stringed keyboard instrument
61Klavierstücke (Stockhausen) — The Klavierstücke (Piano Pieces) constitute a series of compositions by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.Stockhausen has said the Klavierstücke are my drawings (Stockhausen 1971, 19). Originating as a set of four small pieces composed… …
62damper — /dam peuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that damps or depresses: His glum mood put a damper on their party. 2. a movable plate for regulating the draft in a stove, furnace, etc. 3. Music. a. a device in stringed keyboard instruments to deaden the… …
63barrel piano — ▪ musical instrument also called Street Piano, stringed musical instrument (chordophone) in which a simple pianoforte action is worked by a pinned barrel turned with a crank, rather than by a keyboard mechanism. It is associated… …
64damper — I. /ˈdæmpə / (say dampuh) noun 1. someone or something that damps. 2. a movable plate for regulating the draught in a stove, furnace, ducting system, etc. 3. Music a. a device in stringed keyboard instruments to deaden the vibration of the… …
65Haridasas and Carnatic music — The Haridasas, the Vaishnava saints of Karnataka, are traditionally classified into the Vyasakuta and Dasakuta . The Vyasakuta were the pontifical saints who were known for their scholarship and exposition of the Madhva s philosophy. This order… …
66plonk — plonk1 informal, chiefly Brit. verb 1》 set down heavily or carelessly. 2》 play unskilfully on a keyboard or stringed musical instrument. noun a sound as of something being set down heavily. Origin C19 (orig. dialect): imitative; cf. plunk. plonk2 …
67damper — damp•er [[t]ˈdæm pər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that damps or depresses 2) mac a movable plate for regulating the draft in a stove, furnace, etc 3) mad a) a device in stringed keyboard instruments to deaden the vibration of the strings b) the… …
68clavier — n. claviature; any stringed musical instrument with keyboard …
69clavichord — [klav′i kôrd΄] n. [ME clavicord < ML clavicordium < L clavis, a key (see CLOSE2) + chorda,CHORD1] a stringed musical instrument with a keyboard, predecessor of the piano: horizontal strings, generally of equal length, are struck at various… …
70harpsichord — [härp′si kôrd΄] n. [obs. Fr harpechorde or It arpicordo < arpa (LL harpa < Gmc * harpa: see HARP) + corda (see CORD); s is intrusive] a stringed musical instrument with a keyboard, often with two manuals: the strings are plucked by points… …
