Why is the organ so horrible? The organ first appeared around 250 BC. It is the most complicated, bulky and expensive instrument in the history of musical instruments. This is a magnificent and terrible machine.
The organ is a purely religious (Christian) instrument, which is usually built at the same time as the church or opera house that owns it, because the structure of the organ is directly attached to the building structure. Therefore, there is no clear specification limit for the organ. The size of the organ is determined according to the size and economic strength of the church or opera house itself.
Organ is a free reed instrument among reed instruments, and its playing method is similar to other keyboard instruments. The range is extremely wide, usually with several layers of keyboards, and there is a pedal keyboard at the foot. The specific pitch is controlled by many plugs. The treble part is recorded by treble clef, the bass part by bass clef, and the pedal keyboard part by bass clef.
Organ has a loud sound and full timbre, which is especially suitable for playing serious and sacred religious music in a solemn atmosphere. In medieval Europe, almost every town had a large or small organ in its church. During religious festivals, melodious music can be heard floating around the town. Being an organist in a famous cathedral is also an honor that musicians are proud of.
The sound principle of organ
Organ, like other organs, relies on the compressed air stored in the bellows to control the opening and closing of the valve plate under the sound tube (reed for other organs) through a complex key mechanism, thus controlling the pronunciation of the sound tube. Organ is the oldest keyboard instrument with a history of more than 2300 years. At first, the organ was still very small, so it was enough for the player to play by himself. In the Renaissance, and then in the Baroque period, organ music? Golden development period? Bach, the father of great music, was a very famous organ master (in Bach's time, the piano had not been invented).
But in this era, because the organ is getting bigger and bigger, it is impossible for the player to play it. And because the player's feet have to play the pedal keyboard, there is no room for hands and feet to operate the bellows. At this time, the agency needs several specialized air blowers to be responsible for air blowing. At this time, a person is playing in front, and several people or even a dozen people in the background are stirring the bellows like a treadmill (some use levers). On one occasion, Mendelssohn gave an organ concert and suddenly stopped playing. It turned out that the blower workers backstage were so tired that they went on strike!
Until later, with the widespread use of electricity, the organ began to use mechanical blast. The main reason is that the motor drives the blower, and the generated compressed air is sent to the bellows, and then flows into the sound tube, so it circulates until today. Not only do modern institutions use electric blowers, but most of them used to be blown by people? A famous historical piano? It was also transformed into an electric explosion.
Some data show that a few organs blow air with internal combustion engines, but I have never seen them myself. Personally, I think that if there is one, it is very few. Moreover, the engine has high fuel consumption, high noise and difficult control, which seems to be less suitable than the motor. I don't know the specific parameters of the organ sound system of Beijing National Grand Theatre, but I know that the organ of a giant concert hall in Hungary is similar: this piano has six high-power full-frequency main blower groups; The large soundbolt on the keyboard on the fifth floor is equipped with a high-power blower motor.
Last but not least, the organ was the first to use electricity? Electric shock? A musical instrument, but what is its pronunciation? Natural pronunciation? , absolutely not? Electroacoustic? , more not? Electronic musical instrument? . From ancient times to the present, the organ has always been an air-sounding instrument, which sounds through the vibration of the air column in the pipe.
What's the difference between an organ and a piano?
1, organ and piano belong to keyboard instruments, but there are too many differences between them:
(1) History: The organ has a history of more than 2,300 years, while the modern piano (excluding harpsichord and clavichord) has a history of only over 300 years;
(2) Organ belongs to aviation acoustic instrument, and piano belongs to stringed instrument;
(3) The organ has a multilayer keyboard and a pedal keyboard, while the piano has only one keyboard;
(4) The keys of the organ have no dynamic sensing, but the keys of the piano have dynamic sensing;
(5) Piano has fixed and unified specifications and standards, but organ has no unified standards.
(6) Piano? Soul? The key is the strength of the keys, organ? Soul? A considerable part lies in the choice of sound plugs.
2. Who has a wider range, the organ or the piano?
First of all, we must clarify the concept: for keyboard instruments, keyboard domain? And then what? Range? Not necessarily an equal sign.
Keyboard domain: There is no doubt that the piano has 88 keys, totaling 7 1/4 octaves; On the other hand, there are only 6 1 keys in each keyboard layer of the organ, with a total of 5 octaves, only 49 keys and 4 octaves. So, of course, the piano has a wider keyboard range.
