keyboard instrument

collocation in English

meaningsofkeyboardandinstrument

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keyboard
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkiː.bɔːd/us
/ˈkiː.bɔːrd/
the set of keys on a computer or typewriter that you press in order to make it ...
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instrument
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/us
/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/
an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce ...
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A marimba is a long woodenkeyboardinstrumentwith large resonators, usually played by three musicians.
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After all, the piano is akeyboardinstrumentwhere the strings are struck.
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The positive is also not to be confused with the regal, a smallkeyboardinstrumentthat contains short-length reed pipes.
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The clavichord was an early acoustickeyboardinstrumentthat used a mechanical hammer to fret a string for each key.
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It's merely an alternatekeyboardinstrument, that offers a certain kind of sound that's appropriate sometimes.
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Until the first half of the 20th century, the clavichord was the onlykeyboardinstrumenton which finger vibrato was possible.
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The harmonium is s a free-standingkeyboardinstrumentsimilar to a reed organ.
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The melodeon is another reedkeyboardinstrument, usually housed in a table-like casing, that predates the pump organ.
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Anotherkeyboardinstrumentused in the orchestra, as well as jazz, is the vibraphone.
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The hydraulis was the world's firstkeyboardinstrumentand was, in fact, the predecessor of the modern church organ.
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The game includes a list of 83 songs, many selected to emphasize thekeyboardinstrument.
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It was the first bowedkeyboardinstrument(of which any record has survived) ever to be devised.
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The vocal parts, however, only occur intermittently, and it is thekeyboardinstrumentthat accounts for the largest share of the music.
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At the same time, the fortepiano began to eclipse the harpsichord and clavichord as thekeyboardinstrumentof choice.
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However, the principle of bowed strings in akeyboardinstrumentis old.
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It must also be remembered that temperament applies only to instruments with fixed pitch: anykeyboardinstrument, lutes, viols, and so forth.
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Nokeyboardinstrumentis a standard member of an orchestra or concert band, but they are included occasionally.
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With the exception of the marimba, almost every otherkeyboardinstrumenthas been used widely in an orchestral setting.
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In either case, the tangent piano is an appropriate choice for thekeyboardinstrumentin the concerti.
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It was primarily used by the aristocracy since the claviorgan was considerably more expensive than any otherkeyboardinstrumentbarring a full-sized church organ.
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