harmonium
Reed keyboard instrument
A harmonium is a small keyboard instrument that produces sound by pumping air through metal reeds with foot-operated bellows.
Popular in the 19th century for home music-making and church services, it remains important in Indian classical and devotional music.
The player's feet work constantly while the hands play: She accompanied the hymns on the harmonium.
Bellows-driven reed instrument
- melodeonSmall pump organ
- concertinaBellows-driven button instrument
- melodicaHandheld wind keyboard
- squeezeboxCollapsible bellows instrument
Handheld device forcing air
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- treadleFoot-operated lever
- stopsCeases to continue
- reedsHollow-stemmed marsh plants
exhaust · suction · pressure · airflow · compression · keys · coupler · swell
Handheld device forcing air
Unmanned flying machine
- sustainKeep something going continuously
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- toneQuality of sound
pitch · vibrato · tremolo · reedy · warm · rich · mellow · breathy
Indian melodic framework
- HindustaniNorth Indian language family
- recitalSolo musical performance
- concertLive musical performance
- accompanimentSupplementary support element
soloist · composition · drone · Victorian · nineteenth-century · salon
Hindu worship ritual
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- templeSacred worship structure
- gurdwaraSikh house of worship
ashram · prayer · hymn · devotion · congregation · sacred · spiritual · meditation
Muslim spiritual seeker
- bhangraPunjabi folk music and dance
- BollywoodIndian film industry
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- processionFormal moving line
ceremony · celebration · traditional · regional · portable · village
accordion
Bellows-driven reed instrument
- melodeonSmall pump organ
- concertinaBellows-driven button instrument
- melodicaHandheld wind keyboard
squeezebox · calliope · organ
bellows
Handheld device forcing air
reeds · exhaust · suction · pressure · airflow · compression · keys · coupler · swell · tremolo
bellows
Handheld device forcing air
drone
Unmanned flying machine
- sustainKeep something going continuously
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- timbreSound's distinctive character
tone · pitch · vibrato · tremolo · reedy · warm · rich · mellow · breathy · sonorous
raga
Indian melodic framework
- HindustaniNorth Indian language family
- recitalSolo musical performance
- concertLive musical performance
accompaniment · soloist · composition · drone · Victorian · nineteenth-century · salon
puja
Hindu worship ritual
gurdwara · ashram · prayer · hymn · devotion · congregation · sacred · spiritual · meditation · worship
Sufi
Muslim spiritual seeker
procession · ceremony · celebration · traditional · regional · portable · village
- Indian Musicraga, swara, ragas, sitar, tabla
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- PakistanIslamabad, Karachi, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan
- Keyboard Musicpiano, piano duet, four hands, keyboard, grand piano
- organspipe organ, church organ, reed organ, electronic organ, pump organ
- sacred accompanimentorgan, pipe organ, church organ, choir, mixed choir
harmoniumpipe organ
Wind instrument with tuned tubes
cathedral organ · piano · synthesizer · grand piano · church organ
harmoniumpiano
Keyed percussion instrument
harpsichord · xylophone · glockenspiel · drums · percussion instruments
- harmonious livingCooperative, peaceful cohabitation
- simple harmonic
- harmonic functionLaplacian equals zero everywhere
- harmonic motionPeriodic movement around equilibrium
- harmonic minorScale with raised seventh
- harmonious designVisually unified arrangement