2006-11-17 06:14:50 · 11 answers · asked by taray r 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
percussion
2006-11-17 06:16:06 · answer #1 · answered by Zippy 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Striking
The third common method of sound production in stringed instruments is to strike the string with a hammer. By far the most well-known instrument to use this method is the piano, where the hammers are controlled by a mechanical action; another example is the hammered dulcimer, where the player holds the hammers. The piano is often considered a percussion instrument, since sound production through struck blows defines this instrument family; the proclamation that the piano is a percussion instrument has at times served as rhetoric for composers who relished sharp percussive effects.
2006-11-17 06:25:48 · answer #2 · answered by anashateva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A piano is classified as a percussion instrument.
2006-11-17 06:42:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
good question since the piano's clappers strike the piano's strings but that is also where your answer is; a percussion instrument wouldn't have strings
a piano is classed as a string instrument
a percussive instrument works by making sound by striking one thing/some things against another thing/other things and the sound produced comes from the striking,
a string instrument works my making sound by striking, strumming, or plucking strings
2006-11-17 06:25:00 · answer #4 · answered by soobee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually a string instrument. When you press down a key, the hammer inside hits a string. The string vibrates and depending on how short or long the string is, the sound will either be high pitched or low pitched. It's the string that makes the sound so it's a string instrument.
2006-11-17 06:20:40 · answer #5 · answered by anothermelody2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both per Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano
A piano or pianoforte is a musical instrument classified as a keyboard, percussion, or string instrument, depending on the system of classification used. The piano produces sound by striking steel strings with felt hammers that immediately rebound allowing the string to continue vibrating. These vibrations are transmitted through the bridges to the soundboard, which amplifies them.
2006-11-17 06:17:58 · answer #6 · answered by Walking on Sunshine 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's a percussion instrument.
2006-11-17 06:16:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Of course, it's a string instrument. Just open the next piano you come across and look inside.What do you see? Strings, of course.
2006-11-17 06:17:34 · answer #8 · answered by Rhapsody 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it is a string instrument
2006-11-17 06:16:38 · answer #9 · answered by prateek 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
String.
Just like a Flute is a "Woodwind."
2006-11-17 06:20:28 · answer #10 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