brilliant tone of the harpsichord (its metal strings are plucked by leather plectra or picks, instead of being struck by hammers), they find its sound mystically satisfying. West Coast ...

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Performed for the first time since 1953 John Schneider directs the ensemble in Harry Partch's complete score of Plectra and Percussion Dances: Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theater. Performing with the ...

The harpsichord’s strings are not hammered but plucked with quills or leather plectra (picks).† But the harpsichord was the piano’s great predecessor. In the first half of the 18th Century ...

It is circular, and consists of a central hub equipped with four protruding arms, surrounded by an outer ring bearing 72 plectra (a plectrum is a plucking tool, such as a guitar pick). The ring ...