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Definitions of harpsichord in various dictionaries:
noun - a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
A keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by means of quills or plectrums.
HARPSICHORD - A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard which activates a row of levers that in turn trigger a mechanism that plucks one ...
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| In 1952 (not 1752) Elliott Carter composed a sonata for flute, oboe, cello & this keyboard instrument |
| In the late 1500s the Ruckers of Antwerp were the most prominent makers of this keyboard instrument |
| Handel's keyboard music was written mainly for this stringed instrument |
| Also called a cembalo, it's the keyboard instrument heard here |
| This piano ancestor is named for its similarity to another instrument whose strings are also plucked |
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| A keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by means of quills or plectrums. |
| a keyboard instrument with horizontal strings which run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case, and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries. |
| a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots |
| A keyboard instrument with horizontal strings which run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case, and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries. |
| a musical instrument similar to a piano. It was played especially in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| a large musical instrument, similar to a piano and used esp. in the 17th and 18th centuries, with a row of keys that are pressed with the fingers to play notes, or this type of instrument generally |
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A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard which activates a row of levers that in turn trigger a mechanism that plucks one or more strings with a small plectrum. * The term denotes the whole family of similar plucked-keyboard instruments, including the smaller virginals, muselar, and spinet. The harpsichord was widely used in Renaissance and Baroque music. During the late 18th century, with the rise of the piano, it gradually disappeared from the musical scene. In the 20th century, it made a resurgence, being used in historically informed performances of older music, in new compositions, and in certain styles of popular music. |