Percussion Instruments

PIANO

A piano is a musical instrument which is generally a percussion instrument but in some cases can be a string instrument also.It is played by the means of a musical keyboard.It is widely used in classical mucis, jazz, chamber music and accompaniment. A piano is played by pressing the keys using fingers. In a string piano the harder you strike the keys the louder the sound is.  

Piano is a short form of the italian word pinaforte, piano means soft and forte means strong. 

Early pianos had duplex scaling and may look very complex compared to the piano of today.

FAMOUS PIANISTS AND TUNES

Over the years there have been many famous pianists some are-

• Mose Allison

• Wilhelm Kempff

• Alfred Brendel

• Glenn Gould

Women too have taken part in playing the piano-

• Aberg Kerstin

• Gina Bachauer

She has an own foundation and the 'Gina Bachauer international piano festivals are held annualy'

The most famous concert pianist of today is Carter Burwell.

He is known mainly for his piano concerts "who are they?", "And the band played on","Hamlet",and so on. His recent concert is "Bella's lullaby".