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Tb on Web: Alternate Temperaments Theory and Philosophy
Explanation of various keyboard tunings, and why modern Western music uses "equal temperament."
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What Are Historical Keyboard Instruments
Provides information about historical keyboard instruments such as the clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano and organ.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Piano
Read about keyboard instruments and the piano in particular. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to hear the piano alone and with the orchestra.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Organ
A concert hall organ can have as many as four keyboards, 244 keys, 32 pedals and 4,535 pipes. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to hear the organ alone or with the orchestra.
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Piano Music Sight Reading Practice
Actually this clever site drills pianists on note names and note placement on the keyboard. Kids can access this site at home for practice. Both treble and bass clef are used.
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Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Music in the Renaissance: Regal
16th Century Regal, a keyboard instrument made in Germany.
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Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Music in the Renaissanceaa; Claviorganum
17th Century Claviorganum, made in Germany. It is a combination of a virginal and an organ.
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Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Music in the Renaissance: Virginal
17th Century Rectangular Octagonal Virginal, made in Augsburg.