Exploring a pipe organ with CATO
TEACHERS’ NOTES
Introduction
The rationale for the worksheets is two fold:
1. To provide reminders of the experiences children had during the workshop
2. To offer follow-
Clearly there are strong links with the music curriculum, but we have also sought to point out links with other subjects, for example with mathematics, science, art and design.
The contents of the worksheets are available in two forms; as pdf files which may be printed as required and as PowerPoint files for use with whole class presentations. The latter contain slightly more material than the worksheets, audio samples and include answers to questions and additional notes for teachers in the ‘ notes’ pages. The answers to questions on the worksheets together with a commentary for teachers are provided in a separate file. The topics are complemented by the audio CD tracks which give examples of organ sounds.
High and Low -
16, 8, 4, 2 ranks
5 octaves from bottom to top
Mathematics
What’s an octave?
Feet, inches, centimetres
Organ tones -
Ranks of different character
Parallels with orchestral instruments
Loud and grand
Soft and mysterious
Soft and sweet
Sharp and bright
Pipe Families -
Families of organ stops
Diapasons
Flutes
Strings
Reeds
Mixtures
Single ranks with different loudness
Multiple ranks
Swell pedal
Acoustics of the building
Organ/piano: similarities and differences
Reaching for the pedals -
Hands and feet -
Changing the stops
Coupling the manuals
Pipework arrangements
Divisions: Great, Swell, Choir, Pedals
Case design
Display pipes – arranged alternately
Carving and painting
Levers and bellows (In preparation)
Trackers
Stops
Pneumatics
Magnets
Blower, motor
Materials (In preparation)
Wood for pipes
Wood for levers, sliders, console,
Metal, spotted metal, lead+tin
Wires
Ivory (plastics)
Sheepskin
Music and rhythm (In preparation)
Music for different moods (listen to excerpts from the CD)
Tempo and rhythm
Choosing registration
Solo and accompaniment
Glossary – ‘Organ words’
Console Manual
Keys Rank
Stops Swell, Great
Bellows Pressure
Reeds Thumb pistons
Pitch Octave
Interval
Children and the Organ Project sponsored by Derby & District Organists’ Association with support from the Incorporated Association of Organists. Worksheets by Laurence Rogers.
Draft version 5. May 2013.
© 2013 Derby & District Organists’ Association
The worksheets and accompanying PowerPoint presentations are licensed under the Creative
Commons Attribution-
