Harpsichord
A harpsichord is the general term for a family of European keyboard instruments, including the large instrument nowadays called a harpsichord, but also the smaller virginals, the muselar virginals and the spinet. All these instruments generate sound by plucking a string rather than striking one, as in a piano or clavichord. The harpsichord family is thought to have originated when a keyboard was affixed to the end of a psaltery, providing a mechanical means to pluck the strings.
Related Topics:
Keyboard - Instrument - Sound - String - Piano - Clavichord - Psaltery
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History |
| ► | Music |
| ► | Action |
| ► | Variants |
| ► | Harpsichordists |
| ► | Further reading |
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