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bengy
Music
4M
New Hinges for the Harpsichord
New Hinges for the Harpsichord
The new harpsichord did have its first public outing a few weeks ago at our community playing weekend... and it held its own against much larger harpsichords! So, YAY for our little green harpsichord!
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4
bengy
Music
2y
Learning Pieces and Moving Harpsichords
Learning Pieces and Moving Harpsichords
Our ensemble's next chamber series concert is a classical-era concert... and that means that we are featuring the Walther-model fortepiano that we have. It was the model of piano that Mozart favoured due
506
6
bengy
Music
2y
Learning the music...
Learning the music...
Five different concerts in a bit over two weeks... a bit of a silly idea? Well, if it is the same programme then it would be just fine! Sadly, we decided to do five different programmes across a huge
bengy
Music
4y
Harpsichords: Role and Function in a Baroque Ensemble
Harpsichords: Role and Function in a Baroque Ensemble
Now that I'm forming up a new ensemble, I have to think a little bit more about things that I've not really had to think about too much beforehand... all the back-end stuff is a real pain in the arse,
bengy
Music
4y
More Tuning and Maintenance
More Tuning and Maintenance
... and after the fortepiano was tuned the other day, it was time to get the French double manual harpsichord into shape. This one is tuned to 1/6 comma Werckmeister at A=415Hz which is something that
crystalcasey
Musicforlife 🎶
4y
Cʀʏsᴛᴀʟ Cᴀsᴇʏ - Mɪʀʀᴏʀ Mɪʀʀᴏʀ
Cʀʏsᴛᴀʟ Cᴀsᴇʏ - Mɪʀʀᴏʀ Mɪʀʀᴏʀ
Tʜᴇ ғᴇᴍɪɴɪɴᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀsᴄᴜʟɪɴᴇ. Sʜᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ Hᴏʟʏ Gʀᴀɪʟ. Tʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡʜᴏ sᴇᴇs ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ᴀs ᴡᴇᴀᴋɴᴇss ɪs sᴇᴇɪɴɢ ʜɪs ʀᴇғʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. Yᴇᴛ, ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs sᴇʟғ-ᴅᴏᴜʙᴛ ɪɴ ɴᴀʀᴄɪssɪsᴍ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀʟsᴏ ᴘsʏᴄʜᴏᴘᴀᴛʜʏ ɪɴ ᴇᴍᴘᴀᴛʜʏ.
bengy
Music
5y
Excerpt from Chaconne in F (Fischer): Post Harpsichord Tuning Doodle 1
Excerpt from Chaconne in F (Fischer): Post Harpsichord Tuning Doodle 1
EDIT: I'm an idiot and posted the wrong video... so, this is a very short excerpt from a Fischer Chaconne that I was also doodling with... tomorrow, I will have the right Rinaldo Aria up instead! EDIT
mipiano
Music
5y
Scarlatti Played on Piano and Harpsichord Sound
Scarlatti Played on Piano and Harpsichord Sound
This could have been a real duel, between piano and harpsichord. In fact, it is, but only in the sound, because I don't have a real harpsichord. Of course, as in the majority of the electric pianos, there
mipiano
Music
6y
Giovanni Battista Pescetti: Presto
Giovanni Battista Pescetti: Presto
Presto from a Sonata for Harpsichord composed by Giovanni Battista Pescetti (1704-1766) ▶️ 3Speak
michaelcalabris
classical-music
7y
New Clavichord & Harpsichord YouTube Videos
New Clavichord & Harpsichord YouTube Videos
Today I posted three new YouTube videos which I hope you will check out. The first video includes two excerpts from my clavichord suite Love, Deception, Delusion, & Counterpoint : "Music Box"
michaelcalabris
classical-music
7y
Some New YouTube Videos & Anecdotes About Their Music
Some New YouTube Videos & Anecdotes About Their Music
During the last week I've posted several new YouTube videos about which I would now like to tell you. While I originally intended to post only videos related to keyboard music, whether of my own composition
michaelcalabris
classical-music
7y
Composing for the Harpsichord and Clavichord - Expressive Possibilities
Composing for the Harpsichord and Clavichord - Expressive Possibilities
At this time I am notating a harpsichord improvisation I recorded a few months ago - the day prior to my organ recital, actually. I titled the harpsichord improvisation "Star-Crossed." I am preparing
count.tormus
appics
7y
The jacks in my harpsichord were restoring and have now been placed back into their ...
The jacks in my harpsichord were restoring and have now been placed back into their ...
... registers.
count.tormus
appics
7y
The ornamental rose in the soundboard of an English harpsichord made by Jacob and ...
The ornamental rose in the soundboard of an English harpsichord made by Jacob and ...
... Abraham Kirkman in 1775.
michaelcalabris
harpsichord
7y
Harpsichord Composition
Harpsichord Composition
This is a composition of mine dating from earlier this year. "Rhapsody on Ancient Arabic and Greek Scales" was originally intended to open the second half of my graduate harpsichord/clavichord
tormus1958
classical-music
7y
Johann Jacob de Neufville - Ciaconna in B Minor
Johann Jacob de Neufville - Ciaconna in B Minor
Neufville ( 1684 - 1712), organist and composer, was born in Nuremburg and studied from Pachelbel. His Ciaconna is a work built on a descending 8 bar ground bass. The instrument upon which I play from
cowboycameraman
dtube
7y
Blindfold Play -- Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 Prelude 3
Blindfold Play -- Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 Prelude 3
Played on my OPL Digital Harpsichord. Tuning: A4=415 Hz, Bach/Lehman temperament. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS
cowboycameraman
dtube
8y
Tuning By Ear on the OPL Digital Harpsichord
Tuning By Ear on the OPL Digital Harpsichord
Setting up the "Bach/Lehman" temperament completely by ear on the OPL Digital Harpsichord. Derive all 12 notes needed to make music from one reference pitch, then tuning by thirds and fifths.
cowboycameraman
dtube
8y
OPL Digital Harpsichord demonstration
OPL Digital Harpsichord demonstration
A demonstration of my new OPL Digital Harpsichord. The song is Book 1 Prelude 1 of J.S. Bach's "The Well Tempered Clavier". The sound is generated by the Yamaha OPL3 FM-synthesis chip. An ersatz
timspeer
music
9y
Fugue No. 2 for harpsichord (original composition)
Fugue No. 2 for harpsichord (original composition)
An original four voice fugue for harpsichord.

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