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Hymn introduction improvisation · 65 seconds

Hymn introduction and processional technique

A 65-second passage from Peachtree Road United Methodist Church's 11:15 a.m. Sunday Worship Service, credited in this collection to organist Scott Achison. Follow the estimated pedal, upper pitches and tonal direction as you listen. The machine readings are provisional.

Provisional readingsScott Achison
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0:00.0 / 1:05.0
Pedal / bass estimate
G2
Upper pitch collection
C · E · F · Gb · A · B
Candidate reading
Fmaj7 over G pedal
Tonal context candidate
C major

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TimePedal / bassUpper collectionCandidate readingsTonal context
G2C E F Gb A BFmaj7 over G pedal 0.81Dm11/G 0.77Bm11 over G pedal 0.70C major
G2Db D F Gb Ab AEbm11 over G pedal 0.81Bbm11 over G pedal 0.80Dbmaj7 over G pedal 0.78C major
A#1Db Eb E Gb G AbEbm11(no9)/Bb 0.80Gb6/9 over Bb pedal 0.80Dbm11 over Bb pedal 0.79C major
A#1C Db E G Ab BbC7/Bb 0.84Dbdim7/Bb 0.82Edim7/Bb 0.82C major
C2C E GC 0.96Cadd9 0.87C7 0.84C major
C2C E GC 0.93Csus4 0.83Fsus2/C 0.83C major
C2C E F GC 0.94Csus4 0.91Fsus2/C 0.91C major
C2C E F GCsus4 0.93Fsus2/C 0.93C 0.91C major
C2C E F GCsus4 0.94Fsus2/C 0.94C 0.88C major
C2C E F GC 0.93Csus4 0.91Fsus2/C 0.91C major
C2C GC 0.85Csus2 0.84Gsus4/C 0.84C major
C2C GCsus2 0.82Gsus4/C 0.82C 0.82C major
C2C GCsus2 0.81Gsus4/C 0.81Csus4 0.81C major
C2C F GCsus4 0.91Fsus2/C 0.91G7sus4/C 0.84C major
C2C D F GG7sus4/C 0.99Csus4 0.93Fsus2/C 0.93C major
C2C D F GG7sus4/C 0.98Csus4 0.94Fsus2/C 0.94C major
C2C D F GCsus4 0.92Fsus2/C 0.92Csus2 0.91C major
C2C D F GCsus2 0.89Gsus4/C 0.89G7sus4/C 0.89C major
C2C D E F G BbCadd9 0.91Gm11(no9)/C 0.89Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.89C major
C2C D E F G BbCadd9 0.94Csus2 0.91Gsus4/C 0.91C major
C2C D E F G ADm11/C 0.95C6/9 0.94Am11(no9)/C 0.94C major
C2C E F G AFadd9/C 0.94C6 0.93Am7/C 0.93C major
C2C E F G AFadd9/C 0.93C6 0.91Am7/C 0.91C major
C2C E F G AFadd9/C 0.97Dm11/C 0.93C6 0.92C major
C2C D E F G AFadd9/C 0.97Dm11/C 0.96Dm11(no9)/C 0.94C major
C2C D E F G AFadd9/C 0.97Dm11/C 0.95Dm11(no9)/C 0.95C major
C2C D E F G AFadd9/C 0.97Dm11(no9)/C 0.96F6/9 over C pedal 0.96C major
C2C D E F G ADm11(no9)/C 0.96Fadd9/C 0.96F6/9 over C pedal 0.96C major
C2C D F G ADm11(no9)/C 0.94F6/9 over C pedal 0.94Fadd9/C 0.94C major
C2C D E F G AC6 0.95Am7/C 0.95Dm11/C 0.95C major
C2C E F G AFadd9/C 0.94C6 0.93Am7/C 0.93C major
C2C D E F G ADm11/C 0.99Dm11(no9)/C 0.94F6/9 over C pedal 0.94C major
C2C D E F G ADm11/C 0.95Dm11(no9)/C 0.94F6/9 over C pedal 0.94C major
C2C D F G ADm11(no9)/C 0.96F6/9 over C pedal 0.96Fadd9/C 0.95C major
C2C D F G AFadd9/C 0.98Dm11(no9)/C 0.97F6/9 over C pedal 0.97C major
C2C F G AFadd9/C 0.97F/C 0.93Csus4 0.91C major
C2C E F G AFadd9/C 0.93Csus4 0.92Fsus2/C 0.92C major
C2C E GC 0.93Cadd9 0.86C7 0.84C major
C2C D E GC 0.90Csus2 0.89Gsus4/C 0.89C major
