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clavichord

[ US /ˈkɫævəˌkɔɹd/ ]
NOUN
  1. an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound

How To Use clavichord In A Sentence

  • These keyboard works were written mainly for the clavichord, an instrument that was on the way out; yet even as he played and wrote increasingly for the piano, he took the earlier instrument to the greatest heights.
  • Wire strings not only were used on guitars, mandoras, and bass lutes, but gave rise to a whole new family of string instruments, which included zithers, citterns, the Irish harp, psaltery, clavichord and others during the 15th and 16th centuries.
  • New instruments that appeared during the early Renaissance, in the second half of the 15th century, included the harpsichord, the clavichord, and the viol and violin families.
  • The score's facsimile will be officially presented and played by clavichordist Florian Birsak on Friday, it said. Mozart piano score discovered in Salzburg
  • In parallel with this I plan to visit museums where there are early keyboard instruments, either harpsichords or clavichords.
  • Its treatment of the modern piano as a vehicle for Bach reflects older emphases, and praise for the clavichord might be wishful thinking, yet the writing is full of common sense and musicianship.
  • He would be taught the horn, the clavichord, and the violin.
  • Her harpsichord and clavichord playing has influenced her piano playing, for example.
  • As she rises from a low chair at which she has been playing the clavichord, she disentangles the folds in the capacious dress which emphasises her tiny form.
  • He does not pretend it is a clavichord or a harpsichord, and the instrument's full ranges of volume, tone, and color are used.
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