Range: For the piano, the range is equal to the keyboard range, so the range of the piano is just over 7 octaves. As for the organ, what about the range? Doesn't mean. Keyboard domain? The timbre and pitch of the organ depend on the configuration of the sound plug. If you are using an 8' (eight-foot) stitch, just like a piano, press the c key to make a c sound, and press the c 1 key to make a c 1 sound. However, if you use 4' to stop, it will be an octave higher. At this time, pressing the c key will produce a c, but pressing the c key will produce a c 1. Similarly, 2' and 1' are two or three octaves higher. Similarly, 16' and 32' will be two octaves lower than 1.
So, does the organ have to have a wider range than the piano? This can't be generalized! Some large organ plugs have a minimum of 32' and a maximum of 1', plus the original four octaves (Baroque organs usually have four octaves of keyboard fields), so the range can reach nine groups, exceeding the piano; However, some small and medium-sized organs have a minimum of 16' and a maximum of 2, so with the original 4 octaves, there are only 7 groups, which is not as good as the piano.
3. The advantages and disadvantages of organ and piano in sense of force.
Unlike a piano, the keys of an organ are not dynamic. No matter how hard you touch the keys, the timbre changes little. Above the pedal keyboard, right in the middle, there are three pedals similar to accelerator brakes, called power pedals. They are used to control strength and emotional changes. This strength control method, and the piano? How hard is the key? Compared with, there are advantages and disadvantages:
1) Advantages: Because the organ can continuously pronounce, the intensity can be controlled by the pedal, and the intensity change can be gradually strengthened or weakened within one tone: big or delicate, urgent or slow. This is something the piano can't do. Of course, the pedal changes not only the volume, but also the timbre.
2) Disadvantages: Because the organ has to play the pedal keyboard, it encounters some particularly complicated paragraphs, and players with poor skills will often be in a hurry and sometimes even give up the control of strength. Moreover, although the pedal can achieve more subtle changes in strength, what about this control process and the piano? Key control? After all, it is indirect.
There is also a kind of pedal for organ, which is called amplification pedal: it can control the sound plug to open and close in turn through pre-programmed programs, thus greatly controlling the change of strength and timbre.
But many old-fashioned organs may not have expression pedals and reinforcement pedals. This kind of organ was born in a very small dynamic range of music, and they can express different emotional changes through different keyboards and different combinations of stops.
Another point is different from the piano: the strength of the piano is precisely controlled by each tone, and the strength between parts is different, so the piano sounds layered. But the keyboards on the same floor of the organ are either all strong or all weak.
How many people do you need to play the organ? How many people are there at home and abroad?
There are usually 1 person, and there are also four accordions, but very few. No matter how big and complicated the piano is, it is also 1 person. In charge of Gankun? . At most, someone helps to turn over the music score or the old-fashioned organ, and an assistant helps to change the plug.
There are more than 14 organ sets in China alone, most of which are located in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, and most of them are in concert halls, but few organ sets in churches. There are many organs all over the world, in Europe. Any church has an organ, and any concert hall with a higher grade has an organ of medium size or above. Even schools, city halls and private houses can see the organ.
Other terrible musical instruments in the world
1, water harp
Water cress is also called? Feng shui basin? She means to get rich. 1968, American Richard waters invented the water harp and applied for a patent. Watphone is mainly a stainless steel resonator? Bowl? With a cylinder? Neck? And weld it in? Bowl? Dozens of rod-shaped brass rulers on the outer edge of the body. Add a small amount of water when playing.
Although the name Shuiqin sounds good, in fact, everyone calls it that? Terrible water harp? ! It is called the scariest musical instrument in the world, and it is the source of most creepy, weird and ethereal sounds we hear in movies.
Shuiqin has participated in almost all the horror movies in the world, including some classic movies such as Midnight Bell, Alien, A Missed Call, etc., which make you fall into a travel trap.
2. Understanding engine
Its creator, Mark colvin, is a producer who is good at producing sound effects for the soundtrack of horror movies. Tired of those old-fashioned horror movies with computer-generated sound effects, Mark colvin made this instrument and applied it to the dubbing of horror movies, and achieved very good results.
Some Facebook users shared a machine they made, Mega Marvin. This instrument, but it's already very strange to look at! It is made of several metal springs, and its sound is simply chilling. By rubbing and tapping drums of different sizes, you can make a hellish sound, which feels like you are participating in a haunted house adventure. That's terrible!
After reading the above-mentioned why I revealed to you such a horrible organ, I believe everyone has some understanding of this huge and complicated ancient musical instrument!