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Gnomish
June 7th, 2004, 03:29 am
Does anyone else here love harpsichords? :) Look at this beauty I found while doing an image search:

http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/college_life/pics/harpsichord.jpg

http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/college_life/pics/harpsichord_soundboard.jpg

http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/college_life/pics/harpsichord_keyboard.jpg
BlackMage
June 7th, 2004, 05:44 am
I've played one before! It was the best thing I've done in ages!
Al
June 7th, 2004, 05:45 am
That's nice. ^_^ My French teacher used to own one when she was little. She said that the keys were thinner than on a keyboard, so she had a harder time playing with that.
servbot
June 7th, 2004, 11:43 pm
My old violin teacher has a harpsichord. My piano teacher would always tell me about it when I was learning harpsichod music (it's all one big music institute)

I&#39;ve never played one, but I love the sound <3
eminatic
June 8th, 2004, 02:27 am
OhHh i LOVE harpsichords&#33;&#33; i love listening to moi dix mois and their organ/harpsichord-ness :D people say that mana needs to stop raping the harpsichords but i think it sounds great :wub:
sadotsu
June 8th, 2004, 02:42 am
Originally posted by BlackMage@Jun 6 2004, 09:44 PM
I&#39;ve played one before&#33; It was the best thing I&#39;ve done in ages&#33;
You lucky, lucky guy.
I love all the designs that they have on them, and I love the sound, but they&#39;re really only good for playing, like, Handel. You know, baroque. Because they can&#39;t sustain the sound and they can&#39;t change the volume. But they&#39;re beautiful instuments nonetheless.
Oh yeah and the thin keys shouldn&#39;t be a problem, considering my fingers are really long and... tapered lol
Gnomish
June 8th, 2004, 03:46 am
Originally posted by sadotsu@Jun 8 2004, 02:42 AM
You know, baroque.
Baroque&#33; Yes&#33; :D Such a great era of music, no?&#33; :D Reeheeheeheehee&#33; :P
Alfonso de Sabio
June 8th, 2004, 04:39 am
I played on one over the summer for about five minutes. It really tripped me out. It was nothing like a piano or organ. Which is probably why they gave it a different name.


Baroque&#33; Yes&#33;* Such a great era of music, no?&#33;

Do you ever listen to Handel? And answer no if you&#39;ve just heard Messiah. But like his organ concertos and his other oratorios/opera excerpts? Because Messiah isn&#39;t really like the rest of his music. Nor is it like any other oratorio, so it&#39;s a poor example of both. But it&#39;s not a poor piece... nevermind.