Introduction
Harmonium is a keyboard, and so these lessons apply equally to the harmonium as well as to the electronic synthesizer keyboard. The important difference is that you can -- and do --play the electronic keyboard with your LEFT hand also; but for harmonium, your left hand is used in pumping the bellows to force air under pressure into the inside of the harmonium. However, this difference does not apply to us, because the lessons that follow are designed for your RIGHT hand only. The pump organ or harmonium is a type of reed organ that generates sound with foot-pumped bellows.
In other words A Harmonium is a free-standing musical keyboard instrument similar to a Read Organ or Pipe Organ. It consists of free reeds and sound is produced by air being blown through reeds resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion. The air is supplied by hand-operated bellows alternately depressed by the player. The Harmonium represents a harmonious blend of the Western and Indian music.
More portable than pipe organs, reed organs were widely used in smaller churches and in private homes in the 19th century, but their volume and tonal range are limited, and they generally had one or sometimes two manuals, with pedal-boards being rare. The finer instruments have a unique tone, and the cabinets of those intended for churches and affluent homes were often excellent pieces of furniture. Several million reed organs and melodeons were made in the U.S. between the 1850s and the 1920s. During this time Estey Organ and Mason & Hamlin were popular manufacturers.
The melodeon is another reed keyboard instrument, usually housed in a table-like casing, that predates the pump organ. In reference to the music of India, melodeon usually refers to a concertina accordion, while harmonium means the smaller hand-pumped variety.
In India Harmonium is used to practice Hindustani Classical Music and as a lead instrument.
Learning Harmonium is easy and fun and if you have will to learn it you can join Anunaad Academy's Online or Classroom training to become a perfect player in playing Harmonium.
Contact Us for any query: anunaadarts@gmail.com
Harmonium is a keyboard, and so these lessons apply equally to the harmonium as well as to the electronic synthesizer keyboard. The important difference is that you can -- and do --play the electronic keyboard with your LEFT hand also; but for harmonium, your left hand is used in pumping the bellows to force air under pressure into the inside of the harmonium. However, this difference does not apply to us, because the lessons that follow are designed for your RIGHT hand only. The pump organ or harmonium is a type of reed organ that generates sound with foot-pumped bellows.
In other words A Harmonium is a free-standing musical keyboard instrument similar to a Read Organ or Pipe Organ. It consists of free reeds and sound is produced by air being blown through reeds resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion. The air is supplied by hand-operated bellows alternately depressed by the player. The Harmonium represents a harmonious blend of the Western and Indian music.
More portable than pipe organs, reed organs were widely used in smaller churches and in private homes in the 19th century, but their volume and tonal range are limited, and they generally had one or sometimes two manuals, with pedal-boards being rare. The finer instruments have a unique tone, and the cabinets of those intended for churches and affluent homes were often excellent pieces of furniture. Several million reed organs and melodeons were made in the U.S. between the 1850s and the 1920s. During this time Estey Organ and Mason & Hamlin were popular manufacturers.
The melodeon is another reed keyboard instrument, usually housed in a table-like casing, that predates the pump organ. In reference to the music of India, melodeon usually refers to a concertina accordion, while harmonium means the smaller hand-pumped variety.
In India Harmonium is used to practice Hindustani Classical Music and as a lead instrument.
Learning Harmonium is easy and fun and if you have will to learn it you can join Anunaad Academy's Online or Classroom training to become a perfect player in playing Harmonium.
Contact Us for any query: anunaadarts@gmail.com