Holly Hunter

I think that, initially, I was most passionate about music and particularly about playing the piano. I started playing when I was nine, and I was obsessed with it, really. I wouldn't even go spend the night at a friend's unless they had a piano. But I didn't have the chops, the extraordinary talent to be able to play the piano professionally.

American Actress

Nina Simone

Did you know that the human voice is the only pure instrument? That it has notes no other instrument has? It's like being between the keys of a piano. The notes are there, you can sing them, but they can't be found on any instrument. That's like me. I live in between this. I live in both worlds, the black and white world.

American Musician

Future

I know melody. I know rhythm; I know bass guitar; I know the piano. I know everything about music that helps build the music that go along with creating the whole art form, you know what I'm saying?

Zaytoven

I feel like I'm an okay piano player. To the music world, to people that's in the hip-hop culture, they probably look at me like, 'Zaytoven the greatest piano player in the world.' I'm okay.

Freya Ridings

You know the way you tell your life story to a friend? I just told mine to a piano.

English Musician

Imogen Heap

I never had any social life, just played the piano and studied, studied, studied.

Condola Rashad

I started playing piano when I was around four; that's my first passion.

Warren Zevon

The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.

Matthew Shipp

Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.

Ramin Djawadi

With 'Westworld,' the player piano plays a very important role.

German Composer

Pianos are bulky and often stationary, so they're mentioned in contexts where space and permanence are implied.

Instrument Size

Playing the piano is associated with skill and practice, often used metaphorically for proficiency.

Skill Level

The piano is a cultural symbol; references may convey sophistication, education, or a classical aesthetic.

Cultural Symbol

In music, 'piano' signals a change in mood or intensity within the piece being played.

Musical Dynamics

'Piano' as an adverb can be confused with the noun; context clarifies it relates to playing softly.

Common Confusion

'Piano' is often contrasted with 'forte' in music, which means to play loudly.

Contrast with 'Forte'

Using 'piano' as an adjective refers to a section's texture, indicating a softer and often subtle sound.

Musical Texture

When scoring music, 'piano' may be abbreviated as 'p' to save space and indicate dynamics.

Score Indication

'Piano' as an adjective allows for some interpretation; volume can vary between musicians.

Interpretation Varies

 all right hopefully I didn't just help you all fall asleep again but did you hear the distinction it's a little subtle for sure but over the course again through an entire piece that really makes a difference so the next time you hear a classical piano classical music don't just write it off

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 they firmly believed there's only one sure way to a safe and well-paid job. It is not important if I like the job or not. But my dream was to become a Chinese opera singer. That is me playing my imaginary piano. An opera singer must start training young

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 like playing different keys on a piano. But that’s not all that’s going on. The brain still has another important task to identifying where a sound is coming from. For that, it compares the sounds coming into the two ears to locate the source in space.

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 The up-and-down axis tells the performer the pitch of the note or what note to play, and the left-to-right axis tells the performer the rhythm of the note or when to play it. Let's start with pitch. To help us out, we're going to use a piano,

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 those lips said bright wings when we kissed, wild and precise—as if she were teaching a seahorse to speak— her mouth so careful, chumming the first vowel from my throat until my brain was a piano banged loud, hammered like that—

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 from home local architect khong gian must turn pianos dreams into reality it's a daunting task many wonder is it even possible I realized that I gotta need a lot of help yes it's gonna be challenging it's gonna be fun but it's

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 by train and brought in on a horse, a horse and sleigh to the house. It became the only piano in the region, and Mom said she could basically play as soon as the piano arrived, she could play it because she had learned

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 And if the mere idea of boundaries makes you feel, well, bounded, think again. Because the world's most ingenious people turn boundaries into the source of their creativity. From Mozart on his five-octave piano

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 But this painting stands apart from the quiet narrative scenes that we observe from afar in many of Vermeer's paintings. A girl reading a letter. A piano lesson. A portrait artist at work.