Yes. The keyboardist struggle. It took me decades of playing synths to realize a hammond is our most powerful instrument. Love the story at the end. Signed, luv.

I bet you never wanted to clean the keys ever again after Lord Jon played it!!! Great story to tell the grandchildren. He was a fabulous musician, part of my life since I was 14. Thanks for sharing that, I'm near to tears!!!

Jon was a master of the legato technique when playing the Hammond. I remember reading an interview where he discussed this. He said that many players play the Hammond as if they were playing the piano. You can do that, but it will sound just like that. He went on to stress the importance of the legato technique which he worked damn hard at to become a master of it. Jon (and Keith) are my heroes. I grew up playing classical piano. Jon taught me that one need not choose either rock or classical, but can do both. I am still not over his passing. Thankfully, he left us a lot of great music.

I was always amazed by the sound of The Deep Purple Hammond, it sounded like he squeezed every last bit of oxygen from the pipes. Well knowing he played through a Marshall cleared up the mystery .Thank You much!

Awesome explanation. So there’s a Deep Purple song “Gypsy’s Kiss” that I always thought had this brilliant Blackmore section in it, and now I realize it was Jon Lord mimicking the guitar licks in time with Blackmore. Simply brilliant.

I was smiling throughout your tutorial...this is such a treat! Thank you so much...such a lovely tribute to one of the greatest keys player and a symbol for all us musicians (especially keys player)

I used to play piano in a local church for the services when I was around 15 years old. I then progressed to the organ in the church and discovered your ‘crab walking’ on my own but didn’t know at the time it was a recognised technique! It great to hear someone else refer to it after all this time. 🙂👍🏻 Jon Lord was always one of my keyboard heroes! 😎 Edit: meant to say, my other kb hero was Ray Manzarek of course!

We need more people like him to make more videos discussing about creativity of music and what actually musicians do! This might be one of the most helpful videos I've found ;)

Great video - back in the 70s a school friend of mine - who was a big Bowie fan -grudgingly remarked that the last few mins of the live version of Smoke on the Water ( on the Made in Japan album) - Jon Lord playing a melody derived from some basic notes of the song against Ritchie Blackmore’s continued belting out of the famous riff - was musically very inventive - that ending (culminating in each of them answering each other’s instrument before Gillan concludes with “Burn It !”) still gives me goosebumps to this day !

Thanks for sharing this with all of us ! He's a Legend and a surely missed by all . Now HE'S PLAYING FOR " THE LORD " .

I love Jon Lord. That's a beautiful story you have there

Hi, there. I was surprised and delighted to find out that the exact thing that happened to me when first hearing my master Jon Lord had happened to another person in the world. I was shocked to hear him play the Machine Head songs and mixing it all up with that classical-music touch. He was unique to me back then and still is. That is why I also went into music until this very day. Thanks for the video, man. Glad to have seen you here.

As a lifetime Jon Lord fan myself I really enjoyed the personal aspects of your story. Thank you for posting this video. I enjoyed it. (D.P. 'Mark I' version came out with Hush when I was in High School and had just starting to play organ in bands.) I have performed under the stage name Zed Maestro, for the past couple of decades,with a custom software-driven rig and play through a Marshall half stack so that I can recreate the tones that the great Jon Lord has left ringing in my ears for decades.

What a Story!!! I also enjoyed the lesson. Can't wait for the. next lesson.

I’m 59, never really played except as a kid. I got a free one from CL and am learning. This lesson comes from THE ROCK GODS! Thank You!

Jon lived down the road form me. I never met him but I have come across his nephew ,Tom, on the local bands circuit. Total hero of mine and the best keyboard sound in rock. Damn I wish I had a Leslie and the van and roadies to go with it 🙂

Ok, I'm 63, I literally wore out my vinyl copy of "Made in Japan", as a 7th or 8th grader. I remember every note of John's from that album. Your enthusiasm and your presence/presentation are a delight to watch. I now gotta check out your channel.

I’m a longtime fan of Jon Lord myself, and I loved the tutorial. But damn, what a hell of a story! I have never really played a Hammond organ, so I’ll have to bear that in mind if I ever do. I am very glad you managed to save their gig, AND get to meet the late great Jon Lord at the same time! Amazing job, and opportunity!

The best Jon lord tutorial on youtube and the web. Jon Lord is a legend! thank you soo much for the awesome lesson. Also what an awesome story.

The inverted 5th was probably the single most important thing I learned for rock organ, thank you!!

