Originally posted by PinkFloydI think you are a lyre...
I recall harpsichord music was big then. And a lot of lutes and lyres...
Seriously, I think Harpsichords came a few hundred years later. I think in mideaval times it was hammer dulcimers and sackbuts and such, maybe some kind of primitive keyboard, not as good as the commodore 64, for instance🙂
Originally posted by sonhousehttp://www.earlymusic.org/instruments-early-music
I think you are a lyre...
Seriously, I think Harpsichords came a few hundred years later. I think in mideaval times it was hammer dulcimers and sackbuts and such, maybe some kind of primitive keyboard, not as good as the commodore 64, for instance🙂
NB YouTube link:
What's the worst medieval YouTube video you can find?
Originally posted by sonhouseProbably so, but some of those tunes on my Medieval album that I play at D&D games sure sounds like a harpsichord. Perhaps that dulcimer sounds similar?
I think you are a lyre...
Seriously, I think Harpsichords came a few hundred years later. I think in mideaval times it was hammer dulcimers and sackbuts and such, maybe some kind of primitive keyboard, not as good as the commodore 64, for instance🙂
Originally posted by PinkFloydThe difference in the sound of hammer dulcimer and harpsichord is the harpsichord is plucked like a guitar, little quills pluck the strings each time the keys are pressed but a hammer dulcimer is struck from above with little wooden sticks curved to meet the strings. Plucking gives more higher harmonics I think. Nemisio, correct me if I am wrong about that.
Probably so, but some of those tunes on my Medieval album that I play at D&D games sure sounds like a harpsichord. Perhaps that dulcimer sounds similar?