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The first piano was invented in 1709 by an Italian harpsichord maker Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori.
The piano was first called gravicembalo col piano e forte, which roughly translates to “soft and loud keyboard instrument.”
According to many studies, learning piano may enhance a child's language building skills and overall academic achievement.
Piano is technically a stringed instrument, played percussively. However, unlike, say, a violin, the piano is played percussively with little hammers hitting its strings to produce sound.
The piano is usually used to play two parts simultaneously. This is one of its most unique qualities. With the piano, most of its music is written to provide chords and melody all played by one musician.
Most modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, 52 white keys for the notes of the C major scale (C, D, E, F, G, A and B) and 36 shorter black keys, which are raised above the white keys, and set further back on the keyboard.
