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clavichord::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | keyboard instrument, stringed instrument |
Examples of clavichord
clavichord
Fretted clavichord, copy of an unsigned instrument conserved in Namur, Belgium.
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After the story, Marrow's assistant's face is slashed by a snapped clavichord wire.
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I comfort myself with the thought that a clavichord would be worse.
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In the 1940s, Darreg built an amplified cello, amplified clavichord and an electric keyboard drum.
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I've been really enjoying the harp, the organ and the clavichord.
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Bach wrote many works for the harpsichord, some of which may have been played on the clavichord.
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Among the very earliest keyboard instruments are the pipe organ, hurdy gurdy, clavichord and harpsichord.
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These include the piano, the clavichord, and the harpsichord.
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The clavichord produces sound by striking brass or iron strings with small metal blades called tangents.
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- An early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
- The clavichord is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. Historically, it was widely used as a practice instrument and as an aid to composition, not being loud enough for larger performances. ...
- From Greek for "key", and "chord", a "string". A keyboard stringed musical instrument played by the tangent, or touch, action of small brass wedges striking the strings.
- An intmate and quiet-sounding stringed keyboard instrument in use from approximately 1500 until the early 1800's and again in recent years.
- A keyboard instrument, unlike the piano which uses hammers to strike the strings or the harpsichord that plucks the strings, the clavichord puts pressure on the strings from below - as a result the clavichord has a much softer tone
- A member of the hapsishord family with a very small voice.
- Stringed keyboard instrument popular in the Renaissance and Baroque that is capable of unique expressive devices not possible on the harpsichord.