C2C E GC 0.88Cadd9 0.83Csus2 0.81C major
C2C D E F GG7sus4/C 0.87Csus4 0.86Fsus2/C 0.86C major
C2C D E F G ADm11/C 0.95Dm11(no9)/C 0.94F6/9 over C pedal 0.94C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.94Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.94G7sus4/C 0.93C major
C2D E F G Bb BGm11(no9)/C 0.88Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.88Gm7 over C pedal 0.88C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.92Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.92Bbadd9/C 0.91C major
A2C D F G A BbGm11/A 0.92Dm11/A 0.90Gm11(no9) over A pedal 0.90C major
A2C E F G AFadd9/A 0.95F/A 0.94Fmaj7/A 0.93C major
A2C E F G AFadd9/A 0.96F/A 0.91Dm11(no9)/A 0.90C major
A2C D F G ADm11(no9)/A 0.94F6/9 over A pedal 0.94Dm/A 0.93C major
A#1D F G A BbGm11/Bb 0.90Gm7/Bb 0.90Bb6 0.90C major
A#1C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/Bb 0.92Bb6/9 0.92Gm11/Bb 0.88C major
C2C D E G ACadd9 0.96C6/9 0.96Am11(no9)/C 0.96C major
A1C D E G AC6/9 over A pedal 0.96Am11(no9) 0.96Am 0.93C major
A1C D E F ADm7/A 0.90F6/A 0.90Dm/A 0.88C major
D2D F G A BDsus4 0.90Gsus2/D 0.90Gadd9/D 0.89C major
D2C D G A BDsus4 0.92Gsus2/D 0.92Gadd9/D 0.92C major
C2C D E GCadd9 0.90C 0.87C6/9 0.83C major
C2C D E G BbCadd9 0.96C 0.95C7 0.93C major
C2C D F GG7sus4/C 0.91Gm11(no9)/C 0.87Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.87C major
C2C D F GG7sus4/C 0.95Csus2 0.92Gsus4/C 0.92C major
C2C D E F GCsus2 0.96Gsus4/C 0.96Cadd9 0.94C major
C2C D E F G BbCsus2 0.94Gsus4/C 0.94Cadd9 0.92C major
C2C D E G BbCsus2 0.94Gsus4/C 0.94Cadd9 0.92C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.92Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.92C7 0.91C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.98Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.98C7sus4 0.92C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.96Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.96G7sus4/C 0.95C major
C2C D F G A BbGm11/C 0.96Gm11(no9)/C 0.95Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.95C major
C2C D F G A BbGm11/C 0.97Gm11(no9)/C 0.93Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.93C major
G2C D F G A BbGm11 0.97Gm11(no9) 0.95Bb6/9 over G pedal 0.95C major
G2D E F G A BbGm11 0.93Gm7 0.91Bb6/G 0.91C major
G2D E F G A BbA7sus4/G 0.91Dm11/G 0.90Gm11 0.89C major
G2D E F G A BbA7sus4/G 0.96Dm11/G 0.94C6/9 over G pedal 0.94C major
A1C D E F G ADm11/A 0.96C6/9 over A pedal 0.94Am11(no9) 0.94C major
A#2C D F G A BbGm11/Bb 0.97Gm7/Bb 0.94Bb6 0.94C major
A#2D F G BbGm7/Bb 0.92Bb6 0.92Gm11(no9)/Bb 0.86C major
G2C D E G BbCadd9/G 0.95Csus2/G 0.92Gsus4 0.92C major
C2C D E GCadd9 0.94Csus2 0.88Gsus4/C 0.88C major
C2C D E GCadd9 0.97C6/9 0.88Am11(no9)/C 0.88C major
