Trumpet Voluntary by John Stanley Performed by Britt

This is the full tempo performance version. I also have a slow practice "tutorial version" for people learning this piece. This is based on an arrangement by Diane Bisch. I changed a few minor things to suit my style and taste, as well as the 20 note pedal board (AGO organs have 32 note pedal boards). This is my ONE and ONLY classical organ piece that I play on the organ. I normally play pop & movie music. I was inspired to learn this piece after seeing my organ hero and friend "Hector Olivera" perform about 17 years ago. The organ is a 1992 Yamaha Electone EL90. I use traditional pipe organ stops but chose to use a "real trumpet" sound as the main instrument. You may notice how dynamically expressive it is. The expression is controlled by the amount of pressure you apply to the key after it is depressed. I did about a dozen takes and of course non of them perfect, but this is the best one. The only thing I wasn't happy with were a couple of the trumpet trills. You may notice that I prefer to play in tennis shoes, specifically DC skate shoes. This video was recorded with a Canon GL2 video camera on the keyboards and a Sony TRV38 video camera on the pedal board. The audio was captured directly with the Roland Edirol R-09HR digital recorder. I edited the video with Sony Vegas Pro 8.0 I prefer to play in DC Skate Tennis Shoes.

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• allen
• baldwin
• rodgers
• mighty
• wurlitzer

[aBachwardsfellow]

A good tempo for a 'performance' of this piece (around 140). For an actual processional, I would drop it to around 122-128 and expand the trumpet a bit - instead of tah - di-di - di- tah, more at tah - di-tah - di-tah; not just slower, but with attitude and plenty of punch. Close your eyes and think of ushering a princess down the aisle - see the majesty, pomp, and adoration - royality should not be rushed - I'd love to hear you play it like that. Do you also play the 'traditional' organ?

[brittmusic]

@aBachwardsfellow thanks for the comment; i've heard it played so many ways, i like this one, there were a few spots where the trumpet trills didn't come out the way i wanted, i've played pipe organs before, but not too much

[robbiedoesNL]

Hi there!

What an excellent performance here. I'm stunned by the quality of the organ sound and the realistic trumpet sound (with aftertouch) on an organ of that age. Yamaha has always been the best :-) !!!!

Is that reverb also from the Yamaha or is it added by the Roland Digital recorder (I use the Roland VS-1680)?

Greetings, Robert

[brittmusic]

@robbiedoesNL The reverb is built in to the EL-90. Nothing was added by the Roland Digital Recorder.

[calinco2080]

Surfing amongst the Stanley waves I dropped in on this one thinking, "Wow, that's pretty neat for a young teen-aged boy! He does well and should have a full AGO keyboard to jam on!" Apologies, Mr. Cawthon, but those dancing, pigeon-toed sneakers faked me out !

[brittmusic]

LOL...I can only stand to wear tennis shoes when I play!

[stagea11]

hi there.... great performance.............. so amazing.................. by the way, i'm planning to get an electone. which is more user friendly an EL90 or EL900m?

[resultant64]

Nice playing just a bit slower would be good.. Wonder how it would sound on the Roland atelier series.....

[tessgregory987]

@sohotsoefy go to chappells of bond street web site. they have every piece of sheet music in the world

[tessgregory987]

Very well played although a little faster than i think Mr. Stanley intended. However it's technically superb and highly enjoyable. Thank you. I own four teenagers and they all wear trainers - even with suits - so i know where you're coming from.

[themates46]

Very good, how long you learning this song . please thank you

[timo201282]

very very very very well done....

i like to listen to it all the time!!

AND: i like to see it played with sneakers (i couldn't....) :-D

good job!!!

[aBachwardsfellow]

@aBachwardsfellow -- on a different note (or rather, several-thousands of notes...) -- as dear to my heart as the Baroque is, I HAVE to say, "HO-LY COW!!!" on that 1992 Yamaha Electone Finalist performance!!! YIKES! I think even Bach would stand and applaud that one! What a fantastic, superb combination of musicianship, talent and technology! KUDOS BEACOUP! ... and thanks for posting that -- keep 'em coming!

[aBachwardsfellow]

@brittmusic - yep -- I like this one too! :-) - been playin' it quite a few times -- haven't heard anything noticeable in the trills -- could have been different, but they're not bad at all. While you can't beat a REALLY GOOD pipe organ in a REALLY GOOD room, it's hard to get access to those !! Too often the pipe organs we hear and play are much less than optimal -- and unfortunantly the sound can't be customized the way you can an EL-90 !!! - a very nice registration & performance!!

[sohotsoefy]

hey! can you upload the sheet??? here in italy is not possible to find it! please :(