and how it came to have the 88-piece keyboard it boasts today. Before the piano was invented, composers wrote a lot of music for the harpsichord, which has just 60 keys. This meant that everything ...

Why are there 88 keys on a piano? Why not 44, or 200? Let’s go back to the days before the piano, when composers wrote for the harpsichord, which has just 60 keys, and each key is ...

The piano, short for pianoforte, is a keyboard instrument made up of 52 white keys and 36 black keys. As well as being a solo instrument, the piano can be found playing a range of music in the ...