Author: Becca Burnstein

Table of Contents Introduction…………………………….pg. 2 What is Piano? pg.3 Piano History……………………………pg.4 Warm-ups…………………………………pg.5 Piano Composers……………………..pg.6 Practicing……………………………………..pg.7 Conclusion pg.8 Glossary……………………………………………..pg.9

Did you know there are thousands of songs to play on the piano and many different ways to play them? Piano isn’t that hard to learn if practice a lot and have a great teacher. It might even a couple weeks to start. If you play the piano for a couple of years, you could be playing the piano so beautifully that you can sound like a famous composer like Beethoven. There are so many things to learn about piano. In this book you will learn some of the basic piano parts, warm ups and skills. If you want to learn more about piano, keep reading!

Have you ever wondered what is a piano? Or when piano was the piano invented? Well you came to the right place! Piano is a percussion instrument. Piano was started in the 1700s in Florence Italy, and was developed in the 1800s.

Piano History Piano has changed so much over the years. Piano has been around since the 1700s. Piano was developed in the 1800s. Have you ever seen a piano? If you have, you would know that there are white keys and black key. A long time ago, the keys where opposite of what a piano looks like now. piano was started in the 1700s by Bartolomeo Cristofri. Piano was invented in Florence Italy.

When you plot piano, you need your hands and feet. Your hands are what you really need to play the piano. Your feet are for playing the pedals. The pedals make the sound louder, sound quitter and holds the sound you are playing. other ways to warm up your fingers are scales and technicals. Technicals are a more advance warm up. Scales use eight notes and cross under with your thumb. Technicals go up and down the piano or synchomaticly. Synchromatic means to go in opposite directions. Those are some simple warm ups.

Do you know any famous piano composers? If you don’t some of the most famous are Beethoven and Mozart. Another is Johann Sebastion Bach. Mozart composed a very famous song you might know, twinkle twinkle little star.

If you take piano lessons you would know when you practice piano you have to have a piano or a keyboard. If you don’t, you can’t practice. Another thing that that will help you practice is a theory book. A theory book helps you learn to do things like write songs.

You should really try piano. It makes your fingers strong. You will love the sound a piano makes. I hope you learned allot about piano!

Glossary  pedels-pedels can hold the sound, make the sound louder or quieter  Percussion-a music group or family  Piano-a percussion instrument  Scales-a way to warm up your fingers  Synchromatic-going in opposite directions  Technicals-a more advanced warm up