Definition of harpsichord in English:

harpsichord

noun ˈhɑːpsɪkɔːdˈhɑrpsəˌkɔrd

A keyboard instrument with horizontal strings which run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case, and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries.
羽管键琴，拨弦古钢琴
Example sentencesExamples
- Mirinda sings a fetching aria about being like a jasmine flower - two harpsichords provide a charming accompaniment - and Elena Cecchi Fedi makes the most of it.
- I plan to visit museums where there are early keyboard instruments, either harpsichords or clavichords.
- On the best album yet in this still-young year, the group's jagged fold of guitar, bass and drums welcomes keyboards, harpsichords and even more keyboards.
- Clavier or Klavier normally meant the clavichord, whereas the harpsichord was usually called Instrument or Cembalo.
- Long experience of working together in an ensemble may help, of course, but there are often problems with the delicate flute, and with some fortepianos and harpsichords.
- In terms of tempo, you could take things more slowly on the piano than a harpsichord allows… it's the sustain again.
- Her harpsichord and clavichord playing has influenced her piano playing, for example.
- For a rather odd alternative, we have Glenn Gould playing four of the Eight Suites on a harpsichord.
- Yukio and Pete tuned the viola da gamba and cello to the harpsichord, then Nikki joined in on the Alto recorder.
- It is usually associated with the organ, although it proves originally to have been intended for the harpsichord with pedals.
- In both the concertos and cantatas, the continuo consists of harpsichord, cello, and theorbo.
- The idea to put orchestral or vocal music on the piano came into being at the end of the 18th Century when the piano began to displace the harpsichord.
- With playing such as this, arguments regarding on which sort of instrument, whether piano or harpsichord, they should be played, become redundant.
- Curiously, this is the one solo keyboard piece of Bach's I've heard that really demands a harpsichord.
- Five different harpsichords were used, one an original eighteenth century instrument by Pascal Taskin, the others copies constructed specifically for the recordings.
- William Christie is a fine Handel stylist though I was surprised he did not direct from the harpsichord as Handel would have done.
- When pianos were first invented, they were similar in size to harpsichords.
- The harpsichord was remarkably bright, and thus at times also rather overpowering.
- These six sonatas reflect Bach's increased interest in the harpsichord.
- Mattheson's impressive Sonata and Suite make a fine exploration of the rich and powerful sonorities from two similar harpsichords.

Derivatives

harpsichordist

nounˈhɑːpsɪkɔːdɪstˈhɑrpsəˌkɔrdəst

Carl Philipp Emmanuel studied music only with his famous father, and he must have been a brilliant keyboard player; the future Frederick the Great chose the young man to be his harpsichordist, a post he held for almost 30 years.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ledbetter is a specialist in early music, a harpsichordist, historian and composer, with other writings including Harpsichord and Lute Music in 17 th-Century France and Continuo Playing According to Handel.
- I first encountered Raymond Leppard as the brilliant harpsichordist in Barbirolli's recording of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
- A child of Johann Sebastian's first marriage, he was universally recognised as being one of the greatest harpsichordists of all time.
- For the harpsichordist the ornaments, the trills and extra notes, are partly there to prolong the note, to emphasise it or give it a certain colour, and on the piano that can be done with the instruments natural sustain and dynamic range.

Origin

Early 17th century: from obsolete French harpechorde, from late Latin harpa 'harp' + chorda 'string' (the insertion of the letter s being unexplained).

piano from mid 18th century:
Before the mid 18th century the usual musical instrument in comfortable European households was the harpsichord. Its strings are plucked by quills, and the player has little or no control over the length of notes or volume. From the 18th century the pianoforte or fortepiano was developed, with strings struck by hammers, dampers to stop vibration when the keys are released and pedals to regulate the length and volume of notes. The names came from Italian piano ‘soft’ and forte ‘loud’, referring to the innovation of volume control. Soon the shortened form piano appeared, and nowadays pianoforte is a rather formal term for a piano, whereas fortepiano tends to refer to early forms of the instrument. The harpsichord (early 17th century) got its name from Late Latin harpa ‘harp’ and chorda ‘string’.

