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The piano is usually used for solos
Although not portable and often expensive
the piano's versatility and ubiquity have made it one of the most familiar musical instruments.
a hammer would strike on the steel strings making a melodic sound
the piano is both a percussion and string instrument
famous pianist Mozart and Beethovan have composed many classical pieces
worth hearing all over the world!!
Most grand pianos have three pedals: the soft pedal, sostenuto and sustain pedals.
the sustain pedal lifts the dampers from all keys, sustaining all played notes, and altering the overall tone.
The soft pedal softens the note as well as changing the tone.
Well buying a piano is not all that difficult all your need to know is
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Place your fingers onto the keys
Press down to produce the sound!
Do go search for classical music pieces
and have a taste of its wonders! *_*
History
Cristofori designed the keyboard instruments for
prince Ferdinand d’ Medici of Florence during the 18th century.
The harpsichord and the clavichord were like keyboards at that time,
but by plucking the strings to produce sounds.
A disadvantage of the harpsichord was that
the volume could not be controlled, hence people were unable to evoke emotions.
The clavichord was more advanced although it still plucked at wire strings,
but the strings can continue vibrating as long as the key was depressed,
allowing artists to control the volume of their instrument.
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote many popular works
in his Anna Magadelena Notebook now used for the piano.
The clavichord was far from perfect, as it was too delicate in tone
and hence is frequently drowned out by other instruments.
