What are the peddles on a piano for?

Answer 1

In order---soft, hold, loud

Leftmost pedal: Pianissimo: moves the hammers closer to the strings that produce a softer sound. On grand pianos (horizontal instrument) the entire keyboard moves to the right allowing the hammers to hit only one string instead of 3 strings as they normally would.

Middle pedal: Different manufacturers perform different tasks:

- some sustain the lower notes only, like from tenor c downwards,

- others (Young Chang for instance) drop a piece of felt between the hammers and the strings, producing a very subdued tone - used more for practicing as opposed to performance.

Rightmost pedal: Sustain Pedal. Not necessarily a "loud" pedal. Loudness is accomplished by how much weight one uses when playing the piano keys. A heavier touch produces a louder sound - one can hold the sustain pedal down and produce very soft music, too. When this pedal is depressed, the dampers are pulled away from all the strings. As long as this pedal is used, all strings will continue to resonate until they stop vibrating.

Answer 2

A piano keys are designed to match the human hands. A piano without keys is a harp, or a Dulcimer. Harps are difficult to play, and you cannot play as many notes at a time with a dulcimer.

There is a flat "fingerboard" electronic instrument called the Continuum which has no keys. It can express more sound variations than a piano, like bending and flanging. But it too, is difficult to learn, as the notes are hard to locate both visually and by touch.

Answer 3

Well dear it tones the way you play the piano for example you hit a key with out doing the pedal you hear a regular sound you hit the key and the petal you hear a higer sound

hope that answerd your ???

Answer 4

So it sounds differently. All three of the pedals on the piano change the sound of the piano to something different.

Answer 5

the pedals on a piano are to make notes longer shorter louder and quieter

Answer 6

Yes, but initially only one (sustain), then two, and finally in the nineteenth century, three.