Definition of harpsichord in US English:

harpsichord

nounˈhärpsəˌkôrdˈhɑrpsəˌkɔrd

A keyboard instrument with horizontal strings which run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case, and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries.
羽管键琴，拨弦古钢琴
Example sentencesExamples
- It is usually associated with the organ, although it proves originally to have been intended for the harpsichord with pedals.
- Mirinda sings a fetching aria about being like a jasmine flower - two harpsichords provide a charming accompaniment - and Elena Cecchi Fedi makes the most of it.
- Long experience of working together in an ensemble may help, of course, but there are often problems with the delicate flute, and with some fortepianos and harpsichords.
- I plan to visit museums where there are early keyboard instruments, either harpsichords or clavichords.
- Yukio and Pete tuned the viola da gamba and cello to the harpsichord, then Nikki joined in on the Alto recorder.
- In terms of tempo, you could take things more slowly on the piano than a harpsichord allows… it's the sustain again.
- Mattheson's impressive Sonata and Suite make a fine exploration of the rich and powerful sonorities from two similar harpsichords.
- William Christie is a fine Handel stylist though I was surprised he did not direct from the harpsichord as Handel would have done.
- The harpsichord was remarkably bright, and thus at times also rather overpowering.
- Clavier or Klavier normally meant the clavichord, whereas the harpsichord was usually called Instrument or Cembalo.
- For a rather odd alternative, we have Glenn Gould playing four of the Eight Suites on a harpsichord.
- With playing such as this, arguments regarding on which sort of instrument, whether piano or harpsichord, they should be played, become redundant.
- When pianos were first invented, they were similar in size to harpsichords.
- On the best album yet in this still-young year, the group's jagged fold of guitar, bass and drums welcomes keyboards, harpsichords and even more keyboards.
- Five different harpsichords were used, one an original eighteenth century instrument by Pascal Taskin, the others copies constructed specifically for the recordings.
- Her harpsichord and clavichord playing has influenced her piano playing, for example.
- These six sonatas reflect Bach's increased interest in the harpsichord.
- The idea to put orchestral or vocal music on the piano came into being at the end of the 18th Century when the piano began to displace the harpsichord.
- In both the concertos and cantatas, the continuo consists of harpsichord, cello, and theorbo.
- Curiously, this is the one solo keyboard piece of Bach's I've heard that really demands a harpsichord.

Origin

Early 17th century: from obsolete French harpechorde, from late Latin harpa ‘harp’ + chorda ‘string’ (the insertion of the letter s being unexplained).

