NMC Learning at Home: The Clavichord-Evolution of the Piano (Part 2)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- Evan the Educator continues delving into the evolution of the piano in Part 2 of the series. In this episode, he explores the clavichord. With a keyboard included in its design, it's a big leap from its predecessor, the hammered dulcimer. Hear the clavichord's distinctly soft sound; and learn a bit about the instrument that came after it, the clavinet.
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0:00 Introduction
0:55 Design
2:44 Controlling the Vibration
3:59 Describing the Sound
4:47 Making Music
5:29 Clavinet
6:31 Conclusion - เพลง
The Clavinet (Electric Clavichord) has that funky twanging sound.
Very interesting videos serie, thank you. I wish view inside the box, the mecanism.
I love these videos thank you so much.
The Clavinet is actually an Electric Clavichord that plugs into an amp. Vintage vibe makes the Vibanet an updated version of that instrument.
There's the Vintage Vibe Vibanet which is an updated version of the Clavinet that everyone loves.
The clavichord's sound is so much softer than a dulcimer or a harpsichord because the tangent (a metal blade sticking up from the key lever) also acts as a bridge at the end of the vibrating part of the string; in other string instruments, the string is bowed/hit/plucked somewhere in the middle.
The clavichord is the simplest keyed instrument: the key is just a straight stick, you press down one end, the tangent goes up and hits the string at the other end - that's it.
Edit: Because of its simplicity, the clavichord was also much cheaper than a harpsichord. So it was used rather like cheap electric pianos nowadays, as a beginner's instrument. A typical clavichord around 1700 was small, only four octaves (often with a "short octave" in the bass, leaving out C#, D#, F# and G#, which were rarely played at the time). This made it easy to transport - in one of his letters, Mozart mentions taking one with him in a coach (but he could only do it if there was a vacant seat). Bigger clavichords were built later in the 18th century, with 5 octaves - CPE Bach was a fan - but as soon as piano manufacture became industrialised nobody wanted clavichords - you can dance to a piano!
most clavichords are actually fretted meaning that notes aprticulary close to eachother could not be played in unison, but it offered alot of benefits aswell, mainly, less strings to tune, compact size, and better renonsance due to freeing up the sound board
Ernst Zacharias invented the Electric Clavichord which is called a Clavinet.
6:13 Plays Superstition by Stevie Wonder
Not enough information on its working, and not enough close up pictures.