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The clavichord is a very intimate, quiet instrument capable
of an expressiveness not possible on any other keyboard instrument.
Because of it’s striking action it was the only keyboard instrument, until
the development of the piano, which was capable of touch-controlled dynamics.
It was, and still is, unique in its ability among keyboard instruments
to vary the pitch of a note through finger pressure. These dynamic
and expressive qualities made it a favorite instrument of J.S. and C.P.E.
Bach.
A broad range of keyboard music is suitable for clavichord playing,
from Renaissance and early Baroque music, up through the Bachs, to Mozart,
Haydn and early Beethoven.
The control of touch which a clavichord teaches often results in a more
expressive playing of the harpsichord, organ and piano.
For more information about the clavichord, please see the “About” section. |