stringed keyboard instrument
31Classical music — Montage of great classical music composers. From left to right: Top row – Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven; second row – Gioachino Rossini, Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric… …
32sonata — /seuh nah teuh/, n. Music. a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys. [1685 95; < It < L sonata, fem. of sonatus (ptp. of sonare to SOUND1). See SONANT, ATE1] * * * I Musical form… …
33List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number: 321.321 — This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 321.321 under that system. These instruments may be known as necked bowl lutes. 3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or… …
34History of the harpsichord — The harpsichord was an important keyboard instrument in Europe from the 15th through the 18th centuries, and as revived in the 20th, is widely played today. This article gives a history of the harpsichord; for information on the construction of… …
35Chapman Stick — A 10 string Chapman Stick The Chapman Stick (the Stick) is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and has… …
36Harpsichord — in the Flemish style Bach s Little Prelude in C major being played on a harpsichord. A harpsichord, also known by the name cembalo, is a musical instrument pla …
37Kurzweil K250 — The Kurzweil K250 a.k.a. Kurzweil 250 , K250 or K 250 , manufactured by Kurzweil Music Systems was the first combined live performance and studio electronic musical instrument which produced sound derived from sampled sounds (see:Sampler (musical …
38Claviorganum — The claviorganum (also known as the claviorgan, or organised piano) is an instrument whose origin is uncertain. A number of virgynalls with regals are mentioned in the inventories of Henry VIII in 1542/3 and 1547 and Wilson Barry [1] cites… …
39concerto — /keuhn cher toh/; It. /kawn cherdd taw/, n., pl. concertos, concerti / tee/. Music. a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form. [1720 30; < It, deriv. of concertare; see… …
40music — musicless, adj. /myooh zik/, n. 1. an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. 2. the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or… …
