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Harpsichord
The ancestor of the piano, the harpsichord was first invented 1514. Harpsichords work with quills plucking the strings opposed to being hit with hammers like a piano.
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Is a Harpsichord upright?
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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.
Why did people ask Mozart to play upon the harpsicord with a cloth stretched over the keys?
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Is there a harpsichord or piano music sheet for the Making Fiends tv show theme song?
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The solo instruments in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 are the harpsichord and violin.?
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Was the harpsichord only used as an accompanying instrument in opera in the 16th century?
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Did Composers increasingly write for the organ harpsichord and virginal in the 16th century.?
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