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PRONUNCIATION OF KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT

keyboard instrument  [ˈkiːˌbɔːd ˈɪnstrəmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT

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determiner
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Keyboard instrument is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

keyboard instrument

Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Some other types of keyboard instruments include celestas, which are struck idiophones operated by a keyboard, carillons, which are usually housed in bell towers or belfries of churches or other municipal buildings, and other non-acoustic instruments, such as various electronic organs, synthesizers, and keyboards designed to imitate other musical sounds. Today, the term "keyboard" is most commonly used to refer to keyboard-style synthesizers. Under the fingers of a sensitive performer, the keyboard may also be used to control dynamics, phrasing, shading, articulation, and other elements of expression, depending on the design and inherent capabilities of the instrument.

Definition of keyboard instrument in the English dictionary

The definition of keyboard instrument in the dictionary is any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT


accoutrement
əˈkuːtrəmənt
accustrement
əˈkuːtrəmənt
arbitrament
ɑːˈbɪtrəmənt
arbitrement
ɑːˈbɪtrəmənt
atrament
ˈætrəmənt
disarmament
dɪsˈɑːməmənt
empowerment
ɪmˈpaʊəmənt
instrument
ˈɪnstrəmənt
measurement
ˈmɛʒəmənt
measurements
ˈmɛʒəmənt
ornament
ˈɔːnəmənt
parament
ˈpærəmənt
parliament
ˈpɑːləmənt
procurement
prəˈkjʊəmənt
requirement
rɪˈkwaɪəmənt
retirement
rɪˈtaɪəmənt
sacrament
ˈsækrəmənt
temperament
ˈtɛmpərəmənt
testament
ˈtɛstəmənt
tournament
ˈtʊənəmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT

key punch
key ring
key signature
key stage
key up
key worker
key-bugle
key-man assurance
key-punch
keyboard
keyboard operator
keyboard player
keyboard skills
keyboarder
keyboarding
keyboardist
keyboards
keyed bugle
keyed up
keyhole

WORDS THAT END LIKE KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT

advertisement
ancient monument
argument
blunt instrument
counter-argument
discussion document
document
emolument
legal document
monument
musical instrument
national monument
negotiable instrument
offer document
percussion instrument
policy document
precision instrument
registration document
stringed instrument
tegument
the Monument

Synonyms and antonyms of keyboard instrument in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «keyboard instrument» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT

Find out the translation of keyboard instrument to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of keyboard instrument from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «keyboard instrument» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

键盘乐器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

instrumento de teclado
570 millions of speakers

English

keyboard instrument
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कीबोर्ड साधन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أداة لوحة المفاتيح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

клавишный инструмент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

instrumento de teclado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কীবোর্ড যন্ত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Instrument à clavier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Instrumen papan kekunci
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tasteninstrument
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鍵盤楽器
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

건반 악기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Instrumen keyboard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cụ bàn phím
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விசைப்பலகை கருவி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कीबोर्ड इन्स्ट्रुमेंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Klavye aleti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strumento a tastiera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

instrument klawiszowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

клавішний інструмент
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

instrument de tastatură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όργανο πληκτρολόγιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klawerbordinstrument
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klaverinstrument
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tastatur instrument
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of keyboard instrument

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT»

The term «keyboard instrument» is regularly used and occupies the 79.623 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about keyboard instrument

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT»

