A PIANO RECITAL ON THE APPLICATION OF THE TECHNIQUES FROM BAROQUE TO THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori around 1700, who was an Italian instrument maker, from Florence. It was initially called "gravicembalo col piano, e forte, (Breitman, 2021, 1) which means a harpsichord with soft and loud. Cristofori had just created had just created the first keyboard instrument that can be played either soft or loud. His piano was not as loud as the modern piano; this led to other musical instrument maker to further work on creating their improved versions. According to (Breitman, 2021, 1) The earliest pianos weighed little more than a harpsichord, about a hundred pounds; a modern concert grand weighs nearly a thousand. The piano grew steadily in range— from four octaves to more than seven—and in string tension, to produce ever more powerful sounds.