An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry. Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical, electronic or digital au
Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer
Diagram of the clavecin électrique
Telharmonium console by Thaddeus Cahill 1897
Theremin (1924)
Polyphony is a property of musical instruments that means that they can play multiple independent melody lines simultaneously. Instruments featuring polyphony are said to be polyphonic. Instruments th
Typical monophonic synthesizer: Moog Minimoog
Typical duophonic synthesizer: ARP Odyssey
The Korg Monologue is a monophonic synthesizer with two oscillators and programmable note priority.
Each key on an acoustic piano is connected to its own hammer-and-string sound-producing mechanism.