The best ear training is tuning a piano or harpsichord.
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Harpsichord
//ˈhɑɹp.sɪˌkɔɹd//
Synonyms for "harpsichord" (39 found)
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Related words (19)
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67 translations across 53 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- klavesimbel noun (musical instrument)
Albanian
1 entries- klaviçembal noun (musical instrument)
Arabic
1 entries- بِيَانُ القِيثَارِي noun (musical instrument)
Armenian
2 entries- կլավեսին noun (musical instrument)
- կլավիկորդ noun (musical instrument)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- klavesin noun (musical instrument)
Belarusian
1 entries- клавесі́н noun (musical instrument)
Bulgarian
1 entries- клавеси́н noun (musical instrument)
Catalan
2 entries- clavecí noun (musical instrument)
- clavicèmbal noun (musical instrument)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 大鍵琴 /大键琴 noun (musical instrument)
Czech
1 entries- cembalo noun (musical instrument)
Danish
1 entries- cembalo noun (musical instrument)
Dutch
1 entries- klavecimbel noun (musical instrument)
Esperanto
1 entries- klaviceno noun (musical instrument)
Estonian
1 entries- klavessiin noun (musical instrument)
Faroese
1 entries- kembalo noun (musical instrument)
Finnish
2 entries- cembalo noun (musical instrument)
- klavesiini noun (musical instrument)
French
1 entries- clavecin noun (musical instrument)
Friulian
1 entries- clavicembal noun (musical instrument)
Galician
2 entries- clavecín noun (musical instrument)
- clavicémbalo noun (musical instrument)
Georgian
1 entries- კლავესინი noun (musical instrument)
German
2 entries- Cembalo noun (musical instrument)
- Spinett noun (musical instrument)
Greek
1 entries- τσέμπαλο noun (musical instrument)
Hebrew
1 entries- צֶ׳מבָּלוֹ noun (musical instrument)
Hungarian
1 entries- csembaló noun (musical instrument)
Icelandic
1 entries- semball noun (musical instrument)
Ido
1 entries- klavikordo noun (musical instrument)
Irish
1 entries- cruitchlár noun (musical instrument)
Italian
2 entries- cembalo noun (musical instrument)
- clavicembalo noun (musical instrument)
Japanese
3 entries- クラヴサン noun (musical instrument)
- チェンバロ noun (musical instrument)
- ハープシコード noun (musical instrument)
Korean
1 entries- 하프시코드 noun (musical instrument)
Latin
1 entries- harpicordium noun (musical instrument)
Latvian
1 entries- klavesīns noun (musical instrument)
Lithuanian
1 entries- klavesinas noun (musical instrument)
Macedonian
2 entries- клавичембало noun (musical instrument)
- чембало noun (musical instrument)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- cembalo noun (musical instrument)
Occitan
1 entries- clavecin noun (musical instrument)
Persian
1 entries- هارپسیکورد noun (musical instrument)
Polish
1 entries- klawesyn noun (musical instrument)
Portuguese
1 entries- cravo noun (musical instrument)
Romanian
1 entries- clavecin noun (musical instrument)
Russian
1 entries- клавеси́н noun (musical instrument)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cruit-chòrda noun (musical instrument)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- čembalo noun (musical instrument)
- чембало noun (musical instrument)
Sicilian
1 entries- clavicìmmalu noun (musical instrument)
Slovak
1 entries- čembalo noun (musical instrument)
Slovene
1 entries- čembalo noun (musical instrument)
Spanish
4 entries- clave noun (musical instrument)
- clavecín noun (musical instrument)
- clavicordio noun (musical instrument)
- clavicémbalo noun (musical instrument)
Swedish
1 entries- cembalo noun (musical instrument)
Thai
1 entries- ฮาร์ปซิคอร์ด noun (musical instrument)
Turkish
1 entries- klavsen noun (musical instrument)
Ukrainian
1 entries- клавеси́н noun (musical instrument)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đàn clavico noun (musical instrument)
Welsh
2 entries- absicol noun (musical instrument)
- harpsicord noun (musical instrument)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I like the sound of the harpsichord very much.
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Tom certainly plays the harpsichord well.
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Anyone who has never strung a spinet, clavichord, or harpsichord cannot imagine what kinds of problems can arise, from the choice of strings, to the actual stretching of the strings until they are tuned.
Source: tatoeba (1468135)
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