piano key
Pressed during scales
A piano key is one of the lever-like bars pressed by a pianist's fingers to produce sound.
Standard pianos have 88 keys—52 white and 36 black—spanning just over seven octaves.
The white keys play natural notes; the black keys play sharps and flats.
Her fingers moved across the piano keys with practiced ease.
- ivoryTusk-derived material
- ebonyDense dark tropical wood
- black and whiteWithout middle ground
- tickle the ivoriesPlay piano casually
- octaveEight-note interval
chord · finger · strike · black · white · note · sharps · flats · press · soft touch · touch · tone · scale · middle C · bench · practice · sheet music · melody
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- A minorAmin, harmonic minor, C major
- simple machineslever, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, screw
piano component function
piano keypiano pedal
Foot lever for tone
sustain pedal · damper pedal · soft pedal · foot pedal · soundboard
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