piano player
Ivory keys musician
A piano player is someone who plays the piano, whether professionally or casually.
The term is more informal than pianist, which tends to imply classical training or concert performance.
A barroom piano player pounds out ragtime; a pianist performs Chopin at Carnegie Hall.
We hired a piano player for the party.
Drinking establishment, often frontier
- honky-tonkRough country music venue
- singalongCommunal vocal session
- ragtimeSyncopated piano genre
- requestsFormal expressions of want
entertainer · pub · cabaret · speakeasy · vaudeville · barrelhouse · nightclub · torch songs
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- strideExtended single footstep
- boogie-woogieDriving bass, freewheeling treble
blues · comping · syncopation · jam session · standards · lounge · ragtime · Thelonious Monk
Solo musical performance
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- nocturneContemplative keyboard piece
- preludeIntroductory piece or event
etude · fugue · Bach · Beethoven · Chopin · Liszt · Rachmaninoff · Debussy
Supremely accomplished performer
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- maestroDistinguished musical leader
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
finger strength · practice · scales · arpeggios · sight-reading · ear training · touch · dynamics
Live musical performance
- recitalSolo musical performance
- soloistUnaccompanied performer
- stageRaised performance platform
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
applause · encore · spotlight · bench · pedals · sheet music · memorization · stage fright
saloon
Drinking establishment, often frontier
- honky-tonkRough country music venue
- singalongCommunal vocal session
- ragtimeSyncopated piano genre
requests · entertainer · pub · cabaret · speakeasy · vaudeville · barrelhouse · nightclub · torch songs
improvisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
boogie-woogie · blues · comping · syncopation · jam session · standards · lounge · ragtime · Thelonious Monk · Herbie Hancock
recital
Solo musical performance
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- nocturneContemplative keyboard piece
prelude · etude · fugue · Bach · Beethoven · Chopin · Liszt · Rachmaninoff · Debussy · fortepiano
virtuoso
Supremely accomplished performer
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- maestroDistinguished musical leader
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
dexterity · finger strength · practice · scales · arpeggios · sight-reading · ear training · touch · dynamics · expression
concert
Live musical performance
audience · applause · encore · spotlight · bench · pedals · sheet music · memorization · stage fright · bow
- music makerssinger, songwriter, composer, musician, vocalist
- musiciansguitarist, electric guitarist, bassist, vocalist, singer-songwriter
- nightclub performersDJ, dancer, singer, go-go dancer, club DJ
- cabaretcabaret, cancan, showgirls, burlesque, Moulin Rouge
- juke jointsjukebox, blues music, live music, dance floor, moonshine