I went to a Christmas pageant in a church which had a (much much smaller!) pipe organ, and the the lower notes made the air thrum. I can’t imagine what a monster like this one would be like!

It's so freaking LOUD too, it's extremely intimidating to play aha

I also bet the "layering" they were talking about makes more of a difference in person, since it changes where the sound is coming from.

@@curio_sphere It doesn't have to be loud. A really good organ goes from barely audable to standing next to a runway loud. An incredible dynamic range. Unfortunately, Thor is right, the audio on this demo does not do the instrument justice - saying that, a venue with a much longer decay time in RT60 would be much more flattering to the instrument. The accoustic is too dry, IMHO.

there's nothing like it!!!

You watched pirates of the carrebean too often. Jk, I agree.

Yeah honestly every time there's an argument about "yeah but my instrument is better" and someone brings up the pipe organ, I'm like "okay yeah you're right, this instrument is way too f*cking amazing, I lost" Hearing a pipe organ in an actual cathedral in Europe really is something, even random small churches have them and it's a blast during mass (despite the fact that I'm not even christian anymore)

@@timbauer1618 Davie Jones comin to play.

@@wxcvbndu51 yeah i can agree. Even in small churches in villages. Often those aound more iconic.

yes💯

😂😂

我比較想知道妳們都怎麼練琴？要去租教堂嗎？

@@audreyc8225 我本身是教堂的管风琴师，所以可以在教堂练习。 有些人负担得起，在家中装一架小型的。 不过还是在您要弹奏的场地练习最理想，可以调音色，感受效果。

@@audreyc8225 I practice at the church that I play for. Some organist can afford to install a small one at their home. But it's most ideal to practice at the venue where you will be paying/performing, whereby you can adjust the sound and experience the effect. Yes, some concert halls and churches with pipe organs are available for rental.

I was wondering, as an organist, how did you first decide that the organ was your instrument? Because it's difficult enough to find a place that has an organ and even more difficult to have the chance to try playing the organ.

@@soominkim2370 I am actually a worship pianist. The organist in the church I attended was retiring, so I was invited to be trained as an organist. Having piano background helped, but organ is so much more difficult. Nearly broke my back practising on the pedals!

Right? So amazing.

yeah

Timestamp?

@@syrupuusabc5774 11:17-11:24

@@victorious179 thank you.

I could listen to her about everthing for the rest of my life too lol

Same here, I can’t even understand what she’s saying but her passion for this instrument is magical.

@@thibomeurkens2296 well I’m Chinese and I understand everything, and yeah she sounds like a nice teacher

Then you'll also like Rob Scallon's videos where he plays the pipe organ along with an organist.

@@thibomeurkens2296 Errr, turn on subtitles?

I'm guessing there was some keyboard practice of the Toccata and Fugue prior to this lesson.

@@kristinebenson6625 Ah, possibly! That would make me feel less inferior to them. 😅 (I'm kidding, I don't mind seeing people more talented than I!)

on point

@@kristinebenson6625 it's easy to play it and they already have some experience on it

Same here🥳👀

_I'm something of an organist myself._

Same here also

Me too

Oh my that's so cool that you can play the organ!

You actually _are_ inside the instrument because the pipes on big organs are usually embedded on the surrounding walls. Usually on a church. Which means there's an excessive amount of pipes far away from you playing in harmony. Loudly. So then, this particular organ must be incredible to behold live.

@@nodezsh Exactly! The one thing I'm super curious about is the materials used for the walls and ceiling here, cuz I'm used to old-ass stone walled French churches that have a specific resonance, but this is a modern hall that was I assume built specifically for the organ sound they wanted. They've must've tailored the acoustics to it! Listening in, it sounds much dryer, with less sound decay&reverb compared to what I heard in churches.

@@curio_sphere I just wanna know how Brett and Eddy managed to pull off this video. I also wanna hear it. However I have no frame of reference because i don't like churches. (I also don't know of any that have an organ anywhere in my town. I've never heard one from afar so I assume they just aren't here.)

@@nodezsh If you're in Europe, at least it's like that in France, there literally is at least one church per village (however small), and I'd say 80% of the time they have an organ. I'm not religious at all but I always go look inside the local church when I'm visiting somewhere to admire the organ, stained glass and overall architecture & sculptures! The church is often the biggest and most beautiful building in a village, it's wild how much people back in the day dedicated to religion.

