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is organ & piano music the same thing? I want to play an orgnan piece on the piano, but is has two bass clefs on the bottom…do I ignore the second bass clef?

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  1. August 14th, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    simpson fan says:

    yes but you have on organ music a extra staff it’s a another bass clef which is played on the pedels or you could have a treble clef & a bass clef & if the bass cleff have have a cord & one staff is facing down & one is up the it means you play the ones withe the staff facing down it means it the pedels or if it says ped. or man. means play with the top key board & ped is pedals but you can play piano music on the organ it’s almost the same but remember if you want the organ to sound loud or soft use the swell pedal because their is no touch sense on a organ

  2. August 14th, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    triumpha says:

    The lower of the two bass clefs in organ sheet music is for the organ pedals, which the piano does not have.
    As a general rule in music, the most important parts are the main melody & the bass line. So the answer to your question is no, do not ignore the lower bass clef because it contains the very important bass line. You might try playing these notes an octave higher & possibly leaving out some notes in the upper bass clef. It totally depends on the particular piece of music.
    If you’d like to play organ music on the piano in the future, your best bet is to find pieces written for “organ, manuals only” (the term “manuals” refers to the actual keyboards on an organ). These pieces will not have that second bass clef.

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