Keyboard instruments and how each, from piano to organ, produces its sound.
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- What strikes the strings in a piano to produce sound?
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Hammers- What does the sustain pedal do on a piano?
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Lifts the dampers so strings keep vibrating after keys are released- What does the soft pedal (una corda) do on a piano?
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Shifts the hammer mechanism sideways so it strikes fewer strings- How does a harpsichord produce sound when a key is pressed?
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A plectrum plucks the strings- What strikes the strings in a clavichord?
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A metal tangent- How does an organ produce sound?
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Air flows through pipes of different lengths and widths- What are the multiple keyboards on a pipe organ called?
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Manuals- What do the bellows on an accordion do?
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Push air through reeds to produce sound- What vibrates to produce sound in an accordion?
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Metal reeds- What do synthesizer oscillators do?
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Generate waveforms (sine, square, sawtooth) to create the basic sound- What does a synthesizer filter modify?
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The brightness and tone of the oscillator waveforms- What are struck in a Rhodes electric piano to produce sound?
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Metal tines, which are then amplified electronically- How does a digital piano produce sound?
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It samples (records) acoustic piano sounds and plays them back through speakers- What does a Mellotron keyboard use to create sounds?
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Tape loops of real recorded instruments- What does a celesta player strike to produce sound?
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Metal bars
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