Discover the use of keyboard instrument in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to keyboard instrument and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collections of compositions fOr four plucked keyboard instruments are entered under Keyboard instrument ensembles. Harpsichord ensembles, and similar headings. UF Quartets, Plucked instrument SA headings for forms and types of music ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2009
2
Pictographic Score Notation: A Compendium
Percussion and Keyboard Instrument(s) Representational 110 All Instruments Non-representational 112 Chamber Ensembles 115 All Instruments Fully Representational 115 Percussion Instrument(s) Only Representational 116 Keyboard ...
Gardner Read, 1998
3
Library of Congress Subject Headings
followed by specifications which include keyboard instrument(s); also headings that begin with the words Keyboard instrument or Keyboard instruments NT Clavichord music Harpsichord music Organ music Piano music Keyboard instrument ...
‎1989
4
Early Keyboard instruments
The four or five lines on the rectangular board give it a sufficiently close resemblance to a clavichord for it to be conceivable that the name 'exchequer' might have been applied to a keyboard instrument. Since the exchequer would also have ...
Edwin M. Ripin, 1989
5
Bowed and keyboard instruments in the age of Mozart: ...
More importantly, by writing that the Melodica was like the recorder, Stein seems to have admitted by default that he fell short of his original intention of making a keyboard instrument with all the capacities of the violin or the trombone - or ...
Thomas Friedemann Steiner, 2010
6
Keyboard Instruments: Piano, Musical Keyboard, Keyboard ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, Books Llc, Books Group, 2010
7
Music, Libraries, and the Academy: Essays in Honor of Lenore ...
To start, the formulation of headings for only two of the same keyboard instrument is the same as for other instruments; that is, the heading for music of the instrument is modified by a parenthetical qualifier containing the name of the instrument ...
James P. Cassaro, 2007
8
The Do-it-yourself Handbook for Keyboard Playing
When we speak of the organ as being a fun instrument, we are referring to the idea that the present day electric organ makes it possible for the person who has not previously played a keyboard instrument to take a much shorter and less ...
Edward J. Shanaphy, Joseph L. Knowlton, 1982
9
Visual Music Instrument Patents: Volume One
The apparatus may be portable and the keys or hammers of a keyboard instrument may be provided with metal contact strips to close an electric circuit on their depression. But in order that the invention may be more readily understood,  ...
Michael Betancourt, 2004
10
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collections of compositions for four plucked keyboard instruments are entered under Keyboard instrument ensembles` Harpsichord ensembles, and similar headings. UF Quanets, Plucked instrument SA headingsforforms and types ofmusic ...
Library of Congress, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term keyboard instrument is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Stringing the perfect sound for 'kirtan'
Shabad kirtan traditionalists are not alone in rejecting the keyboard instrument, brought to India by missionaries in the second half of the 19th ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Baroque Orchestra Conquers Tanglewood
For the opening number of the second half, it was turned to the side in the normal manner of the keyboard instrument being played by a soloist ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jul 15»
3
Alan Parsons Project's 'I Robot' still asks prescient questions
... synth sequencer, a portable electronic pipe organ, and a keyboard instrument called the Projectron, the precursor to digital samplers. «Something Else! Reviews, Jun 15»
4
An enigma resolved: The choral works of Olivier Messiaen flourish in …
... a keyboard instrument whose hammers strike metal plates, making a heavenly sound, as the name suggests; the vibraphone, an electronic ... «Haaretz, Jun 15»
5
Elgin performance will go back in time with Mozart
This will be a rare opportunity to hear an early keyboard instrument dating back to Mozart's era. Courtesy of Kenneth Drake. A June 28 chamber ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jun 15»
6
What a harpsichord has over a piano
It is the most familiar keyboard instrument, but its predecessor, the harpsichord, still has something to offer. Manila Pianos, Inc.'s harpsichord ... «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jun 15»
7
The key to the Cottier Chamber Project is a good piano
At the last minute, as I write, Saunders has just recently learned that yet another keyboard instrument, a harmonium, is required for Chisholm's ... «Herald Scotland, May 15»
8
Opening on Thursday: AES Convention Warsaw
... feature the same artists, as well as the same keyboard instrument. In 2010, to mark the 200th anniversary of Polish composer Chopin's birth, ... «PSNEurope, May 15»
9
Bartolomeo Cristofori and the invention of the piano
... Florence in 1709, when Cristofori's new instrument was named gravicembalo col piano e forte (roughly “soft and loud keyboard instrument”). «L'Italo Americano, May 15»
10
Kyle Roussel paired smooth jazz with a sunny morning at New …
In "Flirtationship," Roussel slung a guitarlike keyboard instrument over his shoulders and unscrolled synthesized violin lines. Once again, the ... «NOLA.com, May 15»

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