Great video. I recall going to music classes as a kid in Aberdeen and we were taught not to use consecutive fifths. Thank the LORD for JON. As a Hammond organ player in the 60s and the 70s. I was once scolded by my classical piano teacher for committing a major crime. Actually I pointed out that Bach would use consecutive fifths in so much of his music but the teacher held her ground and said I am not Bach. Great days. Still playing today in London pubs but on guitar. The B3 was a beast to hump around until the 80s came along with the advance of technology. Thanks for the video. Get exactly where you are coming from. Jon Lord was my hero and God Rest His Soul. Correct me if I am wrong. I think he played through a Selmer Leslie at one time not just the 145 and other similar models. Iused a Selmer Leslie and it produced a rasping raging rotating whirlwind of sound.

Awesome tutorial! I'm very similar to you - first heard DP when I was a preteen, moved from classical piano to synths and cover bands in my late teens and twenties. I was in bands that did Lazy, Highway Star, Never Before, so many great tunes. Playing DP in a great cover band with an audience that's into you is one of the best experiences on the planet. We figured out pretty much everything you mentioned - removing the third, getting the fifth on the bottom, and that all-important timing. Jon & Richie knew exactly how to give and take, compliment and lead, and Ian & Rodger knew exactly how to lay the groundwork. Thanks for a great tutorial.

I can't help thinking this could be a popular series. incorporating tips, styles, lessons etc. of some of rocks greatest keyboardist. Keep em coming

Wow that’s a cool back story on your B3. I had a kinda famous B3 too .. it was the house organ for the Los Angeles Forum, it had four Leslie switches on it (but I only used one with a 122) Mine got stolen around 1990 .. loaned it to a guy and he sold it and took off out of the country 😡 I was a big John Lord fan and studied classical piano too in my teen years. Cool video .. thanks 👍

Since the Hammond Jon Lord style and the MiniMoog the guitarists got a bit afraid of the keyboardist.....😂 Very nice lecture and demo !

Wow, got Jon Lord to sign your B-3! Just the autograph alone makes that organ special. Most cool!

What an amazing experience, my friend. Thanks for sharing.

That is a charming story about saving the day for the DP concert.

Very simple but it helps as it can be overlooked searching for complexities . Glad to stumble on this instruction Thanks

Thank you! I'm a synth guy and having these very simple Hammond lessons is really helpful! I didn't realize how much inverted 5ths would improve my sound!

Beautiful story. My heart goes out to you. I can only imagine the elation you must feel as you relive this moment over and again. The Lord has truly blessed you to no end. Thank you for sharing this story with me personally. It gives me hope that someday I might meet my heroes too. God bless.

What a wonderful tutorial and a story about Jon Lord! Thank you. I really enjoyed the video.

the inverted fifth's pure genius..i halfed figured out as a guitarist what was going on dropping the thirds but just chalked the sound up to not having the distortion..as soon as i heard your inverted fifth i go aww...exactly...thanks for this...not using pentatonics in rock,country,blues(as well as a few other styles) might make it hard for anyone to recognize the style..lol...awesome thank you

Saw Deep Purple at the Cow Palace in 72 with Electric light orchestra. Space trucking people were throwing sparklers from the upper seats they stopped playing for good reason. There were no more sparklers, awesome days.

I'm a rock guitarist who's just got a keyboard. I'm going to riff on Perfect Strangers and Space Truckin'! Thanks man

Blackmore did the same. Purple were very modal. Bach used the 5th on the bottom quite a lot.

I'm a child of the 60's/70's and also play keys of this era in a few bands - so yeah Jon Lord is in my DNA. I 100% agree with you, blues scale/minor pentatonics in their many variations are the bread and butter of this whole genre of playing ..... inverted 5ths is pretty much the basis of what I already do, not out of instruction or tuition but out of pure instinct, as that 5th /8th position is the perfect springboard to launch straight into blues scale riffs ...

Excellent. I've been a Jon Lord fan for over 50 years. I really enjoyed this.

Your info is gold. Many thanks!! It's so nice when pro players are willing to share their secrets. Rock on!

I just got an A-100, thank you so much for your expertise!! Very informative. Im a guitar player and am just starting to learn Hammond. And you are the first John Lord teacher I stumbled across!

I’ve never been jealous of meeting somebody until now. Hold onto that organ and pass it down to each generation of your family. That’s is a piece of history.

Lord of the Hammond. My whole family except me played Piano. My Grandmother was great but her sister played a Hammond. They had to pull me away from the Hammond because as a young child I loved the power of the Hammond. So I became a huge Deep Purple Fan when I first heard the In Rock Album. Mark ll was a power house with Gillan, Blackmore, Paice and Lord. It just blew me away. Thanks for the video!