C2C D E GCadd9 1.00Csus2 0.93Gsus4/C 0.93C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.95Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.95G7sus4/C 0.94C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.98Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.98G7sus4/C 0.92C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.97Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.97G7sus4/C 0.93C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.95Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.95Cadd9 0.90C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.97Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.97G7sus4/C 0.92C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.96Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.96Bbadd9/C 0.95C major
C2C D E F G BbBbadd9/C 0.95Gm11(no9)/C 0.95Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.95C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.94Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.94Cadd9 0.92C major
C2C D E G BbC7 0.93Cadd9 0.90Gm11(no9)/C 0.88C major
C2C D E F G BbGm11(no9)/C 0.93Bb6/9 over C pedal 0.93C7 0.92C major
C2C D E G BbC 0.98Cadd9 0.96C7 0.93C major
C2C D E G AC 0.97C6 0.94Am7/C 0.94C major
C2C E F G AFadd9/C 0.96Csus4 0.93Fsus2/C 0.93C major
F2C F G AF 0.95Fadd9 0.94Csus4/F 0.90C major
F2C F G AF 0.96Fadd9 0.94Csus4/F 0.87C major
F2C F AF 0.97Fadd9 0.89Fmaj7 0.88C major
F2C F AF 0.95Fadd9 0.88Fmaj7 0.86C major
F2C F G AFadd9 0.95F 0.93Dm11(no9)/F 0.87C major
C2C D F G ADm11(no9)/C 0.95F6/9 over C pedal 0.95G7sus4/C 0.94C major
C2C D F G A BDm11(no9)/C 0.94F6/9 over C pedal 0.94G7sus4/C 0.93C major
C2C D F G A BDm11(no9)/C 0.93F6/9 over C pedal 0.93Dm11/C 0.93C major
C2C D F G A BDm11(no9)/C 0.92F6/9 over C pedal 0.92Dm11/C 0.91C major
D2C D F G ADm11(no9) 0.97F6/9 over D pedal 0.97Dm7 0.94C major
D2C D F G ADm7 0.98F6/D 0.98Dm11(no9) 0.98C major
A1C F G AFadd9/A 0.97F/A 0.97Dm11(no9)/A 0.90C major
A1C D E F G AFadd9/A 0.97Dm11/A 0.95Dm11(no9)/A 0.94C major
A#1C D F G A BbGm11/Bb 0.96Gm11(no9)/Bb 0.95Bb6/9 0.95C major
A#1D F G BbGm7/Bb 0.97Bb6 0.97Gm/Bb 0.95C major
A#2D F G A BbGm7/Bb 0.94Bb6 0.94Gm11/Bb 0.90C major
C2C D E F G AFadd9/C 0.95Dm11(no9)/C 0.95F6/9 over C pedal 0.95C major
C2C E F G AFadd9/C 0.93F/C 0.92Fmaj7/C 0.91C major
C2C D E F G ADm11(no9)/C 0.96F6/9 over C pedal 0.96Fadd9/C 0.95C major
C2C D E F GCsus4 0.92Fsus2/C 0.92G7sus4/C 0.92C major
C2C D E F GG7sus4/C 0.93Csus4 0.93Fsus2/C 0.93C major
C2C D F G A BbFadd9/C 0.94Dm11(no9)/C 0.94F6/9 over C pedal 0.94C major
F2C F G AFadd9 0.96F 0.96Csus4/F 0.91C major
F2C F G AF 0.96Fadd9 0.95F7 0.89C major
F2C F AF 0.96Fadd9 0.89F7 0.88C major
F2C F G AF 0.94Fadd9 0.92F7 0.88C major
F2C F AF 0.94Fadd9 0.88F7 0.85C major
F2C Eb F G AFadd9 0.98F 0.91Csus4/F 0.91C major
F2C F G AFadd9 0.99F 0.94Csus4/F 0.89C major
F2C F G AFadd9 0.96F 0.95Dm11(no9)/F 0.86C major
F2C F AF 0.96Fadd9 0.89Fmaj7 0.86C major
F2C Eb F G AF 0.97Fadd9 0.95F7 0.94C major
F2C F G AFadd9 0.95F 0.95Csus4/F 0.87C major
F2C F G AF 0.96Fadd9 0.95Csus4/F 0.86C major
F2C F G AFadd9 0.91F 0.91Csus4/F 0.87C major
F2C F G AFadd9 0.91F 0.91Csus4/F 0.89C major
C2C FCsus4 0.81Fsus2/C 0.81Fsus4/C 0.81C major
C2C D E F G BbC7 0.93C 0.89Dm11/C 0.86C major

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