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The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

The word piano is a shortened form of pianoforte, the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from gravicembalo col piano e forte and fortepiano.

The Italian musical terms piano and forte indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the greater the velocity of a key press, the greater the force of the hammer hitting the strings, and the louder the sound of the note produced and the stronger the attack.

The first fortepianos in the 1700s had a quieter sound and smaller dynamic range.

Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols to indicate the pitches (melodies), rhythms and/or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece.

Like its analogs – printed books or pamphlets in English, Arabic or other languages – the medium of sheet music typically is paper (or, in earlier centuries, papyrus or parchment), although the access to musical notation since the 1980s has included the presentation of musical notation on computer screens and the development of scorewriter computer programs that can notate a song or piece electronically, and, in some cases, "play back" the notated music using a synthesizer or virtual instruments.

A choir (also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.

Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.

Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which spans from the Medieval era to the present, and/or popular music repertoire.

Most choirs are led by a conductor, who leads the performances with arm and face gestures.

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a sound recording in a different song or piece.

A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds.

In principle, any object that produces sound can be a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument.

The history of musical instruments dates to the beginnings of human culture.

Early musical instruments may have been used for ritual, such as a trumpet to signal success on the hunt, or a drum in a religious ceremony.

Cultures eventually developed composition and performance of melodies for entertainment.

Musical instruments evolved in step with changing applications.