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Keyboard during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

The Keyboard essentially refers to three main instruments during the Baroque and Renaissance periods, being the Organ, Clavichord and Harpsichord, plus the many variations and hybrids of these. Now the term "Keyboard" includes these instruments plus the Piano Forte, Forte Piano, Electronic Keyboard and more variations.

The bulk of Renaissance and Baroque Keyboard music was composed for the Clavichord, Harpsichord and Organ. The organ is undoubtedly the oldest of these, appearing in the 3rd century BC, although this early instrument called a "hydraulis" did not use a keyboard in the modern sense.

From its invention until the 14th century, the organ remained the only keyboard instrument. Most of the time, the organ did not feature a keyboard at all, instead, buttons and large levers which were operated by a whole hand. Almost every keyboard until the 15th century had 7 naturals to each octave.
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