Evolution_of_the_Keyboard

Evolution of the Keyboard CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 3 II. INVENTION OF PIANO 5 III. CONSTRUCTION OF PIANO 4 IV. COMPOSERS OF THE KEYBOARD 5 V. PRESENT DAY PIANO 6 VI. CONCLUSION 6 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 7  INTRODUCTION When I was a little girl, I started playing the piano. My grandma played, my mom played, and my favorite aunt played. It is said that the day I was born my dad saw my long fingers and told my mom, “I think we’ve got a piano player on our hands.” When I was four years old, my dad’s words came true. The piano is one of the most popular instruments in music. The word piano comes from the Italian word pianoforte which means soft and loud. It evolved from the clavichord and the harpsichord. The clavichord is a keyboard instrument with a soft sound produced by small brass wedges striking horizontal strings. It is a combination of the Latin words clavis meaning key and chorda meaning string.# The harpsichord is an instrument that looks much like a grand piano, but its strings are plucked instead of hit by a hammer. The word harpsichord comes from the Latin words harpa meaning harp and chorda meaning keys.# It is not certain when the first piano, harpsichord, grand, pianos, octaves, first, clavichord, strings, meaning, keys, keyboard, soft, played, construction, bach, baby, attached, words, word, upright, started, standard, soundboard, playing, plate, octave, iron, famous, developed, day, concert, comes, built, because, works, volume, very, three, size, six, shorter, seven, rim, ranges, public, produced, popular, pianoforte