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  2. Harpsichord - Wikipedia

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    It replaced rarely used bass notes with more widely used notes. Some early harpsichords used a short octave for the lowest register. The rationale behind this system was that the low notes F ♯ and G ♯ are seldom needed in early music. Deep bass notes typically form the root of the chord, and F ♯ and G ♯ chords were seldom used at this ...

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    In bowed string music, an indication to discontinue extended techniques such as sul ponticello, sul tasto or col legno, and return to normal playing. The same as "naturale". organ trio In jazz or rock, a group of three musicians which includes a Hammond organ player and two other instruments, often an electric guitar player and a drummer.

  4. Fortepiano - Wikipedia

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    Fortepiano by Paul McNulty after Walter & Sohn, c. 1805 A fortepiano [ˌfɔrteˈpjaːno] is an early piano.In principle, the word "fortepiano" can designate any piano dating from the invention of the instrument by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1700 up to the early 19th century.

  5. Tangent piano - Wikipedia

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    The creation of the tangent piano, and the fortepiano, were the results of attempts to remedy the lack of dynamics in harpsichord sound. Both the tangent piano and fortepiano offered a variety of sound that was appealing to the changes in classical music, which featured more expressiveness and intensity than the harpsichord could offer.

  6. Realization (figured bass) - Wikipedia

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    Ex. 1 A figured bass line, and a realization for theorbo (Thomas Mace, 1676) [3] (play) Audio simulation Ex. 2 Four realizations of a short figured bass (1753) [4] (play) Ex. 3 A figured bass, and a guitar realization (Nicola Matteis, 1682) [5] (play) Ex. 4 Bach MS: the keyboard part is thought to be an extremely rare transcription of a live ...

  7. Fortepiano (musical dynamic) - Wikipedia

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    The fortepiano dynamic as it appears in modern music. The expression fortepiano (sometimes called forte piano) is a sudden dynamic change used in a musical score, usually with the abbreviation fp, to designate a section of music in which the music should be played loudly (forte), then immediately softly (piano). [1]

  8. List of keyboard instruments - Wikipedia

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    Harpsichord. Clavicymbalum; Lautenwerck; Hurdy-gurdy; Marxophone; Piano. Fortepiano; Tangent piano; Xenorphica; Additionally, members of the harpsichord and piano families may also use alternative setups to make the instruments more compact: Portable Folding harpsichord; Orphica; Spinets. Oval spinet; Square Square piano; Virginals; Uprights ...

  9. Harpsichord concerto - Wikipedia

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    Johann Christian Bach - 6 Concertos for Harpsichord, Op. 1; 5 Concertos for Harpsichord; Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor; 6 Concertos for Keyboard, Op. 7; 6 Concertos for Keyboard, Op. 13; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Harpsichord concertos Nos 1–4 (KV. 37, 39, 40 and 41) and unnumbered K. 107, arrangements of sonata movements by other composers.