When I was a wee boy, not but five or six-years-old, I had a grandmother who had an old trailer with the neatest old stuff in it. In fact, I think it may have been my Great Grandmothers house, Dulcie Morrow/Cason. I'm not sure of the spelling of any of that though, so don't quote it. Anyway, one of the things I can credit Great Grandma doing was introducing me to my second musical instrument, the air organ.
In the Old Days (by which I mean the 40's and 50's..LOL) there were these little keyboard organs that were made that chorded and made notes by air being blown through the organ and changing tones when keys were pressed. This was the type of organ that it was, and you can still find these ocassionally in thrift stores or at auctions where they sell for a buck or two. Anyway, I digress...
I took to this organ like a duck to water. I remember sitting there with her books, which rather than notes on a sheet of music had numbers. These numbers corresponded directly with numbers that were printed on the keys. It was kind of "Learn to play the organ by numbers" LOL! But I was pretty good at it. The first song I learned was "Silver Bells", and to this day I still remember the numbers I would press on that keyboard to play that song. In fact, I'm ocassionally find myself stuck singing the numbers rather than the song itself...apologies to Bing. Now isn't that silly???
So... For your enjoyment:
8 6 5 3 8 6 5 3 10 9 8 6 6 6 9 8 7 6 5 4 4+ 4 4 3
8 6 5 3 8 6 5 3 10 9 8 6 6 6 9 8 7 6 5 4 4+ 4 3
3 4 5 6 7 8 7 7 8 9 8 6 8 5
3 4 5 6 7 8 7 7 8 9 8 6 8
Oh yeah....the sharp keys were noted by + signs or minus signs.
I miss you great Grandma.... Wherever you are, I hope you have a Very Merry Christmas!
Ciao!
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