harpsichord
Pressing a key moves a jack that plucks a string. This topic is part of Instruments within Music. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
harpsichord trivia questions
A harpsichord produces sound by doing what to strings?
Answer: Plucking them
Bonus fact: Pressing a key moves a jack that plucks a string.
Which musical era is especially associated with the harpsichord?
Answer: Baroque
Bonus fact: It was a standard continuo instrument.
Unlike a piano, a traditional harpsichord has limited ability to vary volume through what?
Answer: Key pressure
Bonus fact: The plucking mechanism produces nearly the same attack regardless of touch.
What keyboard instrument was especially important in Baroque continuo playing?
Answer: Harpsichord
Bonus fact: The harpsichord commonly supplied harmonic support.
A keyboard instrument is played using rows of what?
Answer: Keys
Bonus fact: Piano, organ, and harpsichord are keyboard instruments.
Which keyboard instrument traditionally plucks strings rather than striking them?
Answer: Harpsichord
Bonus fact: Harpsichord jacks pluck strings when keys are pressed.