Teach Yourself VISUALLY Piano
Chapter One
The Piano
To activate sound on a piano, you press a key, which releases a small
hammer that strikes a string. The string then vibrates with sound, which
is called a note. To reduce this vibration and soften the sound, you
press on a pedal.
The History of the Piano 4
The Sounding Board 5
Pedals 6
The Keyboard 8
Playing Position, Posture, and Hand Position 14
The History
of the Piano
The piano was invented in the early
eighteenth century by Bartolomeo
Cristofori of Florence, Italy.
Cristofori's job was to design and
maintain the keyboard instruments
used in the court of Prince Ferdinand
de' Medici. John Brent of Philadelphia
built the first piano in the United
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