Month: October 2023

Finding the Differences between pianos and keyboards

Hello,

Can you spot all the differences between keyboards and pianos except for their appearances?

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Pianos and keyboards have a physical difference when you look, listen, and play on them. A piano is an acoustic instrument, it produces the sound by hammering strings so it’s considered a string instrument. The piano has more keys than a keyboard and the keys are heavier because of the hammers. For a keyboard to make sound it either needs batteries or it needs to be connected to electricity. The keyboard has a variety of sounds of other instruments.

The piano belongs to the percussive chordophone family related to the harp because they both have strings stretching from one point to the other. However the keyboard is an electric instrument meaning it belongs to that family. Almost any song you play on a piano can be replicated on a keyboard.