Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A pedal board integrated with a manual piano instrument, using the same strings and mechanism as the manual keyboard; An independent, pedal played piano with its own mechanics and strings, placed below a regular piano; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart owned a fortepiano with independent pedals, built for him in 1785. Robert Schumann had an upright pedal ...
An upright pedal piano. Along with the development of the pedals on the piano came the phenomenon of the pedal piano, a piano with a pedalboard. Some of the early pedal pianos date back to 1815. [10] The pedal piano developed partially for organists to be able to practice pedal keyboard parts away from the pipe organ. In some instances, the ...
PSR-OR700 (2007, Oriental version of Yamaha PSR-S700) PSR-A2000 (2012, Oriental model and black version of Yamaha PSR S710. And the first A series whose Pitch Band and Modulation uses a Joystick) PSR-A3000 (2016, Oriental version based on Yamaha PSR-S770 and first A Series to have multiple colours in the board)
The Yamaha P-85 is an entry-level digital piano introduced in 2007. [1] It is the successor of the Yamaha P-70 and introduces a MIDI sequencer . The P-85 features 10 different patches (2 acoustic pianos , 2 electric pianos, 2 harpsichords , 2 church organs, strings , and vibes), some of which are in stereo and use multi-sampling.
A keyboard to be played by the hands is called a manual (from the Latin manus, "hand"); an organ with four keyboards is said to have four manuals. Most organs also have a pedalboard, a large keyboard to be played by the feet. [Note that the keyboards are never actually referred to as "keyboards", but as "manuals" and "pedalboard", as the case ...
One feature of the spinet is automatic chord generation; with many models, the organist can produce an entire chord to accompany the melody merely by playing the tonic note, i.e., a single key, on a special section of the manual. On spinet organs, the keyboards are typically at least an octave shorter than is normal for organs, with the upper ...
There are two broad types of pedal pianos: either the pedal board may be an integral part of the instrument, using the same strings and mechanism as the manual keyboard (e.g. the 19th century Érard pedal grand piano and Pleyel upright pedal piano), or it may consist of two independent pianos (each with its separate mechanics and strings) which ...
The Yamaha GX-1, first released as Electone GX-707, [a] [3] is an analog polyphonic synthesizer developed by Yamaha as a test bed for later consumer synths and Electone series organs for stage and home use. The GX-1 has four synthesizer "ranks" or three manuals, called Solo, Upper, and Lower, plus Pedal, and an analog rhythm machine. [2]