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- The organ is a relatively old musical instrument, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria (285–222 BC), who invented the water organ. It was played throughout the Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman world, particularly during races and games.
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Organ, in music, a keyboard instrument, operated by the player’s hands and feet, in which pressurized air produces notes through a series of pipes organized in scalelike rows.
In music, the organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means (generally woodwind or electric) for producing tones. The organs have usually two or three, up to five, manuals for playing with the hands and a pedalboard for playing with the feet.
Organs evolved alongside musical notation, both serving to fix notes and the relations between them for the first time. Detailed technological accounts of organ design and construction—and a few surviving examples—indicate a sophisticated level of craftsmanship and engineering.
May 28, 2018 · The earliest known use of the term, organon, was used by Plato and Aristotle in the 4 th century BC to denote a tool or 'instrument' in a more general sense. In Plato's Republic and in the works of later Greek writers, organon denotes any kind or all kinds of musical instruments.
Jan 10, 2023 · There are few musical instruments that have had as long a path of continual development as the organ. In fact, no other keyboard has had such a major impact on music across the ages — and it remains as popular as ever. Here’s a look at the history of this remarkable instrument.
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