I have been playing the piano ever since I was a child! I love playing piano.
That's great! i wish I was that talented. I like the piano just like a keyboard with a bunch of keys.
Have you ever tried playing the piano? It's not too difficult, but you have to have pretty nimble fingers.
I wasn't too good at it. The pianos today have some great sound compared to the ones in the 1700s, they were quieter.
Wow! What were pianos made out of in the 1700s?
Pianos were actually called pianofortes back then. I'm not sure what they made them out of though.
Interesting. Why did they call them pianofortes? Do you happen to know where the word originated from?
of the instrument, which in turn derives from "gravicembalo col piano e forte" and "fortepiano". The Italian musical terms "piano" and "forte" indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the greater the velocity of a key press, the greater the force of the hammer hitting the strings, and the louder the sound of the note produced and
I grew up in a pretty traditional musical environment, and when I started writing songs, I gravitated to the piano, because that's what I grew up playing. But my husband, Jamie, has a whole bunch of non-traditional instruments sitting around our house, and finally my curiosity got the better of me and I started playing around with them. We did 'Brightest Light' with that in mind, and wow! I feel like it's a huge step forward. It's like I have more colors