At 8:57 I like your term "crab walking"... I always called it "offsetting". There is a piece called "Crab Walk", I never played it.

Love this, as a guitar player and aspiring keys player your video's are excellent! Love the Lord story!!

Perfect strangers 😊 My favourite song too, although the solo on Burn is out of these world.

I was introduced to Deep Purple by a friend who was a Richie Blackmore fanatic. I listened to his albums and instantly became a Jon Lord fanatic. But as great as each of them were, together they were sheer magic. (Aside, I have no idea why KZfaq thinks I'm my late wife. This is Steve, not Liz. I wish I could have gotten her to properly listen to DP.)

Great lesson,great tip ,and a great story,thanks, rock on🤟👍👉👈

6:00 Love how you explain the minor pentatonic scale. You could teach music theory.

So cool as soon as I heard AGAIN I thought Canadian so I researched his channel and YES he is . Great demos he does. Never knew any of this.

Great lesson and story. I’ve been playing Smoke on the Water incorrectly for ** years

I started out on organ as a kid. I learned or found by playing these kind of techniques. I remember playing some jazz organ at school and my piano friends were amazed at how well I could come up with cords. It’s definitely different than playing piano which I never learned to play. Great video btw i love how you showcased John. He was my favorite rock keyboardist. 👍

Great video an homage to music, musician and musical instruments !

Awesome story, John lord was definitely the keyboard master, I've recently start the organ keys, fascinating information you shared thanks, I'm far from your level but, you have shined light on lords style, priceless

This video is just WAAAAUW !! I wish I could add more 👍👍👍. Thanks so much for posting. Greetings from Belgium 🇧🇪.

This video is pure gold! Thank you!

Fantastic story. One of my heroes. A super nice guy.

Awesome lesson and awesome story!!!! Thanks!!!!!

Wow ! I used to like sweet and and top of the pops rock ! …. I didn’t know anything existed outside top of the pops ! … I was 11 it was 1974 and I went to scout camp and this guy put on this tape ….and it blew my mind ! I literally couldn’t believe that music could be like that ! The Album was Made in Japan ! .. I can still remember the utter amazement I felt it literally entranced me !

Very well explained. Makes me want to pull out the Leslie. Thanking you

I was captured for this entire video... AWESOME

I am not surprised by those inverted fifths, Blackmore always played his riffs like that , maybe that influenced Jon Lord. Anyway great playing and lesson!

Indeed, JL would have been a safe hand to rent to even in his heyday. Imagine getting the call in the ‘70s from ELP Management 😂 Lovely video, thanks so much!

That's a great lesson, I am into deep purple as well, and own XK1, I got 2 of them one on top of each other to basically get the dual manual. I like the lesson, and of course I do know this material pretty well, but I was fascinated by the simplicity of the lesson, and how you moving forward between topics, not easy to find someone like you on KZfaq just like that 🙂 great job!!

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my number 1 hard rock keys man. his Hammond work was phenomenal! a true master

FkYEAHH! Jon was the Beast! I'm a guitarist that totally admired Jon's work. Thanks for the Inverted 5th's and crab walking lessons. Now I know what he did! I have played Perfect Strangers on keyboards before and it never sounded correct. Now, I'm dialed in! :)

Very useful. im self-learning keyboard playing in rock band and Jon Lord is a big inspiration

Wow - so simple but powerful... thanks for that, I'll be checking out your other vids

You figured that out over time?! OMG.

Awesome video! Great information and stories! Jon Lord was one of my favs.

I've been playing the organ since I was 12. I am now 52. I have always had a passion for hammond organs since childhood. It is only a pity that the teaching methods of my youth have never appealed to me. Admittedly, learning chords and musical notes has been helpful. But I've always "had to" play music that didn't really appeal to me. Especially the theoretical part is difficult for me. What strikes me about your teaching method is that you can, so to speak, play music within half an hour and also understand what you are doing. I can honestly say that I have never had so much fun playing the organ before. I am sure that if I had had organ lessons like this in my childhood, I would have been a better organist now. Thanks for the helpful lessons that make me feel like I'm finally really playing Hammond organ.

I believe Jon Lord is the best of all time. 1 Lord 2 Emerson and 3 Wakeman. Excellent analysis thank you

Great anecdotes and information. My intro to hearing rock organ was Deep Purple's Hush, and the early Steppenwolf singles. Maybe someday you'll do one on your fellow Canadian Goldy McJohn?

