clavichords
Quiet keyboard instruments
Clavichords are early keyboard instruments in which pressing a key causes a metal blade to strike a string.
Unlike pianos, the blade stays in contact with the string, allowing the player to create vibrato by varying finger pressure.
The clavichord was popular from the Renaissance through the Baroque period, prized for its expressive intimacy despite its quiet tone: Bach likely composed much of his keyboard music on a clavichord.
Button grids for input
- harpsichordsPlucked-string keyboard instruments
- fortepianosEarly hammer-action keyboards
- spinetsSmall keyboard instruments
- virginalsSmall Renaissance keyboard instrument
organs · manuals · tangents · strings · frets · soundboard · action · keys
Line touching curve once
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- wireThin metallic conductor
- stringsThin flexible lines
- soundboardTone-amplifying wooden surface
bridge · damping · fretted · unfretted · rack · woodworking · spruce · walnut
Perceiving through physical contact
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- vibratoOscillating pitch effect
- dynamicsStudy of forces
- pianissimoExtremely quiet, in scores
sensitivity · fingering · articulation · ornaments · trills · phrasing · practice · technique
German composer surname
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- Baroque eraOrnate artistic period, 1600-1750
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
Iberian · German · Scandinavian · Nordic · revival · museums · antiques · authenticity
keyboards
Button grids for input
- harpsichordsPlucked-string keyboard instruments
- fortepianosEarly hammer-action keyboards
- spinetsSmall keyboard instruments
virginals · organs · manuals · tangents · strings · frets · soundboard · action · keys · hammers
tangent
Line touching curve once
soundboard · bridge · damping · fretted · unfretted · rack · woodworking · spruce · walnut · boxwood
touch
Perceiving through physical contact
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- vibratoOscillating pitch effect
- dynamicsStudy of forces
pianissimo · sensitivity · fingering · articulation · ornaments · trills · phrasing · practice · technique · intimacy
Bach
German composer surname
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- Baroque eraOrnate artistic period, 1600-1750
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
medieval · Iberian · German · Scandinavian · Nordic · revival · museums · antiques · authenticity · musicology
clavichordspipe organs
Wind instruments with ranks
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clavichordssynthesizers
Electronic sound-generating instruments
digital pianos · keytars · electric organs · electric pianos · drum machines