clavier
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- noun
- /klæˈvɪr/
:
clavichordio
- He played CDs: Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier" and the "Goldberg Variations," performed by Glenn Gould, which most suited him.
- the Well-Tempered Clavier
- Tempered Clavier
- play the clavier
Examples
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We think he started the well tempered Clavier while in jail.
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Weirich, R. "The View from the Second Floor." Clavier 29, no. 7 (1990): 50.
Academic text (1993) -
Playing a clavier.
Fiction book (2001) -
This is the E flat major prelude from the first book of The Well Tempered Clavier by Bach and it goes like this.
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JS Bach wrote a prelude to the first book of his Well tempered Clavier, and it's a famous work.
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A musical example need not compete with the sonic density of The Well-Tempered Clavier to validate a single principle of harmonic theory.
Academic text (2010) -
He picks up a glass of wine that has been resting on the clavier and takes one of the sketches, gazing intently at it.
Fiction book (2001) -
And now she's flipping through the pages of magazines, looking at photographs of the royal family and film stars, listening to Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier".
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My father played the clavier beautifully at the concert last night.
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Many composers have written works specifically for the clavier, making it an important instrument in classical music.
Synonyms
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A keyboard instrument with strings plucked to make a bright sound
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A small early keyboard instrument with a soft, gentle sound
A musical machine with keys you press to make notes, like a piano or organ
A keyboard instrument used to play music, like a piano
A keyboard instrument like a piano that makes sound by plucking strings
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Etymology
Clavier comes from French and from the Latin root clavis, which means 'key'. So a clavier is an instrument made of 'keys', like a piano or harpsichord, which is why the word means a keyboard instrument.