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What String instrument is not in the violin family?
Those without strings, mainly woodwinds, brass and percussion.The piano is in reality a member of the percussion family primarily because of the manner in which is required to produce sound, but has been "accepted" as being part of the string family in many circles.
What music family is the piano?
It's percussion because the strings are hit with hammers. It can be classified as a percussion or string instrument.The piano is in the percussion family because the sound is generated from little hammers and wires inside. When you press a piano key, the hammer hits the wire, producing sound. The action of the hammer hitting the wire is what classifies it as a percussion instrument, like when hit hit a mallet on a bell kit.
How many strings are there on a piano?
A piano does not have a fixed number of strings, but varies by the model and manufacturer. As a rule, a piano can have between about 216 and 250 strings, with the most being in the concert grand pianos. The multiple strings per note improve the tonal quality of the notes.
What music group is the piano in?
Many people believe that it belongs to the strings family because it have strings in it but it actually it a percussion instrument
Why is the piano known as a stringed and a percussion instrument?
i didn't think it wounld.... percussion instuments work on vibration and usually have only 1 pitch. All instruments work on vibration so the piano does but the piano has many different notes and pitches so i don't see why it would be classified as 1.
Is a harpischord a reed instrument?
No, it is a stringed instrument, a type of keyboard instrument; one of the many precursors to the modern forte-piano. Its strings are layed out, similar to a piano, but the strings are not struck with a hammer, they are plucked with a quill.
What String instrument is not in the violin family?
Those without strings, mainly woodwinds, brass and percussion.The piano is in reality a member of the percussion family primarily because of the manner in which is required to produce sound, but has been "accepted" as being part of the string family in many circles.
What music family is the piano?
It's percussion because the strings are hit with hammers. It can be classified as a percussion or string instrument.The piano is in the percussion family because the sound is generated from little hammers and wires inside. When you press a piano key, the hammer hits the wire, producing sound. The action of the hammer hitting the wire is what classifies it as a percussion instrument, like when hit hit a mallet on a bell kit.
How many strings are there on a piano?
A piano does not have a fixed number of strings, but varies by the model and manufacturer. As a rule, a piano can have between about 216 and 250 strings, with the most being in the concert grand pianos. The multiple strings per note improve the tonal quality of the notes.
Which instrument has as many as seventy strings and is played using hammers to strike the strings or the musicians can also pluck or strum the strings?
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Do the chime have as many as seventy strings and is played by using the hammers to strike the strings and can also be pluck or strum the strings yes or no?
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Is Keyboard a String Instrument?
Pianos, and harpsichords are both stringed instruments. When a key is pressed on a piano, a hammer hits one of they many strings hidden in the body. In contrast, harpsichords are plucked when keys are pressed.
What music group is the piano in?
Many people believe that it belongs to the strings family because it have strings in it but it actually it a percussion instrument
How many strings do a piano generally have?
Pianos have three strings per note... Therefore - since most modern pianos have 88 keys, they have 264 strings.
What causes the sounds that come from a guitar and piano?
For a guitar, when you strum the strings vibrate and in a piano when you press a key a little hammer strikes a string which vibrates and creates sound.
Why is the piano known as a stringed and a percussion instrument?
i didn't think it wounld.... percussion instuments work on vibration and usually have only 1 pitch. All instruments work on vibration so the piano does but the piano has many different notes and pitches so i don't see why it would be classified as 1.
Which instrument has as many as seventy strings and is played using hammers to strike the strums or the musician can also pluck or strum the strings?
Dulcimer
