![]() Gradually the keyboard became longer until it had the 88 notes (7 octaves plus three notes) of the modern piano.Īt first the instrument was called the “fortepiano”. The early keyboarded instruments, such as the clavichords, harpsichords and organs that were used at that time, had a much shorter keyboard than they do today. In the piano the strings are hit by a block of wood called a hammer. It developed from the clavichord which looks like a piano but the strings of a clavichord are hit by a small blade of metal called a “tangent”. The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua, Italy. The piano has been an extremely popular instrument in Western classical music since the late 18th century.
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