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cembalo

[ chem-buh-loh ]

noun

Music.
plural cembali cembalos.


cembalo

/ ˈ³Ùʃɛ³¾²úÉ™±ôəʊ /

noun

  1. another word for harpsichord
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦±ð³¾²ú²¹±ô¾±²õ³Ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cembalo1

1795–1805; < Italian ( clavi ) cembalo < Latin cymbalum cymbal
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cembalo1

C19: shortened from clavicembalo
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Example Sentences

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Each singer made his own, which the maestro al cembalo accompanied with a few simple chords.

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The essential distinction between the cembalo and the spinet was in the manner of tone production.

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During the seventeenth century, sonatas were written for various instruments, with a figured bass for the cembalo.

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My view of Cristofori's invention allows me to think that the Estense "piano e forte" may have been a hammer cembalo, a very imperfect one, of course.

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In the cembalo there was a wooden jack resting upon the end of the keys, and upon this jack a little plectrum made of raven's quill, which had to be frequently renewed.

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