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