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Anonymous
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| posted: 5/26/2005 at 10:19:38 AM ET
is the piano considered a percussion? Or is it not in any of the four classes of Strings, Woodwinds, Brass or Percussion.
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TheHornSupremacy
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11/17/2004 | posted: 5/26/2005 at 11:03:49 AM ET
Percussion.
This question has been discussed on a number of different threads in this forum. Take a look at some of the other threads to read what others have said.
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wonderflute
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7/2/2004 | posted: 5/26/2005 at 11:30:35 AM ET
I think that a keyboard or xylophone is considered a percussion instrument, but pianos are considered strings. I'm pretty sure that's it.
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TheHornSupremacy
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11/17/2004 | posted: 5/27/2005 at 8:46:15 AM ET
And the debate rages on.......
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Anonymous
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| posted: 6/19/2005 at 11:14:44 PM ET
Its totally strings, I mean percussion, I mean strings, oh man... Actually, I am inclined to call it a string instrument because even though you are using a hammer to hit the strings, it is still the strings themselves that produce the sound.
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trumpet guru
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8/22/2003 | posted: 6/20/2005 at 12:21:40 AM ET
Piano is a stringed percussion instrument.
It is actually a stringed instrument (but not commonly considered part of the "string family"). And it is a percussive instrument because of the way the vibration is initiated (by striking something).
It's both. Odder I think are the French horn's inclusion in the Woodwind Quintet. . . . .and the flutes in the "Woodwind Family".
. . . . . or Kenny G in the Jazz Aisle . . . .Ha Ha.
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 imnidiot
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3/28/2005 | posted: 6/21/2005 at 6:32:15 PM ET
Here's an interesting little tid-bit. The harp is basically the guts of a piano, yet it is a stringed instrument, because it is seperate from the keys,(hammer mechanism), and plucked with the fingers. If the harp was to be played with a mallet of some sort, would it then be considered a percussion instrument? Is the hammered dulcimer a stringed instrument or percussion?
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TheHornSupremacy
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11/17/2004 | posted: 6/22/2005 at 10:10:49 AM ET
Completely agree with oddity of the Horn's inclusion in a woodwind quintet. Who came up with that one?!
It certainly does demonstrate the versatility of the Horn, though - stong enough for a brass quintet, yet gentle enough for a woodwind quintet. Another reason that the Horn is the best intrument!
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