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Definition of Clavichord
1. Noun. An early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound.
Definition of Clavichord
1. n. A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord.
Definition of Clavichord
1. Noun. (musical instruments) 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 ¹
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Definition of Clavichord
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Clavichord
Literary usage of Clavichord
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"He derives the clavichord from Guido's monochord : does the virginal from the
psaltery, but, at the lime, confesses he does not know when, or by whom, ..."
2. A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players by Oskar Bie, Ernest Edward Kellett, Edward Woodall Naylor (1899)
"The clavichord was unequal to the task. A new technique was required. The strings,
instead of being touched and divided, were plucked with quills, ..."
3. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"The clavichord was a light-toned instrument of a different sort, in which a metal
blade, ... The clavichord had one possibility that has not been equalled, ..."
4. The Appreciation of Music: A Course of Study for Schools, Colleges, and by Thomas Whitney Surette, Daniel Gregory Mason (1907)
"All this may be seen in such an example as the Fugue in C- minor in Bach's "Well-Tempered
clavichord." EXAMPLE FOR ANALYSIS, No. 2. Bach: Fugue No. ..."
5. Sebastian Bach by Reginald Lane Poole (1882)
"of his most extensive production for the clavichord, for the chamber, and for
the orchestra. ... The clavichord works admit of a double classification. ..."
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