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CLAVICIMBANO [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
  • String Instruments
DEF

A keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by means of quills or plectrums.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

Instrument de musique à cordes pincées et à clavier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de teclado
  • Instrumentos de cuerda
DEF

Instrumento musical de cuerdas y teclado que se caracteriza por el modo de herir dichas cuerdas desde abajo por picos de pluma que hacen el oficio de plectros.

CONT

El clavicémbalo (también llamado clave, clavecín, cémbalo o clavicímbano) era el único miembro del grupo [de cordófonos de teclado] con las cuerdas pinzadas.

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