As an organist it really pleases me to see others appreciate our instrument like this. It is sad though how many organs especially in North America are going to waste since no one plays them or repairs them.

Some pipes like 32' and 64' they make almost no sound, instead they emit waves that tremble the ground and all the bones inside your body

Love violin and all of the orchestral instruments, but organs are the definition of majestic!!!

I am Organist!

Couldn’t agree with you more. It’s a “whole body” experience when listening to an organ concert in person. The air in the room literally vibrates everything. 🌴☀️🌴

yes God likes this music. surely many kind spirits come .

You're epic too Ma'am

@@rajeealidao5296 You’re*

the power of the organ really dies that to you, considering this is a very large one renowned for its size

A lot of the other instruments involve actually learning posture, how to hold the instrument, and how to produce a sound. Since they already know how to play piano, a lot of the learning is already done so they can immediately get on to other things.

how do you guys practice organ? rent/borrow a church (music hall?) (this part of issue is always make me curious)

I find that quite ironic as she played Toccata at lightning speed 😂

@@Masterfighterx I thought the same thing. It was too fast in my opinion.

@@minnieyuyantung You can just go to the church in your town/ask nicely. Normally, If you play organ you know the organist in your church, he will let you practice there.

@@minnieyuyantung virtual pipe organ at home (MIDI keyboards + pedalboard + software like Hauptwerk)

@@Remy10_yt Not only some years. He went to competitions when he was younger. He kind of "hides" his piano skills.

@@marcellocoimbra4540 I knew he played as a kid. When they dud the childhood videos he was like "oh I couldn't play like that anymore" then just belts this out. Holy moly

I know right? Hes always a quick learner!

@@youinspiremyinnerserialkiller I mean… they still have a piano in their place lol including their violins. so I’m pretty sure Brett practices occasionally

Yup, he made it look really effortless and smooth...

With the number of voices on that monster I hardly think an hour would be enough....

@@altoclef6688 that organ has over 100 stops, I would spend hours playing around with it before actually practicing

Try the Johnathon Scot video on this organ. He does a full demonstration of it

@@edmundsmith3943 that was the first time I saw this organ, been in love with it ever since

They played it better than you ever will ;)

It's embarrassing, because the sound is so powerful, even when initiated accidentally. :P

Haha :) Perhaps that's why some clever organ builders once "invented" the GC piston... ;)

lol anne

I also occasionally accompany our church services on the organ. Seeing as I'm the pastor's wife with two small children who don't want to sit downstairs with someone else, I've experienced quite a few 'accidents' at the organ 🙈

haha yess Anne… that’s all too relatable 🤣

There are plenty of Super Audio CDs containing that kind of music. If you can afford the equipment to play it, anyways. There's some that contain surround audio, so the spatial effect will be there. Good subwoofers are fucking expensive, however. It's almost cheaper to just go to a concert.

@@nodezsh I agree, buying a set of speakers with good subwoofers and tweeters (ideally beryllium or diamond) is so expensive that it's generally more affordable to attend live events. Plus then you get to watch the musician in action :)

@@isaacmarks31 But going back to OP, I don't even know if there's even any binaural recordings of organ music out there, at all, like they want. Because good headphones are far cheaper than a surround SACD receiver system. Including DAC and amplifier. There's also DACs that can output DSD (which is what SACDs contain), like mine, and mine also comes with an integrated amplifier. Anyways. Would a binaural recording even work with organ music? Maybe it'd be interesting to find some Dolby Atmos release on Apple Music and listen with Airpods because they contain gyroscopes, apparently.

@@nodezsh Very good point.

4D audio lets gooo

Lol

Less of "smoke on the water", more of "Freebird solo part"

I agree with you! I really like their videos like this.

I knew Brett would do a great job. It's true that he doesn't show his keyboard skills often, but the times he does have consistently impressed me.

Is it just me or does Brett and piano (or keyboard instruments) look so good together

another alto clef here

My favourite piece is the toccata in f. A almost never ending evolving theme with huge pedal Solos that could awake the dead.

Thank you for the recommendations! They are both beautiful pieces, and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to them.

