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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Piano Trivia

Here is a little piano trivia to get your morning started...

What instrument family is the piano part of?

Percussion. The piano is usually considered a part of the percussion family because it uses a hammer to hit the strings which makes the noise you hear. Brass instruments include the trumpet and trombone. The woodwinds include the clarinet, saxophone, and flute. String instruments include the violin and guitar.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Piano Adventures

This post is especially for the families of students who study the piano with me and use the Piano Adventures Series by Randy and Nancy Faber. Do you want to know more about the lesson books that your child is using? Do you want to want to learn about the authors? Would you like to see what other books your student could be using to supplement their current curriculum? Do you want to find games and other activities that your child could do to supplement his or her lesson?

If you answered "yes", to any of the above questions or want to learn more, check out this link.

http://pianoadventures.com/

Have a terrific day!

Thursday, February 21, 2013

The history of the piano

The first piano was built as early as 1694 and was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua, Italy. The three pianos built by Cristofori that survive today date from the 1720s. The piano replaced the harpsichord as the most popular keyboard instrument of the Romantic era. The piano was first referred to as a pianoforte which means soft (piano) loud (forte) instrument. It was named the pianoforte because, unlike the harpsichord, it allowed the player to control the degree of loudness and softness of a note by the way he/she would strike a key.