Piano Keyboard Structure
This keyboard has 88 keys on it.
What is Piano?
This was an original name for a Piano long ago. Two "dynamic" words make this name.
What is Pianoforte?
This instrument is plucked and has up to 47 strings and pedals on it. It can be used sometimes in ensembles like Orchestras.
What is a Harp?
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Soft, Sostenuto, and Sustain are the names for these.
What are the three pedals for Piano?
This keyboard can be used for Electronic Music and sometimes also DJs can use them for their performance.
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What is Mezzo Forte?
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C-Major scale only uses these when playing the scale and nothing else really.
What are the White Keys?
The electric version of this keyboard can contain rotaries or tape loops. The mechanical version usually has tuned pipes and uses compressed air to make sounds
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This pitch is on the Grand Staff and has an obvious name to it that relates to the center. It lives one ledger line above the Bass Clef staff and one ledger line below the Treble Clef staff.
What is Middle C
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These are used for raising and lowering pitches by a half step usually.
What are the Black Keys?
This keyboard uses plucked strings and is like a relative to the Piano as well
What is a Harpsichord?
This instrument is plucked and sounds an octave lower than written. Its 6 open strings are E-A-D-G-B-E
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A piano has these inserted. Pressing the keys activates them to make a sound
What are Hammers?
This type of keyboard uses air controlled by bellows. It is held in the players hands and can have all sorts of buttons and/or keys on it.
What's an Accordion?
This instrument sounds an octave lower than written. it has 4 strings with the open pitches of E-A-D-G.
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