Canon in D (PIPE ORGAN) by Pachelbel

[bigredfox100]

Just curious;  even doing the organ in addition to the piano is quite an accomplishment. I admire what you have shown here, though was first interested in you on twitter

[bigredfox100]

What other instruments do you play besides piano and organ?

[willjustice89]

@bigredfox100 the organ//piano are the only two instruments that I'm comfy with =}

[bigredfox100]

What other instruments do you play (besides organ and piano)?

[RevealUsYourLove]

wow, first year of organ playing and you can play this? im learning the organ, the 3rd month now. Hey, are you able to give me the sheet music?

[willjustice89]

@RevealUsYourLove Hi RevealUsYourLove. Would be happy to give you a copy of this piece. Just send me a message. =]. Mind you.. this is a piano piece I'm playing, but I formed it into an Organ piece. :P

[mostPLAYkey]

it sounds like canon rock by Jerry C ..... which one is the original name and of the writter??

[iamatruthseeker]

AWESOME!

[leeheene]

looks like klaus in vampire diaries !!!

[willjustice89]

@leeheene lol. Well.. is he decent looking ? if So.. that's all that matters! =]

[deAbreu2000]

great version! i love it

[petterdiesel]

No way! You live in alabama?! So do I! What part you live in?

[willjustice89]

@petterdiesel lol)* Of course =] Birmingham, AL, is my city =]. Great place

[petterdiesel]

@willjustice89 Awesome! It's nice to know that there is more alabamains making the transition from piano to organ!

[321111321]

@petterdiesel

it was originally for pipe organ

[petterdiesel]

@321111321 Yes, That's true. Pachelbel did write this awesome piece for organ! But what I meant though, Was is your making the transition from pianist to organist.LOL!

[AngloAm]

Angelic.

[cristianherandrade]

Hello. Sounds good, just a little slow. but congratulations on your taking the time and work on a musical instrument so precious and sublime. Now if you play well in a few years you'll be a great organist. Cristian's father, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[lauratandrussh]

Gorgeous! Brought tears to my eyes, will be walking down the aisle to this in just over 3 weeks!

[willjustice89]

@lauratandrussh Congrats! How was your wedding? =]

[quilton92]

Well played, especially the pedals for your first year of organ playing. I hope you continue to play the King of Instruments!

[yamahonkawazuki]

a tad fast but very nicely done. keep it up. classical i love. do whatever you choose to do, and do it well. i hope you choose classical in addition to whatever else you play. not many good classical players left. hardly any young ones. younger folks doing this, will inspire the next generation into doing something that is cool.

[steamrocks]

willjustice89: Got your last message last night, contact me privately at steamrocks@yahoo.com Tell me what you think of the theater organ rock videos. There are more to come. I am currently rehearsing a very well known 80's metal tune by Iron Maiden. As soon as as I can get a good take recorded, I will post it. Will talk soon.

[steamrocks]

I read that you are a pianist "making the switch" to organ. Happy transition! As you play organ more, you will get more used to the legato touch it requires (because, unlike piano, you do not have to mechanically strike keys) I certainly hope you stick with it, you have made great strides. Maybe some day you will be introduced to......Theater organ!

[willjustice89]

@steamrocks Appreciate that, sir =] Yes, I'm trying to get the feel of the organ.. since I've been a piano player for roughly 13 years. I've been able to differentiate the difference in techniques and such. "Little Fugue" by Bach is the piece that I heard that drove me organ bonkers. :P. I live so close to the Alabama Theatre and its theatre organ, the Mighty Wurlitzer. I might go play it someday :P heh.

[steamrocks]

@willjustice89 For some out-of-the-ordinary theater organ, search my name 'les knoll' on youtube. You will find all pop rock and hard rock stuff on there, from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody on my studio VirTual theater organ to Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" on on the giant Atlanta Fox Moller Theater Organ. That might set you in yet a DIFFERENT direction.

[willjustice89]

@steamrocks I shall do some serious searching! =] Glad the weekend's here. Now, I have a little time to watc some YouTube vids. You seem to be an EXPERT on organs. =] NEATO!

[MrStan1941]

Nice balance of stops and not too heavy at the bottom.