Every musician should be honored to meet the King of Instruments! Find Him in your area and greet him with a bow and a “greetings,Your Majesty.” He deserves to have his day brightened up!^^

I remember in college I was really impressed and stunned when we went to a rehearsal of the organ concert by Hans Andre Stamm. The organ they played it one was massive and really intimidating; to feel the rumble of bass-notes in your chair is like nothing else in the world...

yes because it's uhhhh IT'S FROM A ROCKET SHIP BABYYY

yeh it always reminds me of dancing mad from ff6 but then again im sure a lot of that was based on this just like a lot of other final fantasy music was born from the love of prog rock like elp's tarkus. music is a wonderful thing for bringing up memories

It always reminds me of phantom of the oprea and nosferatu

There's a KZfaq video about organs sounding so scary and it revolves around this exact piece.

When the pipe organ is the final boss and you have to beat it

They have wheels that big

A small pipe organ can be crammed in the spare bedroom or basement of an average 3 or 4 bedroom suburban American middle class home. I know; several of my friends have done it :D Sometimes also on the cheap (i. e. save the pipe organ from the scrap dealer, moving it yourself with buddies; restore it/install it yourself etc etc all of which requires tons of hours of labor and lots of knowledge / help). But you have to be willing to give up the space to the organ and also maintain it yourself (unless you're loaded $$,$$$ to have it professionally maintained). Some other people put it in the garage, attic, or better yet build a purpose-built outbuilding to house the organ, which might be a better option as then you can design better acoustics into the building (as few homes were ever designed FOR a pipe organ). This assumes you have enough extra land on your property (and can get a zoning permit) to put up such a building. By 'small' I mean between 3 ranks and maybe (if you really cram it) 15 or 20 ranks. Above that you need a bigger house :) Also, most of these instruments I mention are electro-pneumatic or direct-electric instruments which are designed to be installed in a CHAMBER (room for all the pipes / chests), not the classic "self contained tracker organs" that most people think about when they think "pipe organ", as most of those are not designed to be installed in a pipe chamber / room in a modular fashion, but have an entire enormous wooden CASE that is usually quite tall (usually 11' tall and higher) and cannot fit under normal suburban home ceilings unless you already have high ceilings and/or a mansion. Some people bump up their ceilings to fit such a self-contained organ, while a few others have taken a tracker organ apart and re-routed the trackers (connecting rods, usually wooden but sometimes metal, which connect the keys/console to the pipe chests), to go horizontally instead of vertically, or via another path to get to the organ chests in a different room. I actually saw an organ offered online in this state and it did kind of look like a mess but hopefully sounded good :) Hopefully they also kept all the case parts so it could be put together in a more original way by the next owner.

@@andrewbarrett1537 also I imagine someone trying to use PVC pipes instead of metal.

Organs come in a huge variety of sizes. Mine is only the size of a piano but minus the weight of the cast iron frame and they get small enough for a single person to comfortably carry.

That sounds amazing. What a great experience! I would love to visit that church one day to hear it played.

I love when music vibrates, it feels so cool. Best feeling ever. (Not in a bad way to dirty minded people)

Must be heaven

@@randomaussie3905 like when a cat purrs on your chest😊

@@fantasieanime yeah exactly like that

I know. I play organn too and eapecially in the night it can be scary but its a gloryous feeling being the "king" of that big room.

Like you’re foreshadowing your own doom!

I feel like as grander as the sound is, you’re also beckoning death with the instrument. Summoning an elderitch god with your song

Nah, I'd feel like a god.

I would love that😂

I'm very used to hearing the organ playing hymns for our church, meaning it's lost all its excitement and grandeur to me. This video showed me how awesome an organ can be!

That’s how I feel playing the piano unfortunately. I’d love to learn this amazing instrument!!

😆

Oh my god I thought this too haha

The tones are easier for Eddy because he has perfect pitch.

@@ihave3heads i never thought that perfect pitch would come in handy while speaking a language, but here we are

@@evajulijabelic9717 it's true!

@@evajulijabelic9717 I've read a relevant study before! Apparently, people whose mother tongue is a tonal language (Mandarin, etc.) are much more likely to have perfect pitch than others. Amazing example of nature vs nurture in music, I guess?

@@Lewej1 So that explains why i have perfect pitch for no reason at all xD

xD

Who dares to underestimate the pipe organs?? I guess it is just not remembered because of how expensive and hard it is to have access to it. But I guess there will be no one not agreeing it is a dope instrument.

I know, right!?

Sure, since it's the King of instruments :)

@@andrebenites9919 Well, almost every church in every village has a pipe organ, so it's very ease to have access to an organ. Actually, easier than that you first have to buy a recorder, violin or whatever.

