organists
Church music performers
Organists are people who play the organ, particularly the pipe organ found in churches and concert halls.
The term usually implies professional or serious amateur musicians rather than casual players: The organists at major cathedrals undergo years of training.
Church organists often accompany hymns and provide music for services.
Comfort in distress
- manualsInstructional reference documents
- pedalboardMounted effects pedal array
- stopsCeases to continue
- ranksPositions in hierarchy
pipes · bellows · swell · tracker · registrant · reed · flue · coupler
Formal worship structure
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
- vespersEvening devotional service
- massQuantity of matter
- psalmsReligious songs of praise
prelude · postlude · worship · cathedral · basilica · chapel · choir · clergy
Simultaneous independent melodies
- fugueContrapuntal musical form
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- pedalingTurning bike cranks
articulation · ornamentation · phrasing · fingering · toccata · chorale · improvisation · modulation
Solo musical performance
- concertLive musical performance
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- applauseCollective hand-clapping approval
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
program · soloist · encore · improvisation · accompanist · performer · virtuoso · maestro
Plucked-string keyboard instrument
- clavichordSoft-toned keyed instrument
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
- celestaBell-toned keyboard percussion
spinet · clavier · harmonium · Hammond · Wurlitzer · carillon · continuo · accompaniment
console
Comfort in distress
- manualsInstructional reference documents
- pedalboardMounted effects pedal array
- stopsCeases to continue
ranks · pipes · bellows · swell · tracker · registrant · reed · flue · coupler · voicing
liturgy
Formal worship structure
psalms · prelude · postlude · worship · cathedral · basilica · chapel · choir · clergy · altar
counterpoint
Simultaneous independent melodies
- fugueContrapuntal musical form
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- registrationFormal recording of participation
pedaling · articulation · ornamentation · phrasing · fingering · toccata · chorale · improvisation · modulation · heel-toe
recital
Solo musical performance
- concertLive musical performance
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- applauseCollective hand-clapping approval
repertoire · program · soloist · encore · improvisation · accompanist · performer · virtuoso · maestro · prodigy
harpsichord
Plucked-string keyboard instrument
- clavichordSoft-toned keyed instrument
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
celesta · spinet · clavier · harmonium · Hammond · Wurlitzer · carillon · continuo · accompaniment
- keyboard playerspianist, pianists, harpsichordists, keyboardists, harpsichordist
- church rolesbishop, deacons, priest, pastor, lay readers
- Sacred MusiciansBach, Handel, choir directors, choirmasters, Byrd
- Catholicsparishioners, parishioner, communicant, archbishops, lapsed Catholic
- churchgoerschurchgoer, churchgoers, parishioner, parishioners, congregant
organistsdrummers
Musicians playing percussion
vocalists · percussionists · singers · pianists · guitarists
- church organistOne who plays pipes at worship