electronic organ
Plugged-in church instrument
An electronic organ is a keyboard instrument that generates sound electrically rather than through pipes or reeds.
Developed in the early twentieth century as a cheaper, more portable alternative to pipe organs, electronic organs became fixtures in churches, skating rinks, and home recreation rooms.
Hammond organs and similar instruments shaped the sound of jazz, gospel, and rock music.
Common Anglo-Saxon surname
- LeslieAndrogynous personal name
- drawbarsBars for coupling vehicles
- consoleComfort in distress
- manualsInstructional reference documents
pedalboard · stops · registration · swell · Wurlitzer · preset · voicing · vibrato
Interconnected electronic components
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- oscillatorCyclic signal generator
- amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
digital · analog · integrated circuit · waveform · polyphonic · monophonic · MIDI · sampling
Hammond
Common Anglo-Saxon surname
manuals · pedalboard · stops · registration · swell · Wurlitzer · preset · voicing · vibrato · chorus
circuitry
Interconnected electronic components
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- oscillatorCyclic signal generator
- amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
synthesizer · digital · analog · integrated circuit · waveform · polyphonic · monophonic · MIDI · sampling · modeling
hymn
Religious song of praise
chorale · fugue · cantata · liturgy · gospel · jazz · rock · ballad · accompaniment · improvisation
timbre
Sound's distinctive character
- sustainKeep something going continuously
- attackAggressive act against another
- decayGradual organic breakdown
tremolo · vibrato · reverb · distortion · overdrive · warmth · brightness · fullness · harmonics · overtones
- organsharmonium
- keyboard instrumentspiano, harpsichord, clavichord, spinet, virginal
- electronic instrumentssynthesizer, synth, electric guitar, electric bass, electric piano
- 70s electronics8-track, Atari, Betamax, cassette tape, cassette player
- Early Synthesizerstheremin, Moog, synthesizer, vocoder
- pipe organsmanual, console, manuals, pedal, pedals
electronic organpipe organ
Wind instrument with tuned tubes
reed organ · pump organ · church organ · cathedral organ · acoustic instrument
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