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When you press a key on a piano, a lever inside the piano causes a hammer to strike the corresponding string, which vibrates at the pitch of the note. It is considered a percussion instrument because of the hammers inside the piano that hit the strings. When you press a key on a piano, a lever inside the piano causes a hammer to strike the corresponding string, which vibrates at the pitch of the note. It is considered a percussion instrument because of the hammers inside the piano that hit the strings.
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What instrument can be a percussion and string instrument?
A Piano
Why is a piano in the percussion?
The piano is a percussion instrument because it has hammers inside it which strike the strings. A percussion instrument is one where something is hit to make a sound.
Why is the piano in percussion?
The piano is a percussion instrument because it has hammers inside it which strike the strings. A percussion instrument is one where something is hit to make a sound.
How would this instrument be classified Piano.?
A piano is a percussion instrument. If you hit a key, it sounds one time. If you beat a drum once with a drumstick, it sounds one time. They work the same way. The glockenspiel is also a percussion instrument.
Is the piano a perc instrument?
yes the piano is a percussion instrument Hoped this helped :-)
Is grand piano a string instrument?
No. It is a percussion instrument.
What family does the Upright Piano belong to?
The piano is a percussion instrument
What class is a piano?
A piano can be classified as a chordophone and a percussion instrument.
What instrument is considered both a string and a percussion instrument?
Piano.
Why does the piano belongs to a percussion instrument?
Piano belongs to a percussion instrument family. in order to produce a sound strings has to be struck by hammer. The striking action defines piano as a percussion instrument. Pianist is unable to produce the sound directly, like violinist or guitarist, for that reason piano can not be classified to string instrument family.
Why is a piano classed as a percussion instrument?
no it isnt
What group of instruments does the piano belong?
A piano is member of several groups. First of all, a piano is a string instrument, because its main source of sound is the vibration of the strings. It's also a keyboard instrument (because it is played by touching the keys of the keyboard) and a percussion instrument(and idea of the composer Bela Bartok, if I'm correct; he considered the piano to be a percussive instrument because in a piano the strings are hit by hammers).
