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He strikes a chord with listeners

His favorite song changes from time to time, but if you hear Richard Ahlvin at the organ chances are you'll hear Misty.

"I just love that song," he said.

About the only time he doesn't play it is on Sunday mornings when he sticks to the hymn book standards at Lighthouse Baptist Church. On weekends he plays at Jacques' Cafe in the Park, inside Battlefield Inn.

He picked music up by himself when he was 8 or 9 - "with a bit of guidance from Mrs. Hanley."

He later took lessons from Cordelia Emerson, who played piano for the Willie Hoffman School of Dance. She showed him chords, "so I didn't have to read all the dots on the music. I could play what they now call fake music, or lead sheets."

In 1964 - he thinks that's the date - he bought a Hammond organ, liked it and kept playing it.

One of the major differences between the two instruments, the piano and organ, is that the organ has no sustain, or, "in other words, if you play a key on the organ, it makes a sound, and if you let go, the sound immediately quits.

"A piano has a sustain pedal. You hit a note and it sings for a while. An organ doesn't work like that. Also a piano has one keyboard, and an organ usually has several. The piano has 88 keys, the organ 61 with five octaves, though there are some exceptions. More than one keyboard provides a variety of sounds that are instantly available."

His interest in the organ really began by hearing musicians at local restaurants, especially the late Al Marble, who played at Tuminello's. Ahlvin has also played there and at the original location of the Old Southern Tea Room, at the Rivertown Club, the Holiday Inn, in the restaurant on the Sprague and several times, off and on, at the Magnolia, where he got his start in the bar and lounge and graduated to the dining room.

He has also played "in just about every dive and dump around."

When he played at the Magnolia, he would leave there and ride down the highway to The Sportsman's Inn, "a real redneck place," and join the band there. He always wore a tux and fancy shirt - "as kind of a signature" - and fortunately the people there knew him. A beer truck driver who played the drums moved Richard's organ for him.

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Learn how you ever wanted to play piano on your favorite radio hits? You know, those pop hits such as: Perry, One Republic, Coldplay Katy, and so forth?

If you’re anything like me, you want to learn how to play piano sheet music or boring, but you do not want to bother with classical music.When you sing a song to play for people who want a long time. Perhaps, you sing (I am not) are well on their own to play and sing like a long time.

I tell you good news of pop songs. They are the easiest way to learn songs. It take years and years you can learn a Bach invention or a Mozart Concerto. But you can learn a song on the radio a few hours. Maybe even less efficient depending on how you’re doing.

I’m about to teach you can be a bit confusing if you are not familiar with musical terminology, but for what I’m here.

1. In fact, repeating all the pop songs (making them easy to learn).

2. They are usually the key.

3. Each song will usually include only 3 chords.

4. I, IV, V (something of that nature): These chords usually follow a simple pattern

5. The pattern will change only occurs during a chorus or a bridge.

So if all that is a pop song, there’s little you really need to know to be able to play a think about. The learning keys, chords, and comes down to patterns.

There really are not many of them. And they are all very fun and easy to learn.

Tip: A, B, C, D, E, F, G (that is all the keys, minus the sharps and flats)

But look, there’s already a third of way.

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