Tonights post is " ALL ABOUT PIANO ". I will post some of the greatest Rock & Roll songs featuring the piano. As before, I am sure I won't get them all so pitch in with your favorites, enjoy!!
The piano is a musical instrument which is played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Western music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal. Although not portable and often expensive, the piano's versatility and ubiquity have made it one of the world's most familiar musical instruments.
Pressing a key on the piano's keyboard causes a felt covered hammer to strike steel strings. The hammers rebound, allowing the strings to continue vibrating at their resonant frequency. These vibrations are transmitted through a bridge to a sounding board that couples the acoustic energy to the air so that it can be heard as sound. When the key is released, a damper stops the string's vibration. Pianos are sometimes classified as both percussion and stringed instruments. According to the Hornbostel-Sachs method of music classification, they are grouped with chordophones.
The word piano is a shortened form of the word pianoforte, which is derived from the original Italian name for the instrument, clavicembalo [or gravicembalo] col piano e forte (literally harpsichord with soft and loud). This refers to the instrument's responsiveness to keyboard touch, which allows the pianist to produce notes at different dynamic levels by controlling the speed with which the hammers hit the strings.
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
Billy Joel - Just the way you are
Elton John - Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
Jackson Browne - The Load Out / Stay
Evanescence - My Immortal Live in Paris
Carole King - You've Got A Friend
Bruce Hornsby - Mandolin Rain
The Eagles Desperado
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird
REO Speedwagon - 157 Riverside Avenue
Rick Wakeman - Close to the edge
OK, so what's your favorites ? ?
