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clavichord

[ klav-i-kawrd ]

noun

  1. an early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.


clavichord

/ ˈ°ì±ô汹ɪˌ°ìɔ˻å /

noun

  1. a keyboard instrument consisting of a number of thin wire strings struck from below by brass tangents. The instrument is noted for its delicate tones, since the tangents do not rebound from the string until the key is released
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Derived Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of clavichord1

1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin ³¦±ôÄå±¹¾±³¦³ó´Ç°ù»å¾±³Ü³¾, equivalent to Latin ³¦±ôÄå±¹¾± ( s ) key + chord ( a ) chord 2 + -ium -ium
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of clavichord1

C15: from Medieval Latin ³¦±ôÄå±¹¾±³¦³ó´Ç°ù»å¾±³Ü³¾, from Latin ³¦±ôÄå±¹¾±s key + chorda string, chord 1
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A Clavinet looks like an electric keyboard, but it is an electro-mechanical string instrument originally developed for the performance of classical harpsichord and clavichord music.

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Technological change is in fact the subject of your favorite page, the middle page of a rondo that Bach wrote in 1781 as a farewell to his long-serving clavichord.

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She finds new textures in her voice, and its acrobatics are less flashy and more delicate, against an intricate world conjured up out of harps, music boxes and the clavichord.

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Every year for two months Aureliano Segundo played his role of an exemplary husband and he organized parties with ice cream and cookies which the gay and lively schoolgirl enhanced with the clavichord.

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Rodney, the protagonist of “Early Music,†purchases an antiquated clavichord that will financially ruin his family.

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