How a harpsichord works - a look at the plucking mechanism

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captaingra

captaingra

Күн бұрын

A short introduction to some of the properties of the harpsichord and how the sound is produced.

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@hectatusbreakfastus6106
@hectatusbreakfastus6106 Ай бұрын
Well I got curious about how it works, and all the other video's were 10+ minutes long and so I am here. Thank you for sharing this. Super cool!
@captaingra
@captaingra Ай бұрын
I am happy I was able to explain it without taking up too much of your time. I shot the video very much unscripted and on the spur of the moment, yet it has been my most popular
@hectatusbreakfastus6106
@hectatusbreakfastus6106 Ай бұрын
@@captaingra Yeah, I can see why. You answered the question quickly without any bs attached. They are really cool instruments.
@ShannonKeeler-u3k
@ShannonKeeler-u3k 21 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing! I teach group piano classes, and wanted a short, quick video to share with my classes tomorrow. This is perfect!
@captaingra
@captaingra 21 күн бұрын
@@ShannonKeeler-u3k wow that’s great. Am so pleased. I have another longer video contrasting piano and harpsichord
@worstplayer9163
@worstplayer9163 12 күн бұрын
I came across this instrument right now while I was reading some material regarding Jeremy Bentham. I did not knew about this instrument existed until now and was curious about how it sounds, and came acorss your video. I play Spanish Guitar and Mandolin, and recently started learning Piano. This instrument sounds so amazing, it sometimes blows my mind at what humans have built and the different instruments out there. Been discovering some incredible instruments in our state and country alone. Thank you for uploading and detailing on the mechanism. Cheers!
@captaingra
@captaingra 12 күн бұрын
@@worstplayer9163 appreciate you tuning in to watch and pls do look up more of my videos on the instrument. Basically it’s mostly for music written before about 1770
@PraetorianAU
@PraetorianAU 5 ай бұрын
Oh how I love the sound of the Harpsichord. Ripleys Game is the one that introduced me to this wonderful instrument. A very under rated movie.
@captaingra
@captaingra 5 ай бұрын
That's great, please do check out some of my other posts on this channel.
@thelazarous
@thelazarous 10 ай бұрын
Much simpler than what I thought, thank you so much for sharing!
@yetanotherpianist4449
@yetanotherpianist4449 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Can I ask you what the piece is called you played at 0:21 ?
@captaingra
@captaingra 2 жыл бұрын
That's the start of the second Bouree from Bach's Clavierubung 2 - the French Overture
@yetanotherpianist4449
@yetanotherpianist4449 2 жыл бұрын
@@captaingra Ah thank you!
@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275
@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 8 ай бұрын
So it's a piano in reverse (or rather, pianos are harpsichords in reverse). Rather than hitting the string, it plucks
@captaingra
@captaingra 8 ай бұрын
Yes the harpsichord jack plucks the string on an upward movement and then falls back down brushing the string only slightly as the plucker is pivoted on a spring clip. Perhaps I should do another video comparing piano (in a grand the hammer strikes from below and then a damper stops the string from ringing out) and harpsichord mechanism side by side.
@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275
@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 8 ай бұрын
@@captaingra That's a great idea. I watched the video because I didn't know the difference between the two. To me they seemed like the same instrument. And they're similar in how you play, but they're different because of how the strings are vibrated. One plucks, the other strikes
@skyworm8006
@skyworm8006 Ай бұрын
Look at the clavichord (another hammered string keyboard instrument), hammered dulcimer, and other zither-type instruments. The string keyboard instruments are essentially mechanisations of the zither-type instrument.
@philipbay1548
@philipbay1548 Жыл бұрын
Who built this instrument?
@captaingra
@captaingra Жыл бұрын
This was by the late Nikolaus Damm
@DeadBoy665
@DeadBoy665 5 ай бұрын
It's a higher scale lower scale trying to accommodate for a modern piano.
@DeadBoy665
@DeadBoy665 5 ай бұрын
Thanks
@probindemufhoes42069
@probindemufhoes42069 26 күн бұрын
0:33 name of the piece played?
@captaingra
@captaingra 26 күн бұрын
That would be the Bouree II from Bach's French Overture in B minor
@dudeotis
@dudeotis 2 ай бұрын
I wonder why more rock bands haven't incorporated the Harpsichord ?
@captaingra
@captaingra 2 ай бұрын
Particularly in the 1960s, it was a very exotic instrument and still getting re-established. The sound tends to be associated with bizarre and Baroque settings like the Addams Family or the Squire episode of Star Trek. Two Beatles songs that use it are All You Need is Love and Piggies while For No One uses a clavichord.
@jayare6804
@jayare6804 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@HowToCube99
@HowToCube99 2 ай бұрын
Sounds like a guitar
@captaingra
@captaingra 2 ай бұрын
Yes particularly the buff stop as both harpsichord and guitar are plucked instruments
@cannadineboxill-harris2983
@cannadineboxill-harris2983 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, why couldn't you Try Remaking A Daddy Grand Piano by putting on 88 Tuning Forks like what you did on an Upright Piano, Please do the Same Thing on a Daddy Grand Piano For Most of us KZbinrs, It will be a much Better Idea For us so we can Try and See and Hear It Thank You.
@captaingra
@captaingra 2 жыл бұрын
Am not too much of an expert on the working of pianos
@jadengillies4462
@jadengillies4462 Жыл бұрын
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@charbarmemez5922
@charbarmemez5922 2 жыл бұрын
Sus
@emilioooo9678
@emilioooo9678 2 жыл бұрын
???
@captaingra
@captaingra Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for watching
@tristanbay
@tristanbay Жыл бұрын
amogus
@sirspongadoodle
@sirspongadoodle 7 ай бұрын
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