Definition of Clavichord

1. Noun. An early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound.


Definition of Clavichord

1. n. A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord.

Definition of Clavichord

1. Noun. (musical instruments) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings ¹

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Definition of Clavichord

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clavichord

clavatin
clavation
clavations
clave
clavecin
clavecins
clavelin
clavelins
claver
clavered
clavering
clavers
claves
clavi
claviceps
clavichord (current term)
clavichordist
clavichordists
clavichords
clavicle
clavicle strap
clavicles
clavicorn
clavicula
clavicular
clavicular branch of thoracoacromial artery
clavicular facet
clavicular notch of sternum
clavicular part of pectoralis major muscle
clavicular percussion

Literary usage of Clavichord

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"He derives the clavichord from Guido's monochord : does the virginal from the psaltery, but, at the lime, confesses he does not know when, or by whom, ..."

2. A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players by Oskar Bie, Ernest Edward Kellett, Edward Woodall Naylor (1899)
"The clavichord was unequal to the task. A new technique was required. The strings, instead of being touched and divided, were plucked with quills, ..."

3. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"The clavichord was a light-toned instrument of a different sort, in which a metal blade, ... The clavichord had one possibility that has not been equalled, ..."

4. The Appreciation of Music: A Course of Study for Schools, Colleges, and by Thomas Whitney Surette, Daniel Gregory Mason (1907)
"All this may be seen in such an example as the Fugue in C- minor in Bach's "Well-Tempered clavichord." EXAMPLE FOR ANALYSIS, No. 2. Bach: Fugue No. ..."

5. Sebastian Bach by Reginald Lane Poole (1882)
"of his most extensive production for the clavichord, for the chamber, and for the orchestra. ... The clavichord works admit of a double classification. ..."

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