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What kind of intrument is the piano?
string and percussion
What instrument can be a percussion and string instrument?
A Piano
Is grand piano a string instrument?
No. It is a percussion instrument.
What family does piano go into brass string percussion or woodwind?
string because it uses string to make the piano make sound
What instrument is considered both a string and a percussion instrument?
Piano.
Is there anything unusal about the Piano?
It's a percussion AND a string instrument.
Which instrument has characteristics of both string and percussion instruments?
piano
Why isn't the piano a percussion istrument?
It is. It's considered both string and percussion because of the mallets that strike the inside of the piano to make sound (percussion), and the strings inside of the piano (strings).
Which type of percussion-instrument is a pianoforte?
A piano is both a percussion instrument and a string instrument. Inside a piano, tiny hammers strike strings to make pitches. It is a string instrument in that the strings are what vibrate to make the sound, but it is a percussion instrument in that it has a keyboard and strikes to make sound.
Why is piano in the category of percussion?
The Percussion section is a section where the instruments are hit or struck, in the piano there are hammers which when you hit the key, strick the string to play the note, with the string being struck, this means it goes into the percussion section as there is either beating, hitting, or striking happening to the instrument.
Are string instruments the same as percussion insruments?
No, because string instruments use either a bow or a pick. And percussion instruments are used with your hands, sticks et cetera. The piano is the only string instrument that people think is a percussion because it has keys.
How is the piano a percussion instrument?
Because when you strike a key (press it down) the mechanism strikes a felt tipped hammer against the string to produce the note.A Piano can be considered as Percussion instrument because whenever you press down on a key, A little hammer on the inside hits a string causing the string inside the Piano to vibrate. The vibration of the strings are what causes it to produce the sound the piano makes. Furthermore, a piano can be classified as a Idiophone because the hammers that hit the strings are what causes the string to vibrate. Piano cannot only be classified as a Percussion Instrument but also a stringed instrument.