Absolutely enjoyed this video! Thx best wishes!

The first third fifth notes of a scale make up the cord. All is he's doing is playing the 5th before the first but it ends up being in the lower octave of that same scale thus a more bass note.

Thanks for your tutorial and for sharing your story with Jon Lord.

Great tutorial, superb story and - who has ever had a bad thing to say about Jon Lord!

Great tutorial - made me smile all the way!❤

Amazing story!! Lord was one of the best

He played rigid 4ths because that’s the way Ritchie would play the riffs. He was literally playing in unison with Blackmore

Great video. Music AND stories! Subscribed.

Awesome video, A perfect treat for my hero..

I absolutely love John Lord and your tutorial is so interesting and educational. I play guitar and haven't played keyboards in a while, but now you have inspired me to try out some of this. Thank you for such a great lesson. You do a nice job of clearly explaining everything.

Great Lesson and awesome story! I'm a guitar player trying to get into keys/organ so I'm working on a Yamaha Reface YC haha. Perhaps one day I'll get my hands on a Hammond!

Love this gentleman... he knows his business

That is one of the best videos on u toob..thanks, subscribed 4 sure

As the saying goes ..sometimes it is not wise to meet your heroes because you might be disappointed. From all the interviews I have seen of Jon and his sense of humour and humbleness I thought no way he would be a jerk. I am glad he turned out to be such a gentleman and nice guy!!! I am a guitar player and a little bit of keyboard (not much) so this was awesome and very interesting. Thanks for posting. 1 Question. One of my favourite Deep Purple songs is Child In Time. The organ sound on the album is so moving. How did he get this sound if you have any ideas? Studio tricks? Anything I have ever heard live was never like this. It had a little bit of a percussive quality to it ...yet mystical and distant sounding. I just love the opening even though they knicked it from another band. :)

Man, you’ve made my day! Thank you so much… (from Paris - France)

Wow!!! What a story in the end... Jon Lord is just the best...

Great instruction and story telling. Sir Lord is def one of my all time favorites. I would love to hear you jam around on Hush...always enjoyed that percussive approach he seemed to master. Also, it would be super cool if you did a vid on Eddie Harsch...another great we lost in recent years

So cool, must have been so awsome to meet John lord.

What a great lesson!!

Lord is one of my keyboard heros (and Keith Emerson) . I learned very early on, from listening to him, when playing with a guitar and other instruments in a band situation, live or multitracking, not to play full chords on both hands as you might do when playing solo piano. Blackmore and Lord were masters of less is more, so to speak... Machine head is a lesson in cooperation between Lord's B3 and Blackmore's guitar. IMHO

Great story. Jon Lord was a force no doubt.

Wow, what a story about bringing the B3 to Jon Lord. 😮

Nice video, gave you a like. At 3:31 I call that 'Gsus/D', I never assume 'sus' defaults to a 4, I am always explicit: 'sus2' or 'sus4', or just 'sus' for no 2,3, or 4. Its a G Major triad, the 3rd suspended (removed), the D (5th) moved down to the bass ("Slash D" or "Over D" if you will). Very Mixolydian... very heavy metal. By removing the 3rd it is no longer a true chord, it is an interval: Dominant 5th... what is known colloquially as a "Power Chord". But also the D to G is a subdominant 4th at the same time. As soon as the 3rd is suspended, the "quality" of the triad is altered - its no longer major or minor, so it works to strengthen a D or G harmony at the same time (D via the subdominant, G via the Dominant) - "Highway Star" starts out in the C Major signature as the keyboard solo is mainly just a G mode (G Natural is a Mixolydian). When accidentals are introduced it is more like G Dorian mode. Then it switches between D Major and G Major keys and that is why removing the 3rds in all the harmony triads works... even when the key changes to, say, D Major, the G Major key is still reminiscent in what I call "secondary harmony". Some of the riffs could be interpreted as mode of A, but never looked at it that closely as to determine which mode it is. As long as you follow the key signatures and accidentals, you should not care about what mode it is.

Booker T did a video on how he plays Green Onions and this is similar to some of what he demonstrated- the way one must crab walk vs play like a piano for example, also his use of fifths. Thanks for this, this has inspired me to replaced the scary power cable on my M3 and get playing!

brilliant no bullshite no ego pure music thanks so much

it's the same inversion on the guitar playing 5ths but they resemble fourths inverted. (calling a 5th the 1st (D) and the 1st the 5th (G) but it's obvious it's not inverted but also there are some that call them 4ths still.

Wow, great video! One of the best tutorials, how to learn not classic piano!