Harpsichord

Luigi Boccherini's Op.11, No 5 Minuet in E major.

It's an alternate term for pedal harpsichord, an instrument that has a pedal keyboard like an organ's.

See for example the great 1960's album "Bach on the Pedal Harpsichord" by E. Power Biggs (Columbia Records)

No. The harpsichord was invented long before him. He did invent what he originally called a glassychord, later renamed the armonica, not to be confused with the harmonica.

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A harpsichord produces a sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed down.

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Yes. I'm assuming that you are using the French word, clavier, to mean keyboard. The only difference is that the harpsichord would play the notes all the same volume while the piano, originally called the piano forte plays notes both quiet and loud.

A double manual harpsichord's lower keyboard can be shoved in so that both keyboards are playing at the same time, which can produce a louder sound, and if it has a buff stop, one keyboard will be playing with the buff stop while the other is not.

1. The way it generates sound - the harpsichord plucks a string while the organ generates sound with the vibration of air passing through pipes;

2. The sound - the harpsichord has a string metalic sound, a cross between guitar and harp, while the organ's sound depends on the stops that are pulled. If all stops are pulled then it has a powerful characteristic sound; the sound on a hapsichord also fades quickly, while on the organ it lasts as long as you keep the key pressed;

3. The existence of pedals - the harpsichord has no pedals, while the organ has the bass pedals;

4. Appearance - the haprsichords resemble pianos in shape and size and have usually have various painting in them, while the organ is many times bigger due to the huge number and big size of the bass pipes.

5. Use - the organs are mostly used in churches where they sit all their lives since they are too big to be easily moved, while the harpsichords sit at houses or a concert halls.

6. Price - Organs are generally way more expensive than harpsichords (unless they're really small, but that's not common)

A small harp is called a Lap Harp, because it can be played in one's lap.

What combination of ritornello and concertino do you hear in Brandenburg concerto no 5

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The piano replaced the harpsichord as the most dominant instrument.

The harpsichord is a musical instrument whose strings are plucked from a keyboard and which sits on a table or stand while being played. They have been made in varying shapes, sizes and sounds over the years. They were called virginals in Elizabethan England, a term today reserved in English for harpsichords whose strings are parallel to the keyboard.

According to the 'source' linked below,

"The concerto No. 10, for four violins and string orchestra (RV 580), became a concerto for four harpsichords and string orchestra (BWV 1065)"

There's more information there as well.

http://scores.ccarh.org/vivaldi/op3dawsonnew/dawson_complete.pdf

You can check them out on Youtube pretty quickly...But the ones for 4 harpsichords aren't the greatest...There's an awesome one on the Air & Badinerie CD that Deutsche Grammophone (sp?) put out.