Orff yana nufin mawallafin Jamus Carl Orff (1895-1982), wanda ya shahara saboda gudummawar da yake bayarwa ga ilimin kiɗa da kuma sababbin hanyoyinsa na tsarawa. Orff ya haɓaka hanyar koyarwa da aka sani da Orff Schulwerk, wanda ke jaddada amfani da kari, motsi, da magana a cikin ilimin kiɗa. Hakanan ana amfani da kalmar "Orff" don yin nuni ga kayan aikin da aka yi amfani da su ta wannan hanyar, waɗanda suka haɗa da xylophones, metallophones, glockenspiels, ganguna, da sauran kayan kaɗa.