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Passage 5 For a century and a half the piano has been one of the most popular solo instruments for Western music. Unlike string and wind instrument the piano is completely self sufficient as it is able to play both the melody and its accompanying harmony at the same time. for this reason it became the favorite household instrument of the nineteenth century. 旋律;曲调 solo instrument. Melody 独秦乐器 和声;和谐悦耳的音佣独奏独唱;独章 Harmony Solo 家喻户晚的;众人皆知的(管猞乐团的)猛乐器 household strings 管乐器 wind instrument 自给自足的 Self-sufficient The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries-the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century the clavichord s tone was metallic and never powerful; nevertheless, because of the variety of tone possible to it, many composers found the clavichord a sympathetic instrument for concert use, but the character of the tone could not be varied save by mechanical or structural devices Ancestry 世系;血统 keyboard instruments 键盘乐器 Spinet 竖琴 Dulcimer 洋琴;扬琴 rg 维金纳琴 org 风琴;管风琴 clavichord 古钢,击弦古钢(尤用于18世纪) harpsichord 按猞古钢舉;大键琴 优势 If someone or something has supremacy over another person or thing they are better n the United States open final, graf retained overall supremacy. 在美国网球公开赛决赛中,格拉芙始终保持 优势。 替代;取代 If a person or thing is supplanted another person or thing takes their place 滚犊子 He may be supplanted by a younger. man 他可能会被一个年龄比他小的人取代。 尖厉刺耳的;难听的 Metallic 音质;音色;音调 one (尤指古曲音乐)作曲家 Composer 付人喜欢的;合意的 Sv empathetic 同情的;表示同情的。 If you are sympathetic to someone who is in a bad situation, you are kind to them and show that you understand their r feelings She was very sympathetic to the problems of adult students 她对成年学生的问數深表同情。 赞同的;支持的 If you are sympathetic to a proposal or action you approve of i