Solo/Accomp. Contrast

After you have chosen the solo, BUILD AN ACCOMPANIMENT ON ANOTHER DIVISION. On a two-manual organ, if your solo is on the Swell, your accompaniment will be on the Great (and vice versa). On larger organs, you must choose between two or more manuals on which to place the accompaniment.

If the Pedal was not selected for the solo, it will be part of the accompaniment. The Pedal should balance with the accompaniment, not the solo, as was described in the lesson “Chorus Registration.”

This leads us into an important matter that makes the task of building the accompaniment much simpler:

Use the principles of chorus registration in building the accompaniment.

In the context of solo and accompaniment registration, this lesson will consider the relationship or degree of contrast between the solo and the accompaniment.