Questions tagged [organ]
A large musical instrument having ranks of tuned pipes sounded by air from a windchest, and played using one or more keyboards and commonly a pedalboard to produce a wide range of timbres. The ranks of pipes are controlled by stops around the keyboards.
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Who first labelled the collection of Bach's 18 Chorale Preludes for organ (BWV 651–668) as "Great" and why?
Who first labelled the collection of Bach's 18 Chorale Preludes for organ (BWV 651–668) as "Great" and why?
Is it "Great" because of the epic scale" in contrast with the &...
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Nomenclature for pipe organ keyboard compass
When going through pipe organ specifications (such as this historic Arp Schnitger's organ in St. Jacobi), I came across a peculiar nomenclature for the manual / pedal compass (as of 1693):
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What is the minimum pedal keyboard compass needed to play ALL of J.S. Bach's pipe organ music?
Simple straightforward question: What is the minimum pedal keyboard range needed to play ALL of J.S. Bach's pipe organ music?
Optional ways to embellish the answer:
Did Bach ever write a piece for ...
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Realistically Replicating Organ Diapason Sounds on a Keyboard
(Bear with me, I'm not much of an organ expert.)
So, I've always loved hearing organs in chruch, but never was interested in actually learning how to play one. So, I was wondering if there would be ...
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Keyboard Expression Pedal Position
I have a keyboard setup using a keyboard, a sustain pedal and an expression pedal. An image of my keyboard stand is below for reference. I am having trouble finding a good position for the expression ...
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How to access the lower manual and pedalboard on setBfree Organ emulator
I installed the organ emulator setBfree on a Debian GNU/Linux System.
I run it with Jack connected to the simple USB MIDI controller keyboard. This is working fairly well to connect to the upper ...
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What does Arauxo mean by "primero/segundo/... tono"?
In Francisco Correa de Arauxo's Faculdad Organica, he titles his pieces like "Tiento de primero tono". A complete recording of the Faculdad Organica is here: https://open.spotify.com/album/...
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What is this dial on the organ in the Berliner Dom?
What is this dial on the organ in the Berliner Dom?
I am guessing that the dial may have something to do with air pressure but why would it be needed and what units do the numbers represent?
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Are there general rules for playing a three-voice organ piece without pedals?
I've been fixing up an old reed organ, and would love to play some of Bach's organ works on it; for example, I've had my eye on the chorale prelude Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645).
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How does Durufle's Prelude and Fugue on the name of ALAIN translate to musical notes?
I love Maurice Durufle's Prelude and Fugue on the name ALAIN, but I don't understand the mapping of the name "A-L-A-I-N" to the musical notes "A-D-A-A-F".
Various websites such as ...
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What is the point of notes lower than human hearing
(Scientific pitch notation)
For example:
Organs can go down to C-1
Hyperbass Flute goes down to C0
And these notes have neglegible overtones on these instruments!
Do they modulate other notes?
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composing a piece for pipe organ [closed]
Basically I was asked to write a piece for pipe organ until tomorrow morning. I've played a pipe organ before, so I sort of know how it works, but I don't have an organ I can play on before tomorrow.
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Unknown Ornament Notation - Three horizontal short lines
This nonation appears on Partite diverse sopra l'Aria 'Schweiget mir von Weiber nehmen' by Reincken, Johann Adam, IMSLP #04945.
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Why don't pipe organs have diaphragm stops?
Why don't pipe organs have stops operating by disk-shaped diaphragms like this?
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When combining a mechanical and digital manual into a single organ, how would you handle the difference in delay?
When I combine 2 organ manuals, a mechanical and an electronical one into a single instrument, how would you setup the delay from the position of the organ player?
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