Clavichord Definitions

Useful Words

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Fiddle : چوتارا , Guitar : گٹار , Mandolin : ایک قسم کا ساز , Banjo : آلہ موسیقی , Cello : وائلن , Pick : زخمہ , Koto : جابانی آلہ موسیقی , Samisen : جاپانی ستار , Sitar : ایک تار والا ساز , Heinrich Engelhard Steinway : امریکی پیانو ساز , Strum : کسی ساز پر ہلکے ہلکے انگلیاں پھیرنا جس سے آواز پیدا ہو , Brasslike : براس سے مشابہ آلہ موسیقی , Tootle : بجانا , Whistle : سیٹی , Wind : وہ ساز جو پھونک مار کر بجایا جائے , Vibes : آلہ موسیقی , Cymbal : جھانجھ , Morning Sickness : صبح کی متلی جو عام طور پر حمل کے ابتدائی مہینوں میں ہوتی ہے , Bell : جھنکار , Pianistic : پیانو سے متعلق , String Section : ایک قسم کا تار والا ساز , Quality : آواز کی خصوصی کیفیت , Sonic Boom : صوتی دھماکا , Baby Grand : چھوٹا پیانو , Pianist : پیانو بجانے والا , Canicular Days : تپتے دن , Assonant : ہم صوت , Rag : شور و غل والی موسیقی , Accompanist : دم ساز , Echo : گونج , Concert Grand : بڑا پیانو

Useful Words Definitions

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Fiddle: bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow.

Guitar: a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking.

Mandolin: a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum.

Banjo: a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body.

Cello: a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing.

Pick: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument.

Koto: Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers.

Samisen: a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum.

Sitar: a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings.

Heinrich Engelhard Steinway: United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871).

Strum: sound the strings of (a string instrument).

Brasslike: resembling the sound of a brass instrument.

Tootle: the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument.

Whistle: a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it.

Wind: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath.

Vibes: a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound.

Cymbal: a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together.

Morning Sickness: nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy.

Bell: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument.

Pianistic: of or relating to the piano.

String Section: the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments.

Quality: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound).

Sonic Boom: an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound.

Baby Grand: a small grand piano.

Pianist: a person who plays the piano.

Canicular Days: the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity.

Assonant: having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables.

Rag: music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano).

Accompanist: a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano).

Echo: the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves.

Concert Grand: a grand piano suitable for concert performances.