@@RalphLooij Well, you're talking about churchs so obviously it really depends on where you live. As in country.

True!! The sound effect, either!

A bit late, but OK ;)

Not true still waiting on a legit Tuba or euphonium vid 😤

@@MaxRamos8 Like you just said, "still waiting." 🤷🏽‍♀️

Hmm viola Bass

@@binay413963 They did do a video on the Viola.

Years of violin and piano experience plus perfect pitch equals cybernetic titanium human skills 😂

衛武營有最大的管風琴

衛武營的音樂廳真的很棒！要不是住在北部不然真的很想多下去聽音樂會QwQ

One Sunday in church our organist"s baby got away from his mom and crawled underneath the organ (a familiar place for him), We kept singing and our organist kept playing... in spite of the odd loud sounds coming from the organ

She's probably taught many others before who did the same thing

The teacher in that video is telling them to play a part "like it was an organ". ✌

He surprised himself 😲

I love the organ too. It's really a wonder that it began its life as a hydraulis, something small and portable, and would grow to be something which weighs many elephants.

yes, different levels of pipes does not have any effect over youtube, you have to be there

I second this, I've learned so much about classical guitar, lute, and theorbo from him!

YES, let's have HIP Twoset, it is long since no vibrato hit

get this to the top

Yes do it

Yes, please. He is awesome.

Yes it's like the organ equivalent of the prelude in G for the cello

Me too, which was kinda disappointing. However, I do understand why they chose it.

@@maurmi Or Smoke on the Water on guitar.

@@WayneKitching or Fur Elise in piano

Agreed! 😍

Give a listen to the Dorian Toccata sometime.

@@mkshffr4936 thank you for the recommendation! i'll give it a go!

I wonder, what was the world like before we had Bach's piece as a 'show-off' piece? What did organists play to impress people???

​@@MitchBoucherComposer Buxtehude...

@@karlrovey Yeah, you're right; him, Bruhns, Lubeck, and Pachelbel...

Brett used to learn paino when he was a kid!

Brett used to play piano as a kid and participated in piano competitions

@@chrismiranda5461 I was really amazed by his piano skills in that video🤣

@@jennybai293 saaaammmee

Ah yes the nice grills

Learning to be a doctor in one hour next? 😨

I think almost all classical musicians have trained at least a bit on a keyboard, especially piano, usually from a very young age. They generally can’t even enter a conservatory, or major in music at a college, without being able to sight read and play piano music, even if their instrument is the flute, or trombone, or anything else they has nothing to do with a keyboard. I’m not a musician, but correct me if I’m wrong.

i felt the same! it was so weird hearing and seeing it in there.

that awesome!!

Same ! I'm French and it always disturbed me to see pictures of huge organs in Asia and America while over here it's basically a part of the architecture of your small town church or huge 150m tall cathedral

@@wxcvbndu51 exactly! You get to listen to organs everyday if you want, religious pieces, though, because it's a part of a service ;) but organists often have concerts in churches, for free. An organist at my local church stays a bit after a Mass and plays a little concert, usually some hits like toccata and fugue :) I guess, for many Europeans organ music = church music. And an organist is someone who plays organs and sings in church.

@@millie5205 yeah I remember one day back when I was playing saxophone, being like 12, we played in my town's cathedral, which happened to have the biggest pipe organ in the region, and there was an organist there It was sooo impressive I still remember it to this day, I can definitely see why middle ages europeans decided to put it in churches, you really feel tiny and powerless compared to the sound of it

4:47 Look mommy! I did it!

For real?!?! 👀

👀

Idk it could be the Camera-san?

that’s the camera crew, not every random person spotted in the video would be editor-san

Most likely not editor san, who shall ever remain a mystery

This is just the beginning ;)

And the stops... dont forget the stops (the buttons that control each sound)

Oh, it's really complex, yes! A whole video on explaining the various stops and their sounds would take a super long time...

Each organ is different so the time difference might not be the same with each one that you play. The ones that I have played, I didn't have to adjust to congregation so I've been lucky.

Oh but I don't think they had to learn finger substitution though. I haven't learned this piece but I don't think finger substitution is necessary for it. If I remember correctly, there is also the repeated notes rule. Point is yeah, there is quite a lot about organ, but it's a really nice instrument. If you want a nice piece to listen to, try Prelude and Fuge A minor.

It's not easy belive me even on a small organ