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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.
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- Classical Music. Throughout the 1500s and all the way to the late 1750s, classical music was a huge thing, and organs were an integral instrument that almost all composers used and praised.
- Jazz Music. Although the electronic organ was originally designed to be a more affordable alternative or substitute for pipe organs, electronic organs produced quite different tunes than original pipe organs.
- Pop Music. Prior to the 20th century, organ music was almost exclusively used for religious purposes. However, many musicians and artists tried to incorporate and benefit from the unique elements of organ melody in their music.
- Rock Music. Church-style organs were also used in a variety of rock music songs, especially in the 1960s. The Hammond B3 organ was frequently used with a rotating Leslie speaker and gave an unusual sound that had some resemblance to electric guitars.
- Chamber organ music. Chamber organ music is played with a chamber organ. This is the smallest type of organ currently in use today. Some critics argue this isn’t a type of organ at all while others say it still represents the classic organ well, but on a smaller scale.
- Church organs music. Church organ music remains the most popular type of music played with this instrument. The largest and most impressive organs are still found in churches around the world.
- Classic organ music. Classic organ music used to be important. There was a time (mainly pre-Bach) up to 1750 when the organ music was part of a much wider group of instruments routinely played in classic music.
- Digital organ music. The digital organ is used to create digital organ music. This type of music refers to all of the organ types of music which include jazz, rock, and church music.
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.
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