Harpsichord Synonyms

härpsĭ-kôrd
A stringed musical instrument with a keyboard, often with two manuals: the strings are plucked by points of leather or quill when the keys are pressed, producing short, abrupt tones
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cembalo
  2. spinet

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Harpsichord Sentence Examples

  • As a bonus most models now have a convincing harpsichord.

  • The greater richness of tone of the modern pianoforte is a better compensation for any bareness that may be imputed to pure two-part or three-part writing than a filling out which deprives the listener of the power to follow the essential lines of the music. The same holds good, though in a lesser degree, of the resources of the harpsichord in respect of octavestrings.

  • Students of Harpsichord and Organ will be required to include some continuo playing in the recital.

  • To sacrifice phrasing, and distinctness in real partwriting, to a crude imitation of the richness produced mechanically on the harpsichord by drawing 4-ft.

  • Figure 2 - Graph showing the string scalings of the 1769 Pascal Taskin double-manual harpsichord, Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments, Cat.

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