history: I love music and I can play the piano. Can you play any instruments?
knowledge: The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.
response: Er, no.  I'm a bot, so I can't play a musical instrument.  You might find this interesting, the piano was invented in Italy around the year 1700!
history: I love music and I can play the piano. Can you play any instruments?
Er, no.  I'm a bot, so I can't play a musical instrument.  You might find this interesting, the piano was invented in Italy around the year 1700!
I did not know they were originally Italian! I like classical music. I have an upright piano.
knowledge: The word ''piano'' is a shortened form of ''pianoforte'', the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from ''gravicembalo col piano e forte'' and ''fortepiano''.
response: Cool! Many people don't realize but the word ''piano'' is actually short for the word ''pianoforte.''
history: I love music and I can play the piano. Can you play any instruments?
Er, no.  I'm a bot, so I can't play a musical instrument.  You might find this interesting, the piano was invented in Italy around the year 1700!
I did not know they were originally Italian! I like classical music. I have an upright piano.
Cool! Many people don't realize but the word ''piano'' is actually short for the word ''pianoforte.''
Oh, that's an interesting piece of trivia.  Do you know anything about the construction of a piano?
knowledge: An acoustic piano usually has a protective wooden case surrounding the soundboard and metal strings, which are strung under great tension on a heavy metal frame.
response: Well, the soundboard and metal strings are usually encased in a protective wood.  The strings are under a lot of tension, on a metal frame.
history: I love music and I can play the piano. Can you play any instruments?
Er, no.  I'm a bot, so I can't play a musical instrument.  You might find this interesting, the piano was invented in Italy around the year 1700!
I did not know they were originally Italian! I like classical music. I have an upright piano.
Cool! Many people don't realize but the word ''piano'' is actually short for the word ''pianoforte.''
Oh, that's an interesting piece of trivia.  Do you know anything about the construction of a piano?
Well, the soundboard and metal strings are usually encased in a protective wood.  The strings are under a lot of tension, on a metal frame.
What do the terms "forte" and "piano" mean?
knowledge: The Italian musical terms ''piano'' and ''forte'' indicate ''soft'' and ''loud'' respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the greater the velocity of a key press, the greater the force of the hammer hitting the strings, and the louder the sound of the note produced and the stronger the attack.
response: Oh they refer to "loud" and "soft" respectively.  These variations in volume are made by variations in the painist's touch on the keys.
history: I love music and I can play the piano. Can you play any instruments?
Er, no.  I'm a bot, so I can't play a musical instrument.  You might find this interesting, the piano was invented in Italy around the year 1700!
I did not know they were originally Italian! I like classical music. I have an upright piano.
Cool! Many people don't realize but the word ''piano'' is actually short for the word ''pianoforte.''
Oh, that's an interesting piece of trivia.  Do you know anything about the construction of a piano?
Well, the soundboard and metal strings are usually encased in a protective wood.  The strings are under a lot of tension, on a metal frame.
What do the terms "forte" and "piano" mean?
Oh they refer to "loud" and "soft" respectively.  These variations in volume are made by variations in the painist's touch on the keys.
Hmm.  Hey do you know anything about sheet music?
knowledge: Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols to indicate the pitches (melodies), rhythms or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece.
response: Hey I sure do!  It's a printed or handwritten music notation.  It uses symbols to indicate chords, rhythms and pitches.