For me the piano is really a instrument extraordinary and generally a piano is played by pressing the keys with both hands.
Actually the standard piano has 88 keys, the 3 foot pedals also has particular functions. The pedal on the right is known as damper, stepping on this causes all the keys to vibrate or hold.
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Types
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There are 2 kinds of pianos and each vary in shape and size.
- Vertical (Upright Pianos): Full Size, Professional Upright, Spinet and Console.
- Horizontal (Grand Pianos): Concert, Living Room and Parlor.
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Famous Pianists
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Robert Schumann, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sergey Rachmaninoff, Leopold Godowsky, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Béla Bartók, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Franz Lizt, Anton Webern, Muzio Clementi, Claude DeBussy, Clara Wieck Schumann. |
First Known Pianos
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Bartolomeo Cristofori developed the gravecembalo col piano e forte around 1709 in Italy. By 1726, changes in Cristofori's early invention became the basis of the modern piano. |
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