In the Classical era, the colours on a piano keyboard were the other way round – the black keys white, and the white keys, black. So, when did it all change? And why are pianos made up of monochrome ...
Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds was in a hotel lobby somewhere in Asia when he first saw a modern version of a player piano. This particular one was tapping out The Beatles' "Yesterday." He ...
Most pianos have 88 keys. And most great piano music comes from the middle of the keyboard -- only rarely do the player’s fingers venture onto the tinkly keys at the top of the keyboard, or the ...
Take a look at Schumann’s 78-key piano, a new invention at the time, and then listen to Dr. Richard Kogan, violinist Scott Yoo and more perform Schumann’s piano quintet. How Other Composers Changed ...
With light-up LED keys and app-enabled smarts, the One Smart Piano connects with your phone or tablet to teach you how to play it. Ry Crist Former Senior Editor / Reviews - Labs Originally hailing ...
As strange instruments go, this one might take the biscuit. It’s an automatic piano with just four keys, and, as soon as you press a key to play a note, the whole set of four move quickly away, ...
For the last two years, Queen Mary, University of London Lecturer in Digital Music Dr Andrew McPherson has been working on a system that brings continuous dynamic or expressive control to a ...
Want to add elements to a GarageBand composition by playing a piano, but don't have access to a MIDI keyboard? Save money on buying a new instrument by taking advantage of the built-in Musical Typing ...
The iRig Keys Mini is an electronic MIDI music keyboard that connects to iPhone and iPad with a Lightning cable. Although it isn’t regularly advertised, iPhones and iPads have had great support for ...