[55vadamee]

Dude, you make that look good IN A HOODIE!

[willjustice89]

@55vadamee lol I shall DEFINITELY take that as a compliment. =] heh.

[NinaRainful]

You play so maginificently.

[willjustice89]

@NinaRainful Why, thank you =] Appreciate that . =] Its probably a little high, but I enjoyed making the video =]

[m173627]

you need some lower registrations. its all high notes. add some bass pipes

[willjustice89]

@m173627 Yeah, I was going through the "Church Organ" phase when I started becoming interested in the organ. :P. So, it's all high notes. Since I've kooled down.. I would now probably do a Voix Celeste, Violin and Flute or something....

[mikesandytoes]

sounds like this should b in the game CastleVania :P

[bradman366]

i must say this sounds good but i agree that its way to staccato :) but still good work and how come you are not playing the organ console in the background of the video?

[willjustice89]

@bradman366 Yeah... I know.. I had been playing piano for 13 years prior to the organ, hence the staccato.. so, I was still getting used to the organ around the time of the making of this video. I can play more legato nowadays. That organ in the background is just a display organ. heh. IT doesn't work :(

[flissflower1]

I had this piece as I walked down the aisle sounds do beautiful on the organ in a church well played !

[SphinxFriend]

Sounded good to me. You played well.

[willjustice89]

@SphinxFriend Appreciate =] You're the best =]

[julieob2010]

i reely like this my mum played put she has passed wawy now 5 years it makes me want to cry and am getin marred im 3 weeks and havein it at my wedding

[allenorgan27]

i know this piece and at first i would use some soft strings and then ad flute and not get that loud untill the end

[CantorNikolaos]

I'd give anything for my church to have a pipe organ. We have a horrid electronic mockery of an organ. 

[ROFLMASTER1]

It sounds like you just took a piano sheet and played it on the organ. Unfortunately that usually results in the piece sounding like it's being played by a barrel organ. There are a few versions of this song written especially for organ. I suggest you give those a look. The less legato in slow pieces, the weirder it will sound on an organ.

[willjustice89]

@ROFLMASTER1 Believe it or not.. that's EXACTLY what I did. I played a piano sheet of music, but the reason to that is because around the time this video was made.. I was JUST GETTING INTERESTED in the Organ. So, all of my music before that were 12 years worth of piano music lol. I just had to work w/ what I had.

[ROFLMASTER1]

@willjustice89 My ears rarely deceive me :P. Still technique wise you're good. I suggest you take a look at Mark William's arrangement of the canon. It's for organ and not that difficult to play. It's quite a good peace to practice legato and silent finger changes. It's in this book for example...maybe you can even download it somewhere, I'm not sure though: "From This Day Forward" by Mark Williams.

[pifer09]

Awesome Job Will!! I really loved it...I'm going to try this next time I play @ church. If only my organ sounded as good as this one...ours is a digital organ :(

[willjustice89]

@pifer09 Appreciate it :) Thx! :) - Yeah, I assure you.. today, I would have played that piece w/ violins and a flute or something.. but the time I recorded this video... I was ORGAN crazy and wanted the loud church sound lol.

[PhilleVarg]

Hi!

This is a very nice version, do you have the sheets? I'm looking for a nice version to my wedding!!

[mpollux2]

How much was that one?

[willjustice89]

@mpollux2 I haven't the slightest idea! Good question* ((this is the school organ.. not mine))

[GlennKeefe37]

Hello,

I loved your playing, good speed to the piece, but I felt it was a little too bright for me, it would be fun to see you build the piece, starting with the flutes maybe 8'. I like the Pedal, but again it was a little too bright. Love the interpretation as well. Keep playing, and remember to put back the stops - LOL

Cheers

[Tzengen]

The tempo is O.K

I actually have 2 organs at homex)

[hotluxembourgreggae]

omg you're playing it very fast! i'm playing much slower

[Krazykid12100]

beautiful sound the organ makes

[theaterpipe1]

Is this organ in a church or in someone's home?

[willjustice89]

It's in a small Chapel (now a College Music Classroom).

