Dracula (Church Organ) music?

Biu

Biu

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Hey, guys. I really suck at the piano. I think this has something to do with the fact that the music my teacher gives me doesn't interest me at all. Lately, I've been fascinated by that evil, spooky Dracula-type music that you in hear vampire movies. I have a Roland XP-50 Keyboard and it has a "Church Organ" patch that I really love the tone of, but I don't know how to play anything cool on it.

Are there any books or videos out there that teach this style? What exactly would you call this type of music? I'd also like to pick some of it up on guitar, so any form of instructional aid on guitar would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

-Biu
 
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Check out some re-runs of the Adams Family. Watch Lurch's technique :) Just kidding, of course :) ( But....Lurch was pretty tough on the Ol Pipe Organ LOL . )
 
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buy a CD, Bach's 'Art of the Fugue', not only great music, but it will creep out everyone who hears it. Great for blasting through the car stereo in the parkinglot of Wal Mart.
 
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Biu said:
Hey, guys. I really suck at the piano. I think this has something to do with the fact that the music my teacher gives me doesn't interest me at all. Lately, I've been fascinated by that evil, spooky Dracula-type music that you in hear vampire movies. I have a Roland XP-50 Keyboard and it has a "Church Organ" patch that I really love the tone of, but I don't know how to play anything cool on it.

Are there any books or videos out there that teach this style? What exactly would you call this type of music? I'd also like to pick some of it up on guitar, so any form of instructional aid on guitar would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

-Biu
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It's mainly referred to as Gothic, and then later Barquoe ...Classical came along a bit later ...yeah Bach is good. Any book on *common-practic period music theory) should help you out. Gregorian chant is also part of the earlier church works. Hey I can send ya a midi file of a piece I did, but I doubt it will help you out in that respect. A good college level music theory text will cover that stuff in the beginning (as they often go chronologically as to musical styles), ans will be of more use than any crash course in faking one style.
 
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check out some gothic music books. they will surely have some help for you.
 
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most recognizable / biggest cliche "scary organ music'' piece = tocatta and fugue in D minor by j.s. bach

i played it on my gtr synth the day i got it and my (then) 8 and 5 year old sons freaked RIGHT the hell out :-)

have fun
cheers,
t4d
 
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Thanks, guys! I'll check out some Bach. I never knew it fit under the category of Baroque music. I really like Baroque, but I think all of the examples I've heard of it were guitar versions, so I never associated it with piano or organ.

What exactly was Gothic back then? I know that these days, gothic=creepy, eye-shadow and leather wearing teens that listen to black metal. Weren't the Goths ancient German tribes?
 
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The 'Gothic' stuff came after Baroque.... i'd say the first ever 'goth' was Nicolo Paganini... at least he was the first albino'd, black clothes wearing skinny freak.

I agree with what was recommended... Toccata and Fugue in Dm by Bach.
 
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Mattt said:
The 'Gothic' stuff came after Baroque.... i'd say the first ever 'goth' was Nicolo Paganini... at least he was the first albino'd, black clothes wearing skinny freak.

I agree with what was recommended... Toccata and Fugue in Dm by Bach.
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Actually Gothic predates Baroque, came out of Gregoran Chant ... it wasn't *scary* per se' at least that's not how they of the era looked at it. The Renaissance period was the beginning of polyphonic music as we know it, since some of the Baroque stuff drew back upon it, I can see how people would make that mistake. Gothic doesn't quite mean now what the term ment at the time, now it's used more as a slang term ... i.e. oohhh scary ... :saeek:
 
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Mincer said:
buy a CD, Bach's 'Art of the Fugue', not only great music, but it will creep out everyone who hears it. Great for blasting through the car stereo in the parkinglot of Wal Mart.
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ahhh you beat me to it. We studied Bach's Fugues in and out. There was a specific one I was trying to remember, but I don't know what it is now.

Bach and Mozart were the old school rock stars baby.
 
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I just read a short bio on Pagini. Very cool stuff, musta been an intense shredder back then. That's crazy how sick he was, how sensetive his ears were, and how everyone thought he was the son of the devil! :cool3: :13:
 
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Yeah Biu, he was nuts. Check out Antonio Vivaldi, a towering figure of the late Italian Baroque. Just check him out, check out ALL the choral music he wrote, that will scare.
 
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tone4days said:
i wondered how long it would take someone to pick up on it :laugh2:

cheers
t4d
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Well if someone's gonna be predictable, it might as well be me ;)
 
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Tocatta & Fugue by JS Bach is a pretty amazing piece. Actually ANYTHING by Bach sounds like God on a pipe organ. That "Foreplay" by Boston prior to "Long Time" is based on a Bach composition, if I remember correctly. Scholz is a much better keyboard player than a guitarist.
 
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Hey guys, I just learned "Theme and Variation from Caprice #24" yesterday at guitar lessons. It's soo cool! Now I just gotta get it up to speed.
 
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Also check out organ music by Dietrich Buxtehude. J.S. Bach once walked over 200 miles (!) to hear Buxtehude play.
 
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