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noun |
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pianos |
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A piano is a large instrument for playing music. It has many black and white keys that you press with your fingers to make sounds. When you press the keys, small hammers in the back of the piano hit against wire strings. That is how the sounds of a piano are made.
When we're learning to sing a song in music class, our music teacher will play the melody on the piano.
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instrument |
Piano is a shortened form of the word
pianoforte, an Italian word that means "soft and loud." The full name of the piano refers to its difference from earlier keyboard instruments, such as the harpsichord.