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A harpsichord produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed. On a grand piano, the sound is made by striking the strings with a felt covered wooden hammer.
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Can the harpsichord play piano and fortedynamics like the piano?
No. The harpsichord is not capable of producing a wide range of dynamics unlike the piano. Since its strings are plucked and not hit, the harpsichord can only keep one toned dynamic. Because of this, performances with different acoustics are difficult due to the limits of the harpsichord.
Do all pianos have pedals?
No. There are hundreds of piano that have different settings. Remember that the piano of today evolved from many different changes that occurred to the harpsichord piano.
Was Handel's Capriccio written for harpsichord or piano?
Harpsichord
What instrument existed before the piano?
Harpsichord was before the piano.
The ancestor of the piano is the?
Clavichord and the harpsichord.
What is the first piano called?
Harpsichord
What string instruments looks and plays like a piano but it is not a piano?
The harpsichord, clavichord and clavier are three such instruments.
How are dynamics and timbre controlled on a harpsichord?
You can't use dynamics or timbre on a harpsichord, but you can on a piano
What instruments did Wolfgang play?
Mozart played the piano, violin, organ, harpsichord, and maybe several other instruments.
Is a Harpsichord upright?
Harpsichords and pianos are completely different, the piano using hammers on the strings whereas the harpsichord is plucked by "quills". Harpsichords are shaped like a grand piano, but narrower and longer. There are also spinets and clavichords which are like small harpsichords.
What are the 5 different keyboard instruments and what are they?
There is the organ, piano, harpsichord, synthesiser, and the alto. The organ is a huge instrument that whenever a key is pressed the sound comes out of a huge tube. The harpsichord is an electric version of the piano. The piano is whenever a key is pressed a hammer hits one of the strings, the alto is a lot like the piano, and the synthesiser is also like the piano.
An instrument that Looks like a piano?
harpsichord
