Chords for CSO: JL Weiler on the CSO's Organ
Tempo:
117.65 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
My name is Jeff Weiler.
I [C] am the organ curator for the Chicago Symphony.
have a very unique musical role that's different from [A] the instruments that [Dm] you might hear at church, for [C] example.
organ has to be able to rise above and completely engulf the entire orchestra and chorus.
[Am] you that the Chicago Symphony Casavant organ [C] [G] does that with tremendous ease.
[C] are sometimes flabbergasted [F] at [E] the scope of the instrument.
[A] colossal piece of musical machinery.
[C] Audiences see the organist at the console.
I [C] am the organ curator for the Chicago Symphony.
have a very unique musical role that's different from [A] the instruments that [Dm] you might hear at church, for [C] example.
organ has to be able to rise above and completely engulf the entire orchestra and chorus.
[Am] you that the Chicago Symphony Casavant organ [C] [G] does that with tremendous ease.
[C] are sometimes flabbergasted [F] at [E] the scope of the instrument.
[A] colossal piece of musical machinery.
[C] Audiences see the organist at the console.
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_ My name is Jeff Weiler.
I [C] am the organ curator for the Chicago Symphony.
_ Of course, [E] concert hall organs have a very unique musical role that's different from [A] the instruments that [Dm] you might hear at church, for [C] example.
And there are times when the concert hall organ _ has to be able to rise above and completely engulf the entire orchestra and chorus.
And I'm happy to tell [Am] you that the Chicago Symphony Casavant organ [C] _ [G] does that with tremendous ease.
_ _ Audiences [C] are _ sometimes _ flabbergasted [F] at [E] the scope of the instrument.
This is a _ [A] colossal piece of musical machinery.
[C] Audiences see the organist at the console.
Well, that's not the organ. _
_ [G] Audiences see the pipes in the three bays above the choral terrace.
Well, that's where the organ is, but it's only a tiny, tiny portion of the organ.
What you don't get to see [C] is really the most fascinating part of the instrument.
This organ contains some 3 _ ,414 pipes, the longest of which is 32 feet long.
And by contrast, the smallest pipe in the organ is only about [B] 5 eighths of an inch long.
And of [D] course, you have everything in between.
There's an interconnectedness [Gb] between the console that they see on the stage, the organ blower room, which is two [C] floors below ground,
and then the organ loft, [G] which is on the third floor of the [A] hall, and it spans the entire width of the building.
Our job is made much [Gm] easier because the environment in Orchestra Hall is so carefully controlled.
_ _ Before every performance, using the pipe organ, we visit the organ, we make sure that it is well in tune,
we touch up the tuning, all in keeping with the [Abm] maintenance of this very high level of performance standard,
which typically takes us four or five hours, _ _ the [G] organ's ready to go.
We're very, very grateful for our ongoing [D] relationship [Eb] with the Chicago Symphony.
[Bb] _ [Fm] It's an amazing, [Bm] amazing group of [Dm] people, _ [Em] both those that we see on the [F] stage [G] and those that we [C] don't see on the stage.
[Cm] It's really a big [Dm] family, _ [F] and we're very happy to be a part of that family.
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_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
I [C] am the organ curator for the Chicago Symphony.
_ Of course, [E] concert hall organs have a very unique musical role that's different from [A] the instruments that [Dm] you might hear at church, for [C] example.
And there are times when the concert hall organ _ has to be able to rise above and completely engulf the entire orchestra and chorus.
And I'm happy to tell [Am] you that the Chicago Symphony Casavant organ [C] _ [G] does that with tremendous ease.
_ _ Audiences [C] are _ sometimes _ flabbergasted [F] at [E] the scope of the instrument.
This is a _ [A] colossal piece of musical machinery.
[C] Audiences see the organist at the console.
Well, that's not the organ. _
_ [G] Audiences see the pipes in the three bays above the choral terrace.
Well, that's where the organ is, but it's only a tiny, tiny portion of the organ.
What you don't get to see [C] is really the most fascinating part of the instrument.
This organ contains some 3 _ ,414 pipes, the longest of which is 32 feet long.
And by contrast, the smallest pipe in the organ is only about [B] 5 eighths of an inch long.
And of [D] course, you have everything in between.
There's an interconnectedness [Gb] between the console that they see on the stage, the organ blower room, which is two [C] floors below ground,
and then the organ loft, [G] which is on the third floor of the [A] hall, and it spans the entire width of the building.
Our job is made much [Gm] easier because the environment in Orchestra Hall is so carefully controlled.
_ _ Before every performance, using the pipe organ, we visit the organ, we make sure that it is well in tune,
we touch up the tuning, all in keeping with the [Abm] maintenance of this very high level of performance standard,
which typically takes us four or five hours, _ _ the [G] organ's ready to go.
We're very, very grateful for our ongoing [D] relationship [Eb] with the Chicago Symphony.
[Bb] _ [Fm] It's an amazing, [Bm] amazing group of [Dm] people, _ [Em] both those that we see on the [F] stage [G] and those that we [C] don't see on the stage.
[Cm] It's really a big [Dm] family, _ [F] and we're very happy to be a part of that family.
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