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keyboard instrument
A musical instrument played by pressing keys on a keyboard, such as the piano, organ, harpsichord, or synthesizer.
ピアノは鍵盤楽器の代表だ。
The piano is the quintessential keyboard instrument.
鍵盤楽器を習いたい。
I want to learn a keyboard instrument.
オルガンやチェンバロも鍵盤楽器に分類される。
Organs and harpsichords are also classified as keyboard instruments.
鍵盤楽器 is a compound of 鍵盤 (keyboard) and 楽器 (musical instrument). The three main categories of Western instruments in Japanese are 弦楽器 (string instruments), 管楽器 (wind instruments), and 打楽器 (percussion instruments). 鍵盤楽器 is sometimes treated as a subcategory of percussion or as its own group.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 鍵盤楽器を弾く — to play a keyboard instrument
- 鍵盤楽器奏者 — keyboard player
RELATED WORDS:
- 鍵盤 — keyboard (of an instrument)
- 楽器 — musical instrument
- 弦楽器 — string instrument
- 管楽器 — wind instrument