history: I have been playing the piano ever since I was a child! I love playing piano.
knowledge: It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.
response: That is really interesting, did you know that when you press the keys on the keyboard the hammers strike the strings ?
history: I have been playing the piano ever since I was a child! I love playing piano.
That is really interesting, did you know that when you press the keys on the keyboard the hammers strike the strings ?
I think that was thought to me when I started playing. What else can you tell me about pianos?
knowledge: The first fortepianos in the 1700s had a quieter sound and smaller dynamic range.
response: Well, I also know that fortepianos around 1700s were quieter and had a dynamic range that was smaller. Did you know about that?
history: I have been playing the piano ever since I was a child! I love playing piano.
That is really interesting, did you know that when you press the keys on the keyboard the hammers strike the strings ?
I think that was thought to me when I started playing. What else can you tell me about pianos?
Well, I also know that fortepianos around 1700s were quieter and had a dynamic range that was smaller. Did you know about that?
Wow, I had no clue. What were pianos made out of in the 1700s?
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: Pianos were actually called pianofortes back then. I'm not sure what they made them out of though.
history: I have been playing the piano ever since I was a child! I love playing piano.
That is really interesting, did you know that when you press the keys on the keyboard the hammers strike the strings ?
I think that was thought to me when I started playing. What else can you tell me about pianos?
Well, I also know that fortepianos around 1700s were quieter and had a dynamic range that was smaller. Did you know about that?
Wow, I had no clue. What were pianos made out of in the 1700s?
Pianos were actually called pianofortes back then. I'm not sure what they made them out of though.
Interesting. Why did they call them pianofortes? Do you happen to know where the word originated from?
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: It was Italian, it derives from ''gravicembalo col piano e forte''