MUSIC 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Organetto, Zill, Keyboard Instrument
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Tambourines (most popular) finger cymbals (most popular) Play drums with your right hand attached to your belt. Then with your left hand play a recorder". Depending on the occasion either provided a steady beat. Organetto small, portable organ pumped and played by the same person. A lot of stately homes had an organetto. it wasn"t capable of playing with 2 hands. Wasn"t seem in churches hapischord keyboard instrument plucked strings limited dynamic range very popular in late renaissance. In h when you push the key down a little hook made from wood plucks the strings. Virginal keyboard instruments small and rectangular strings and rectangular strings plucked very soft. When you played a note it then died away. 1560-1613 born into a very wealthy family and considered very high up in the social structure. Not just as a patron but he wanted to compose. Played lute very well and remembered for his vocal compositions.