[Kokosiak1]

do you know someone who has got organ at home? i dont :)

[willjustice89]

I do lol.

[Kokosiak1]

then he is f*cking rich i think :)

[willjustice89]

lol I'm the one w/ the organ at home.

[Kokosiak1]

you are the lucky one.. maybe a rich one?

[willjustice89]

lol, no. Not a rich one. Just had to work and save to buy one.

[mpollux2]

@Kokosiak1

Im not realy rich but I have a four manual organ in my house library.

[simmo303]

@Kokosiak1 I know a guy who has two! One pipe and one electric - and he only lives in a small terraced house.

[who8mahbacon]

when i get rich enough to purchase a custom house im having it all built around an organ

[holyr0ck]

Hi,

do you use on the manual the "Quinte" or some "Tongues"?

[BroderickGoertzen]

Great work. Watch the crossing noises though.

[StopTheMoti0n]

YES YOU SHOULD LEARN LITTLE FUGUE!!! that's the greatest organ song ever written

[dacatholicbandorgan]

Sounds great.

[TheEvilClown1]

omg thats awesome!

[MasterOfTheKeyz]

Wow! Great job! I love the sound of the pipe organ, it's absolutely unparalleled by any other instrument.

I played organ for a while, but my church told me to stop because I kept forgetting to put the stops back how they were before!

[dacatholicbandorgan]

You should continue to play the organ somewhere else then.

[MasterOfTheKeyz]

Sounds like a good idea!

[willjustice89]

@MasterOfTheKeyz I agree*)! I LOVE the sound of the pipe organ! Now, that's ridiculous.. they told you to stop because of you putting the stops as they were?? Can they not set them back themselves?? It's not a grueling process*) Sorry to hear about that.

[kishi007]

wow. i would like to play organ too, but i found no in all the singapore church!! what a pity .......

[gibb744]

Church of the Risen Christ, Holy Spirit Church, Cathedral of the Good Shepard, Paya Lebar Methodist Chucrh, St.Andrews Cathedral and many more.

[Byaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

organs r huge.

[SammyR80]

Wow. Really Good!!

I marry in May and this song is our introduction song!! Thank´s you!!!

I played it the organists, so we would like to have also played it!!

Super!!

[Sophz86]

This is gorgeous, I am planning to walk down the aisle to this piece in about 3 weeks and wanted to hear how it would sound on a pipe organ. Listening to this I know I've made the right choice, thanks a lot :)

[CoolbreezeX82X]

one of the best pipe versions ive heard. good job!

[hannes193]

Relly good!

did you have sheet on this song for organ?

[nicks1258]

it sounds to me like he was splitting the piano parts and play the bass on the foot pedals and added in some improve i think he did really good :)

[willjustice89]

Thanks Hannes193. I actually learned the Canon in D for memory *which is why you see no sheet sitting up on the organ (The only sheet up there is a piece that I have to play for my college) lol.

This arrangement of the CANON is actually for Piano... but it's easy to play it as an Organ piece. Just play the Piano piece and add the first 8 notes in the bass (pedal) over and over (that's what makes it a CANON) :)

[macsandpcs1234567890]

Wow. Great playing! That's one of the best I've seen in a while. Also, Great editing!

[littledagny]

I love the sound of this organ! It's so bright! Lovely :-)  Nice playing as well

[TheTerminalMoose]

Great job! Absolutely FANTABULAMAZING! I'm 14, so I guess this song is a little abnormal for me to have stuck in my head, but, HEY, who cares! You are terrific! I doubt Pachelbel envisioned this piece being watched by thousands of people on YoutTube... Especially since the computer wasn't invented then :D Splendid!

[advisorC101]

Thats a nice piece! I need to learn it, Is that the first real organ you've played?

[willjustice89]

Hi advisorC101. Canon in D is a real good piece and it's not really that hard to learn. Yeah, it's the very first actual organ I've played. The closest I ever came before this was playing "Organ" set on a small electronic keyboard.

[advisorC101]

That's great! Same here I only started about three months ago playing actual pipe organs but my first piece is quite a crazy acomplishment but this is quite relaxing.

[stevensturgis]

Good job!!!!!!!!!!!1Keep up the good work