考研优美英语作文的背诵024
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="ancestry">ancestry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="piano">piano</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="traced">traced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="keyboard">keyboard</span> <span word="instrumentsof">instrumentsof</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fifteenth">fifteenth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sixteenth">sixteenth</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span> -- <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spinet">spinet</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dulcimer">dulcimer</span>, <span word="andthe">andthe</span> <span word="virginal">virginal</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seventeenth">seventeenth</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="organ">organ</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clavichord">clavichord</span>, <span word="andthe">andthe</span> <span word="harpsichord">harpsichord</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="instruments">instruments</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="keyboard">keyboard</span> <span word="group">group</span>, <span word="asupremacy">asupremacy</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="maintained">maintained</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="piano">piano</span> <span word="supplantedthem">supplantedthem</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="eighteenth">eighteenth</span> <span word="century">century</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="clavichords">clavichords</span> <span word="tone">tone</span> <span word="wasmetallic">wasmetallic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span>; <span word="nevertheless">nevertheless</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thevariety">thevariety</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tone">tone</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="composers">composers</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clavichord">clavichord</span> <span word="asympathetic">asympathetic</span> <span word="instrument">instrument</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="intimate">intimate</span> <span word="chamber">chamber</span> <span word="music">music</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="harpsichord">harpsichord</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="bright">bright</span>, <span word="vigorous">vigorous</span> <span word="tone">tone</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="favorite">favorite</span> <span word="instrument">instrument</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="supporting">supporting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bassof">bassof</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="orchestra">orchestra</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="concert">concert</span> <span word="use">use</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="character">character</span> <span word="ofthe">ofthe</span> <span word="tone">tone</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="varied">varied</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="mechanical">mechanical</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="structural">structural</span> <span word="devices">devices</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="piano">piano</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="perfected">perfected</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="eighteenth">eighteenth</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="harpsichord">harpsichord</span> <span word="maker">maker</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Italy">Italy</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="instrument">instrument</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="piano">piano</span> <span word="e">e</span> <span word="forte">forte</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="indicate">indicate</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="dynamic">dynamic</span> <span word="versatility">versatility</span>; <span word="its">its</span> <span word="strings">strings</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="struck">struck</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recoiling">recoiling</span> <span word="hammer">hammer</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="felt">felt</span>-<span word="padded">padded</span> <span word="head">head</span>. <span word="Thewires">Thewires</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="heavier">heavier</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="instruments">instruments</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="series">series</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mechanical">mechanical</span> <span word="improvements">improvements</span> <span word="continuing">continuing</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nineteenth">nineteenth</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="introduction">introduction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pedals">pedals</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sustain">sustain</span> <span word="tone">tone</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="soften">soften</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="theperfection">theperfection</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="metal">metal</span> <span word="frame">frame</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="steel">steel</span> <span word="wire">wire</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="finest">finest</span> <span word="quality">quality</span>,<span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="instrument">instrument</span> <span word="capable">capable</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="myriad">myriad</span> <span word="tonal">tonal</span> <span word="effects">effects</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mostdelicate">mostdelicate</span> <span word="harmonies">harmonies</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="orchestral">orchestral</span> <span word="fullness">fullness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sound">sound</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="liquid">liquid</span>,<span word="singing">singing</span> <span word="tone">tone</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sharp">sharp</span>, <span word="percussive">percussive</span> <span word="brilliance">brilliance</span>.</p>
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