Rodgers Trilogy - Registration Hints and Guides; Pedal Division Registration

SOME REGISTRATION HINTS FOR THE 32-B AND THE TRILOGY
The following guides to stop selection include manual by manual suggestions as to
basic combinations of organ voices, as well as a reference guide for interpreting
the stop suggestions of published organ music. The latter is especially important
because most organ music is published with only general suggestions for registra-
tion. This is because every organ is different in some way from the organ that the
composer had at his disposal. Therefore, names of some stops would be meaning-
less on some instruments. The way to get to know the 32- B and the Trilogy is to
experiment freely with the sounds of the instruments, and the following basic guide
will help you achieve good classic registration skills. At the end of this section will
be found several full organ registrations, given as the basis for certain specific
styles and periods of musical practice.
PEDAL DIVISION
The term IlAppropriate Pedal
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often appears on suggested registrations. The
suggestion seems obvious at first, but Pedal stop selection is as much an art as
manual selection. In most organ playing the Pedal is simply used to provide the
foundation (bass) for manual work. The use of 16' voices provides the subhar-
monies necessary to undergird the manual tonal structure.
PUBLISHED SUGGESTION
1. Light 16' Pedal
2. Soft 16' & 8'
3. Basic MP to MF Pedal
4. Foundations 16' & 8'
5. Foundations 16' & 8'
6. Full Pedal
32-B
TRILOGY
16' Lieblich Gedeckt
16'
Lieblich Gedeckt
16'
Lieblich Gedeckt 16'
Lieblich Gedeckt
8' Flute or Gemshorn
8'
Flute
16' Bourdon
16'
Bourdon
8' Flute (Gemshorn)
8'
Flute
16'
Bourdon, Dulciana
16'
Bourdon
8' Octave, Gemshorn
8'
Octave
16'
Diapason, Bourdon
16'
Diapason,
Bourdon
8' Octave, Flute
8' Flute
16'
Diapason, Bourdon,
16'
Diapason, Bourdon
Trombone
8'
Octave, Flute
8' Octave, Flute,
Gemshorn
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