In music instrument, technology has
developed. Today, technology has grown to improve the sound-post in better shape and make the instrument for
everyone to connect with. Most importantly the instrument marker are developing
new ideas to allowed buyers and players to maintain their knowledge of music
and enjoyments. In the string family, the history of piano started way back
that carried different names and developed to the piano we know today.
Piano
wasn’t originally called piano, it was called pianoforte. The first creator of
the pianoforte was Bartolomeo Cristofori, he created dynamics for the piano.
Then as time grew, more advance technology developed and the inventors of
keyboard instrument, were able to built a pianoforte. Which allowed to control
of a different dynamics. Then other inventors created something useful like:
the pedals, more notes/ octaves that were added to expand the keyboard
instrument into another level. Like today, we hold the perfect grand piano that
has all the combination that was added. There are so much different materials
that have covered the keyboard instrument to have a higher standard of
perfection. This all happened from the help of inventor’s creativity ideas and
technology.
After
Cristofori died, there was no pupil of him, but many artist, other instrument
makers were interested what he has created. Gottfried Silbermann, he took over
Cristofori place and continuously invented and built more pianos, later on. He
then continuously researched the ‘damping the pedals.’ In which another
technology has advanced as the time went by. ‘Damping pedals’ usually means
sustaining the notes that is played to have holding sounds, but the unique
thing about this is that, instead of the pedal working, this was created for
player hands to stop. This shows that technology is still growing in music
instruments, since it has improved a lot through time and also, many performers
love the sound of the music that the makers has provided for them to continue.
Through
technology and through people’s amazing knowledge, ones person’s work was
completed because they both had the same idea which was to invent something to
make a better instrument: piano. Even today, technology is still growing in
musical instruments such as piano. There are electronic piano call piano
keyboard, where musician can carry around and perform.
Alleana, I love how you include some background history on the piano in this post; this demonstrates that technology is not something that is new to us and that we have to think about now, but rather something that is always occurring and always changing. I like that you also talk about how the piano was built, and how after time it was perfected, and is still being perfected. I like that this leaves so much room to think about how much technology can improve things throughout our lifetime. When I was in school, I was never taught the history behind anything music-related in music class, so it is coll to see that you are thinking about that and may be able to incorporate that into your classroom one day.
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely a technology we take for granted in the music world. They have become so standard in all aspects of teaching and learning. It is so useful to have an instrument with such a broad range. During rehearsals it can assist with helping students learn their parts. Its ability to project loud enough to play over a band or choir is also pretty amazing.
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