Hammond B3 Minor Chords : Hammond B3 Tips: Minor Chord Tips

Smoothing out minor chords on a Hammond organ can be done largely with the expression pegs. Play a Hammond organ like a pro with the tips from this seasoned veteran musician in this free video clip.

Expert: Geoffrey Killebrew
Bio: Geoffrey Killebrew is the music director for Grace Christian Center Church in Worcester, Mass. He has been playing the Hammond organ and keyboards for eight years.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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• music theory
• chords
• notes
• scales

[xkylex2231]

Just to clarify for all you 11 year olds out there. G# minor is the relative minor to B. Need proof? Do the major scale starting at B. READY? B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, B. Notice any Aflat in there anywhere? So even though we know that G# and Aflat are the same single "note", when your talking relative minors, it HAS to be refered to as G#minor. That is basic music theory!

[1334trek]

Thanks. I see all the negative comments. I would love to see tham do the same thing. I can nitpick anything. Conservatory trained and gigs all over the world. Shut up tearing people apart!

[lutonguy]

My friend Tom Green says "he's right". Thanks.

[robbertzzzzz]

@bachinblack94 Nope, wrong. On modern day instruments, this is right. But with some older instruments, there is a difference between Ab and G#. The G# is a little bit lower than Ab, and thus is G# minor scale the same as B major scale, and is Ab minor scale the same as Cb major scale. On your piano they sound the same, but technically there is a slight difference between the two.

[quaecky]

great demo bra!

[phnaag]

what the fsck.ext3 is that discussion here? For a given major scale you get the relative minor by going down a small third from the root note and using the same notes of the original scale, but with the new root.

Cmaj scale -> Amin scale, Dmaj -> Bmin, ..., Bmaj -> Abmin..

now dont think those two keys are the same.. you can shift dorian to mixolydian to lokrian modes across the keyboard.. just because its the same notes, it does NOT sound the same. tonal centre defines the sound.

[xkylex2231]

@lynnsp I used to own a B3 about 30 yrs ago,(got rid of it for a dx7.......i know, i know......) I did this a couple of times myself, but i felt like it was ruining the organ. One of my organ idols that did or does this alot is Chester Thompson of Tower of Power, and most recently with Santana. Ive seen a few videos on YT of him doing it. Just check old TOP videos or the more recent Santana ones. Hope this helps.

[lynnsp]

Can't find the answer to this... there is an effect I used to see players do... as I remember, they would hold a chord .. switch the b3 power off .. making the chord notes go flying crazily off in pitch. ... then quickly click the power back on to continue playing. Haven't seen people do that on a b3 for 30 some years ... any videos around of using that effect ?

[bachinblack94]

@stevenfusc what the fuck are you saying? Between G and A there is only a semitone, G-Sharp (or A-flat, if you prefer.) Consequentially, G-Sharp or A flat are the same note and G-Sharp minor and A-flat minor are the same chord, even if with different names.

[stevenufsc]

@bachinblack94 wrong!