THE EVOLVEMENT OF ORGAN MUSIC IN NIGERIA: FROM FELA SOWANDE TO GODWIN SADOH

📄 Project Abstract

The pipe organ has been around since the third century BC. The pipe organ originated from the hydraulic organ (Hy-draulus), whose wind source was created by the pressure of displaced water in a sealed container (Randel, 1968: 583). The invention of the organ is credited to Ctesibius of Alexandria around 246 BCE. He invented the hydraulis, a mechanical flute whose water pressure regulates the wind pressure (West-field, 2000). Since the pipe organ generally produces sounds with the help of pressurized air rushing through pipes, technology has helped aid the process of producing enough wind to get the pipes to produce sound over the centuries and to this day. The pipes are offered in groups termed ranks, each of which has a consistent timbre and volume across the keyboard compass because each delivers a single note. The majority of organs include numerous ranks of pipes with various timbres, pitches, and volumes that the player can use separately or in combination by using stops. Accordin...