Alec. I will investigate that third possibility. Thank you for the suggestion. I have only just aquired the 6500 and am not a "pro',only a learner, but am very determined to find out everything it does.
I agree with Bud--If I play live, I play the most comfortable chords and being used to the organ, that means as little finger changing as possible. as Bud says you can get away with a few off notes, although when i play an Em7 on G and get a G6 with a base on G and D instead of E and B,I think I have to do better than this.
If I am putting down a backing for my choir the base is very important. Sometimes the men even vocalise the base line, so it has to be right. Apsrt from that every one has a taped copy to practice to so the "evidence" is floating around for months. At the stage I am at I think it is safer for me to sequence the bass in, after all I sequence in the other "voices"
Now, when I am learning a new song just to play "live" , I mute everything but the rythmn and the base-- this is in "split" mode as I am not a pianist,and I play the chords to see what I can get without too much jumping around. Sometimes a tritone substitution on the dominant gives a nice descending base line and is well worth it, so I understand what N.S.R is getting at although I still have to master the COMPOSER.Thank goodness I'm only 72 and have plenty of time left for all this. Thank you all. I love this forum. Cheers Jean.

[This message has been edited by Jean Olivia (edited 06-25-2002).]