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Ondes Martenot

Scope note

Monophonic, nonimitative electronic instruments, invented by Maurice Martenot in 1928. The tone is generated by the heterodyne action between a fixed and a variable radio-frequency oscillator, the latter being controlled by a seven-octave keyboard and the relative proximity of the player's hand to a horizontally stretched cord. MARCUS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000205350

Broader Terms used

electronic instruments

Term used for

ondes musicales

Created

13yrs ago

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