SOPP585: Someone is bound to ask me to play the BWV565 Toccata, so I must learn to play it properly

Published: May 6, 2020, 2:49 a.m.

b"Vidas: Hello and welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast!\\n\\nAusra: This is a show dedicated to helping you become a better organist.\\n\\nV: We\\u2019re your hosts Vidas Pinkevicius...\\n\\nA: ...and Ausra Motuzaite-Pinkeviciene.\\n\\nV: We have over 25 years of experience of playing the organ\\n\\nA: ...and we\\u2019ve been teaching thousands of organists online from 89 countries since 2011.\\n\\nV: So now let\\u2019s jump in and get started with the podcast for today.\\n\\nA: We hope you\\u2019ll enjoy it!\\n\\nV: Let\\u2019s start episode 585 of Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast. This question was sent by James. And he writes,\\n\\nHi Vidas,\\n\\nJames here from Rustington, England. Hope you are keeping well.\\n\\nJust getting ready for the first ever UK National Organ Day on April 18, when we'll be opening our church for the morning and hoping to welcome visitors- not least young ones- to explore the 'Hidden Mysteries of the Pipe Organ' with demonstrations, powerpoint presentations, to have a go themselves and play nursery rhyme tunes in a group on hand-held pipes if the coronavirus scare has passed. England desperately needs young organists! \\n\\nSomeone is bound to ask me to play the BWV565 Toccata, so I must learn to play it properly. But my fingers refuse to obey in bars 12-15 however much I practice: they always want to play together rather than alternately. Can you give me some simple advice to train them?\\n\\nBest wishes and happy memories, James"