Organ
From Young Composers
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- This article is an overview of related instruments.
- For the organ which pushes wind through pipes to create a musical tone, see Pipe organ.
The organ is a keybord instrument in which air, activated by a console, is forced through pipes of various shapes and sizes.
| Instruments and Voices | |
|---|---|
| Woodwinds | Flute (Piccolo/Alto/Bass) • Recorder • Oboe (Cor Anglais/Oboe D'amore/Heckelphone) • Clarinet (E♭/Bass/Contrabass) • |
| Brass | Horn • Cornet • Trumpet • Trombone • Euphonium • Tuba • Saxhorns |
| Keyboards | Piano • Organ • Harmonium • Harpsichord • Clavichord • Celesta • Accordion |
| Percussion | Tuned: Timpani • Glockenspiel • Chimes • Vibraphone • Xylophone • Marimba • Crotales • Musical saw • Hammered Dulcimer
Untuned: Snare drum • Bass drum • Triangle • Cymbals • Gongs • Tom-toms • Shakers • Drumset |
| Electronic | Theremin • Ondes Martenot • Synthesizer • Electronic Wind Instrument |
| Stringed | Bowed: Violin • Viola • Violoncello • Contrabass |
| Voices | Female: Soprano • Mezzo-soprano (often mistaken with Alto) • Contralto (often mistaken with Alto)
Male: Treble • Countertenor • Tenor • Baritone • Bass-baritone • Bass |
