keyboard instrument
- noun
- /ˈkiːbɔrd ˈɪnstrəmənt/
:
instrumento de teclado
Examples
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The accordion was another keyboard instrument that proved ideal for the campers.
Academic text (1996) -
Electronic keyboards of all shapes and sizes are finding their way into homes, schools, religious institutions, and just about anywhere a keyboard instrument can be used.
Academic text (1994) -
At the time Dwight wrote, only certain musical instruments were considered socially acceptable for women, namely keyboard instruments, the guitar, and the harp.
Academic text (1993) -
Multiple-user keyboard instruments, such as the Suzuki EO-3000, allow four to six students to play different "instruments" in a MIDI ensemble.
Academic text (1992) -
The sight of a woman playing a keyboard instrument was hardly startling; reviewers, however, were unaccustomed to seeing a woman display the strength and mastery required of a soloist, and invariably compared the style and tone of the performance to that of a man.
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Solo cello music dates back to the 1620s, but the cello's primary job early on was to join with a keyboard instrument, harpsichord or organ, to provide the musical foundation for a piece while a singer's voice, a violin, or some other instrument grabbed the soloist's glory.
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The piano is a popular keyboard instrument that many people learn to play in their childhood.
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Many modern songs are performed using a keyboard instrument like a synthesizer or piano.
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In music class, students often practice melodies on a keyboard instrument such as the organ.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large instrument with black and white keys you press to make music
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5.3
A large keyboard instrument that makes sound using air or electricity
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3.9
An electronic instrument usually played with a keyboard that makes many sounds and copies other instruments
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8.4
A keyboard instrument with strings plucked to make a bright sound
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5.3
A large musical instrument that makes sound through many pipes and you play with keyboards and pedals
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A large keyboard instrument like a piano where keys make hammers hit strings to make sound
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A keyboard instrument that makes sound when air is pushed through thin metal strips using hand pumps
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5.4
An electronic keyboard that makes a rich organ sound like a pipe organ, used in jazz and rock
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A keyboard instrument like a piano or harpsichord
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A keyboard instrument that makes sounds like a pipe organ using electricity
A keyboard instrument that makes pipe-organ sounds using electronic parts
A musical instrument with a piano-style keyboard for the right hand and buttons for the left hand
A musical instrument that uses hot air to make whistles played by a keyboard
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a musical instrument played using a keyboard' is directly derivable from combining 'keyboard' (a set of keys) with 'instrument' (a device producing musical sounds). This noun–noun compounding follows regular English composition patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
The name keyboard instrument comes from the idea of a musical instrument that has a row of keys called a keyboard, which the player presses to make sound. So it now means 'a musical instrument you play using a keyboard', like a piano, organ, or synthesizer.