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K: 1. "Kochel",
used instead of opus numbers to designate the works of
Mozart.
2. "Kirkpatrick", used to designate the works of
Domenico
Scarlatti.
Kalimba: Also called mbira, sansa, sanza and thumb
Piano. Having African origins, it is
an obsolete, plucked
instrument named after the Congolese tribe. It is
constructed of a flat wooden box with attached metal plates. The plates are
plucked with thumb and forefingers to hit the box producing its liquid, twanging
sound.
Kamancha: A type of
fiddle seen in Iran and the Islamic world. It is played with a
flexible bow
over its two to four strings. The strings are stretched over a
heart shaped or rounded body and a long unfretted
neck.
Kanon:
Canon.
Kapellmeister:
"Master of the chapel." Director of
music for a church or royalty.
Kantele: Originally a trapezoid of five strings, this is a Finnish version of a
Zither or
Psaltery. The modern version has 12 to 46 metal strings tuned
diatonically.
Kayagum: A Korean
Zither
with 12 strings that run over 12 high moveable bridges. It is
usually accompanied by
Drums.
Kazoo: The player hums into this short wooden, metal or plastic tube to create buzzing
sounds as air moves over a membrane.
Kempul: A
Gong 20 inches in diameter used in Japan.
Key: The
tonal centre
based on the tonic
note of the
scale.
Keyboards: A set of depressible levers, called keys, that when pressed activate the sound
mechanism to which it is attached. It is typically laid our horizontally but can
be vertical.
Key signature:
Sharps
or flats written at the
beginning of a staff line to indicate which
pitches are to be raised or lowered
from their natural
state during the
composition.
Kithara: The kithara is an ancient Greek
instrument
that was popular in Rome as well.
Some documents site it as the root
of both the Guitar and
Zither. It is made of
a wooden resonator box, seven or more strings tuned by tension. The player held
it vertically plucking with one hand and stopping the strings with the other.
Kora: With origins in West Africa it has been described as a harplute. A
leather-covered gourd is used as the resonator. A long neck supports 21 strings
on two courses to be plucked by its player, called a "jabi", sitting on the
ground.
Kortholt:
An obsolete
woodwind instrument: one piece of cylindrical wood, bored with
parallel channels played via windcap which is a wooden cover hiding a double
reed.
Koto: The
National Japanese
instrument plucked with a plectrum or fingers on a low mat or
table by its player. It is similar to a long
Zither having up to 17 silk
strings.
Kreuz: (Gr.) A
sharp.
Kyrie:
"Lord." In the Mass, the first part of the
ordinary.
Please send me any additional words together with
the definition.
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