Learn To Play Piano And Learn About The Piano

Learning to play the piano is also learning about the piano. To understand how to get the best sound and music from your piano you should understand how your piano works. Learning about your piano will make learning to play piano even more fun.

To some piano players, the piano is mostly a string instrument. That's because you can see all the strings when you open the lid. Thicker heavier strings vibrate slower and give you the low notes while thinner strings vibrate more quickly and produce higher pitches.

The piano is sometimes considered a percussion instrument. That is because there is a hammer that strikes the strings to produce sound. It is a soft hammer, usually with a felt or velvet cover but you should know that the action to produce sound on a piano is a strike of the hammer against the strings.

Today a soundboard makes people think of an electronic device that controls all the microphones and amps for a rockband. But a sound board is also the large chamber of a piano that houses the strings and hammers. It is the real sound generation area for the piano.

A cast iron frame exists inside every piano. This powerful component is designed to handle tremendous amounts of tension which is applied because of the tight strings. As you teach yourself piano, it is easy to take for granted the strength of some of the instrument's parts. As you produce soothing, soft sounds, the frame is inside managing as much as 20 tons of pressure or more. A layer of gold is often applied to the frames used in grand pianos.

It is difficult for even a great pianist to make a bad piano sound good. So it is a great idea for you to learn about the piano and how it works as you learn to play. Even if you don't' ever plan on tuning or fixing one.


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