Clavecin

Japanese: clavecin
Clavecin

…A type of plucked keyboard instrument that was widely used in Europe from the 16th to the 18th centuries. It is also called the cembalo, clavicermbalo (both in Italian) or clavecin (in French). The sound is produced by plucking strings tuned to a certain pitch with a plectrum connected to the keys. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "clavecin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…16世紀から18世紀にかけてヨーロッパで重用された鍵盤付撥弦楽器の一種。チェンバロcembalo,クラビチェンバロclavicembalo(ともにイタリア語),クラブサンclavecin(フランス語)とも呼ばれる。一定の音高に調律された弦を,鍵に連動するプレクトラムで弾いて音を出す。…

※「clavecin」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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