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‘THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC’ (also on DVD today!)
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