Chords for Reggae bubble on organ

Tempo:
75.275 bpm
Chords used:

G

Am

C

F

Abm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Reggae bubble on organ chords
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Hi, my name is Dave.
I'm the keyboardist with the Reggae Rock Band Echo Movement, and I'm
going to talk about the classic organ reggae bubble.
The boards that I use are a Nord Electro 3 on top, primarily for organs, and a Korg Triton
on the bottom, primarily for pianos.
On the B3, you want the manual set to 8, across the board, and 3 on top. Normally, I keep this on a slow setting with no vibrato, no chorus, and absolutely no percussion. The primary rhythm for reggae falls in the and beat in the 16th count. So if we're counting off 1-a-and-a, 2-a-and-a, 3-a-and-a, 4-a-and-a, you're falling on the ands. 1-a-and-a, 2-a-and-a, 3-a-and-a, 4-a-and-a, 1-a-and-a, 2-a-and-a, 3-a-and-a, 4-a-and-a. Simple enough. The bubble is created when you add in the 16th before and after that beat. So we're going 1-a-and-a, 2-a-and-a, 1-a-and-a, 2-a [G]-and-a, 3-a-and-a, 4 [C]-a-and-a, [G] [F] 3-a-and-a, [G] [N] 4-a-and-a, 3-a-and-a. Now you want to make sure that your left hand always stays within a certain register on the board. If it's too high obviously it loses a lot of its tonal quality. If it's too low you're just going to get a bunch of mud. So normally you want to find inversions when going to different chords so that you stay within a selected range. Usually I try to keep mine in the setting between F2 and A3. There are all kinds of variations that you can do with the bubble. My personal preference is to actually keep my right hand out of the organ manual and on a piano. So that creates [Am] this kind of a feel. [G] [Am] [N] Another variation uses a second manual on your B3. So either split your keyboard or set up another keyboard with the manual 008, 005, and across the top. Essentially what you want to do is come in on the downbeat. So, with the regular bubble you have [Abm] This variation goes moving to piano. [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am] [N]
So in context, we're moving in a beat from the movement, starting off with the right [G] hand skanks, moving in [Am] the bubble. [G] [Am] [G]
[Am] [Bb]
Key:  
G
2131
Am
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
Abm
123111114
G
2131
Am
2311
C
3211
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Hi, my name is Dave.
I'm the keyboardist with the Reggae Rock Band Echo Movement, and I'm
going to talk about the classic organ reggae bubble.
The boards that I use are a Nord Electro 3 on top, primarily for organs, and a Korg Triton
on the bottom, primarily for pianos.
On the B3, you want the manual set to 8, across the board, and 3 on top. Normally, I keep this on a slow setting with no vibrato, no chorus, and absolutely no percussion. The primary rhythm for reggae falls in the and beat in the 16th count. So if we're counting off 1-a-and-a, 2-a-and-a, 3-a-and-a, 4-a-and-a, you're falling on the ands. 1-a-and-a, 2-a-and-a, 3-a-and-a, 4-a-and-a, 1-a-and-a, 2-a-and-a, 3-a-and-a, 4-a-and-a. Simple enough. The bubble is created when you add in the 16th before and after that beat. So we're going 1-a-and-a, 2-a-and-a, 1-a-and-a, 2-a [G]-and-a, 3-a-and-a, 4 [C]-a-and-a, [G] _ [F] 3-a-and-a, _ [G] [N] 4-a-and-a, 3-a-and-a. Now you want to make sure that your left hand always stays within a certain register on the board. If it's too high obviously it loses a lot of its tonal quality. If it's too low you're just going to get a bunch of mud. So normally you want to find inversions when going to different chords so that you stay within a selected range. Usually I try to keep mine in the setting between F2 and A3. There are all kinds of variations that you can do with the bubble. My personal preference is to actually keep my right hand out of the organ manual and on a piano. So that creates [Am] this kind of a feel. _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [N] Another variation uses a second manual on your B3. So either split your keyboard or set up another keyboard with the manual 008, 005, and across the top. Essentially what you want to do is come in on the downbeat. So, with the regular bubble you have_ _ _ _ [Abm] This variation goes_ moving to piano. [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [N] _
_ So in context, we're moving in a beat from the movement, starting off with the right [G] hand skanks, moving in [Am] the bubble. _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _

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