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What does harpsichord mean?

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Noun
  1. (music) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When the performer presses a key, a corresponding plectrum plucks a tuned string. The harpsichord originated in late medieval Europe and is one of the most important instruments used to perform Baroque music.
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They also transcribed music for the instrument from many sources, most notably the harpsichord, violin and piano.
Bennett's writing is highly sensitive, with delicate writing for the harp and harpsichord, as well as for the violist.
Curiously, Holloway uses both harpsichord and organ as basso continuo instruments.
Clavier or Klavier normally meant the clavichord, whereas the harpsichord was usually called Instrument or Cembalo.
Performing works for transverse flute and harpsichord were the young Messrs.
I casually plucked a few strings on the harp then strolled over to the harpsichord.

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