单词	harpsichord
释义	Definition of harpsichord in English: harpsichord noun ˈhɑːpsɪkɔːdˈhɑrpsəˌkɔrd A keyboard instrument with horizontal strings which run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case, and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries. 羽管键琴，拨弦古钢琴 Example sentencesExamples Mirinda sings a fetching aria about being like a jasmine flower - two harpsichords provide a charming accompaniment - and Elena Cecchi Fedi makes the most of it. I plan to visit museums where there are early keyboard instruments, either harpsichords or clavichords. On the best album yet in this still-young year, the group's jagged fold of guitar, bass and drums welcomes keyboards, harpsichords and even more keyboards. Clavier or Klavier normally meant the clavichord, whereas the harpsichord was usually called Instrument or Cembalo. Long experience of working together in an ensemble may help, of course, but there are often problems with the delicate flute, and with some fortepianos and harpsichords. In terms of tempo, you could take things more slowly on the piano than a harpsichord allows… it's the sustain again. Her harpsichord and clavichord playing has influenced her piano playing, for example. For a rather odd alternative, we have Glenn Gould playing four of the Eight Suites on a harpsichord. Yukio and Pete tuned the viola da gamba and cello to the harpsichord, then Nikki joined in on the Alto recorder. It is usually associated with the organ, although it proves originally to have been intended for the harpsichord with pedals. In both the concertos and cantatas, the continuo consists of harpsichord, cello, and theorbo. The idea to put orchestral or vocal music on the piano came into being at the end of the 18th Century when the piano began to displace the harpsichord. With playing such as this, arguments regarding on which sort of instrument, whether piano or harpsichord, they should be played, become redundant. Curiously, this is the one solo keyboard piece of Bach's I've heard that really demands a harpsichord. Five different harpsichords were used, one an original eighteenth century instrument by Pascal Taskin, the others copies constructed specifically for the recordings. William Christie is a fine Handel stylist though I was surprised he did not direct from the harpsichord as Handel would have done. When pianos were first invented, they were similar in size to harpsichords. The harpsichord was remarkably bright, and thus at times also rather overpowering. These six sonatas reflect Bach's increased interest in the harpsichord. Mattheson's impressive Sonata and Suite make a fine exploration of the rich and powerful sonorities from two similar harpsichords. Derivatives harpsichordist nounˈhɑːpsɪkɔːdɪstˈhɑrpsəˌkɔrdəst Carl Philipp Emmanuel studied music only with his famous father, and he must have been a brilliant keyboard player; the future Frederick the Great chose the young man to be his harpsichordist, a post he held for almost 30 years. Example sentencesExamples Ledbetter is a specialist in early music, a harpsichordist, historian and composer, with other writings including Harpsichord and Lute Music in 17 th-Century France and Continuo Playing According to Handel. I first encountered Raymond Leppard as the brilliant harpsichordist in Barbirolli's recording of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. A child of Johann Sebastian's first marriage, he was universally recognised as being one of the greatest harpsichordists of all time. For the harpsichordist the ornaments, the trills and extra notes, are partly there to prolong the note, to emphasise it or give it a certain colour, and on the piano that can be done with the instruments natural sustain and dynamic range. Origin Early 17th century: from obsolete French harpechorde, from late Latin harpa 'harp' + chorda 'string' (the insertion of the letter s being unexplained). piano from mid 18th century: Before the mid 18th century the usual musical instrument in comfortable European households was the harpsichord. Its strings are plucked by quills, and the player has little or no control over the length of notes or volume. From the 18th century the pianoforte or fortepiano was developed, with strings struck by hammers, dampers to stop vibration when the keys are released and pedals to regulate the length and volume of notes. The names came from Italian piano ‘soft’ and forte ‘loud’, referring to the innovation of volume control. Soon the shortened form piano appeared, and nowadays pianoforte is a rather formal term for a piano, whereas fortepiano tends to refer to early forms of the instrument. The harpsichord (early 17th century) got its name from Late Latin harpa ‘harp’ and chorda ‘string’. Definition of harpsichord in US English: harpsichord nounˈhärpsəˌkôrdˈhɑrpsəˌkɔrd A keyboard instrument with horizontal strings which run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case, and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries. 羽管键琴，拨弦古钢琴 Example sentencesExamples It is usually associated with the organ, although it proves originally to have been intended for the harpsichord with pedals. Mirinda sings a fetching aria about being like a jasmine flower - two harpsichords provide a charming accompaniment - and Elena Cecchi Fedi makes the most of it. Long experience of working together in an ensemble may help, of course, but there are often problems with the delicate flute, and with some fortepianos and harpsichords. I plan to visit museums where there are early keyboard instruments, either harpsichords or clavichords. Yukio and Pete tuned the viola da gamba and cello to the harpsichord, then Nikki joined in on the Alto recorder. In terms of tempo, you could take things more slowly on the piano than a harpsichord allows… it's the sustain again. Mattheson's impressive Sonata and Suite make a fine exploration of the rich and powerful sonorities from two similar harpsichords. William Christie is a fine Handel stylist though I was surprised he did not direct from the harpsichord as Handel would have done. The harpsichord was remarkably bright, and thus at times also rather overpowering. Clavier or Klavier normally meant the clavichord, whereas the harpsichord was usually called Instrument or Cembalo. For a rather odd alternative, we have Glenn Gould playing four of the Eight Suites on a harpsichord. With playing such as this, arguments regarding on which sort of instrument, whether piano or harpsichord, they should be played, become redundant. When pianos were first invented, they were similar in size to harpsichords. On the best album yet in this still-young year, the group's jagged fold of guitar, bass and drums welcomes keyboards, harpsichords and even more keyboards. Five different harpsichords were used, one an original eighteenth century instrument by Pascal Taskin, the others copies constructed specifically for the recordings. Her harpsichord and clavichord playing has influenced her piano playing, for example. These six sonatas reflect Bach's increased interest in the harpsichord. The idea to put orchestral or vocal music on the piano came into being at the end of the 18th Century when the piano began to displace the harpsichord. In both the concertos and cantatas, the continuo consists of harpsichord, cello, and theorbo. Curiously, this is the one solo keyboard piece of Bach's I've heard that really demands a harpsichord. Origin Early 17th century: from obsolete French harpechorde, from late Latin harpa ‘harp’ + chorda ‘string’ (the insertion of the letter s being unexplained).
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