A sharp is a note that’s half a step higher, falling to the right of the white key you're playing. And the flats are the black keys that are half a step lower, being to the left the white key ...

Tones and semitones Tones and semitones (or steps and half steps) are common terms to define distance between notes. A semitone is the distance between each key on the keyboard. Each sharp or flat ...

In a piano the string is not plucked with a quill, but struck with a felt-covered hammer. When the performer presses a piano key softly, the hammer will strike the string slowly, making a soft sound.

Instead of hitting one key and getting one note, Arnalds can hit one key and get a multitude of unanticipated notes. That does pose one problem, though: There's no way to replicate what the piano ...

The larger keyboard adds notes at both the bass and treble ends, and though some will doubtless consider it unnecessary, Stuart is adamant that it should be the new standard. "We want to continue with ...