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What Are Scales? Why Musicians Practice Them
Whenever we want to get better at a musical instrument, our teachers and the tradition tell us to practice scales. Most successful players swear by them, and every teaching method uses them. In this article, we want to shine a light on what scales are, and why they matter so much.
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Who Invented the Piano? A Short History of the Piano
The piano was invented around 1709 by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Italy. He called it the pianoforte because, unlike the harpsichord, it could play both quiet (piano) and loud (forte). Over the next 150 years, builders in Germany, England, France, Austria and America turned it into the instrument we know today.
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