The piano produces sound by striking steel strings with felt hammers. Vibrations are transmitted through the bridges to the soundboard.
The word piano is a shortened form of the word pianoforte, which is seldom used except in formal language and derived from the original Italian name for the instrument, gravicèmbalo col piano e forte (literally harpsichord with soft and loud). This refers to the ability of the piano to produce notes at different volumes depending on how hard the keys are pressed.
Amos Lee At The Studio 4A 'Lodge' Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:00 -0400 Before pursuing a career in music, Lee was a Philadelphia schoolteacher. Then he started going to open-mic nights with a car stereo full of classic R&B records. He recently brought his folky, soulful style to NPR headquarters for a solo performance. In Concert, A Moment Of Sudanese Solidarity Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:28:00 -0400 At a time of outright genocide in Darfur, and civil unrest throughout the Sudan, an unprecedented gathering of musicians from across the war-torn country presented a contrasting picture — one of harmony and unity — at the Sudanese Festival of Music and Dance in Chicago. Hillbilly Gypsies: Mountain Mama Music Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:55:00 -0400 Gathered around a large, vintage diaphragm microphone, the native West Virginians in Hillbilly Gypsies perform a mix of traditional and original Appalachian music before a crowd at the International Mother's Day Shrine.
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Radio execs tune in to a budding talent Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:04:00 -0500 She's young, pin-thin, blond and gorgeous. Union says Toby Keith film is slighting musicians Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:19:00 -0500 The makers of the movie Beer For My Horses — which is being made by a music network, stars Toby Keith and features at least two Country Music Hall of Famers — have not signed the musician union's standard contract that would enable session musicians to receive payment from DVD sales, said the president of the Nashville Association of Musicians. Sony BMG wins appeal of merger veto at top EU court Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:25:00 -0500 LUXEMBOURG — Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG won a ruling at the European Union's highest court to throw out a lower EU tribunal's decision that had temporarily jeopardized the formation of their Sony BMG music label.
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Quick and Dirty With... Billy Ray Cyrus Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:56:34 -0700
Host, "Nashville Star" (NBC)
So is Miley still grounded?
[Laughs] In which way? There's two definitions of grounded. One is that your head's on straight. And the other is that you're in trouble.
I mean the second one.
No, she's not grounded. She never ceases to amaze me. She's made a great album. People are gonna look at Miley Cyrus and go, "Wow, I didn't know she could do that."
Going back a few months to that hurricane over the Vanity Fair photo — how did you get through it?
I had to just kind...
Ready for Revolution Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:14:00 -0700
Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell talk about prepping for their Projekt Revolution tour and great Lollapalooza moments
On the eve of the launch of the fifth Projekt Revolution — the multi-genre tour founded by Linkin Park in 2002 — Rolling Stone checked in with two of its acts, LP's Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell. The pair of famous frontmen chatted about the greatest rock singers and classic Lollapalooza fests.
How does being around all these different artists on the Projekt Revolution tour inspire you?
Chris Cornell: Being on tour can sometimes be less complicated than being at home...
A Conversation With Barack Obama Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:30:47 -0700
The Candidate Talks About The Youth Vote, What's On His iPod and His Top Three Priorities As President
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• Photo Gallery: Barack Obama, a History in Pictures
Shortly after Barack Obama claimed victory in the fight for the Democratic nomination, I joined him aboard his chartered 757 campaign plane as a member of the press corps. He was flying from Chicago to Appleton, Wisconsin, for a town-hall meeting, one of a...
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Satyricon: Upcoming Album Update Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:50:54 -0000 Satyricon have issued updates concerning their new album. Taproot: New Single Posted Online Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:36:10 -0000 "Wherever I Stand", the first single from Taproot's new new album "Our Long Road Home", has been posted on the group's MySpace page. Alice Cooper: New Album Available For Streaming Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:52:32 -0000 Alice Cooper's entire new album, "Along Came A Spider", is available for streaming on his MySpace page.
The Piano Page - Official site of the Piano Technicians Guild. Extensive sections on buying, maintaining, and learning to play. Includes links to notation software, MIDI resources and image galleries. Directories of manufacturers, dealers, tuners, teachers and technicians.
Blanchet - Family biography of the noted French keyboard makers, active from the late 17th to the mid 19th Centuries from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
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Early Piano - Fortepiano Information - Information about early pianos and registers of surviving instruments.
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How to Care for Your Piano - Information and advice from W. Gertz Pianos, on maintaining your piano in good condition.
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Pianopedia - Search engine allowing queries on a database of piano works from the classical piano repertoire.
500Pianotabs.net - Offers online piano tabs, tutorial, chat room, bulletin board, request form, and newsletter.
Pocket Piano Chord Name Finder - Offers a program that will display the names of chords entered note by note, and also display on a keyboard diagram, the individual notes of any chord chosen.
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Pulse Patterning for Pianists - Learn to move the lower torso in a musically appropriate and biomechanically correct way to maintain freedom in the body, and to engage and enhance the metric and phrase rhythm of the music.
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Robert G. Kelly - Piano technician and tuner offers detailed advice about piano care, moving, evaluation, buying and selling along with facts, figures, and technical drawings for the instrument.
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Washington International Piano Arts Council - Non-profit organization founded in 2001, presenting piano concerts at embassies of other nations located in Washington, DC as well as an annual piano competition. Calendar of events, membership forms and photo gallery.
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