MUSIC 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Organetto, Keyboard Instrument, Zill
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Hand drums, frame drums in var. shapes and sizes. Not possible to play with both hands (one was always busy) Bigger organs not in church yet: harpsichord. Not particularly important in early renaissance, but it is in baroque (and the late renaissance) When you push the key down, a little hook plucks the keys (instead of a piano"s hammer: sound was a lot softer, kind of like a guitar, virginal. V soft- doesn"t have the sustaining power of a modern piano. Range of notes not very large: these instruments, along w/ lutes, recorders, and other stringed instruments would be found in wealthy homes. The madrigals of carlo gesualdo: not in text. Not always the case with all people: studied music from an early age lute, guitar, harpsichord, virginal infamy, wife was having an affair, caught in the act. Also rumours that he killed one of his children, bc he was convinced the child wasn"t his.
