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The piano (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjaːno]; an abbreviation of pianoforte [pjanoˈfɔrte]) is a musical instrument played using a keyboard. It is widely employed in classical, jazz, traditional and popular music for solo and ensemble performances, accompaniment, and for composing and rehearsal. Although the piano is not portable and often expensive, its versatility and ubiquity have made it one of the world's most familiar musical instruments.
An acoustic piano usually has a protective wooden case surrounding the soundboard and metal strings, and a row of 88 black and white keys (52 white, 36 black). The strings are sounded when the keys are pressed, and silenced when the keys are released. The note can be sustained, even when the keys are released, by the use of pedals.
Pressing a key on the piano's keyboard causes a padded (often with felt) hammer to strike strings. The hammer rebounds, and the strings continue to vibrate at their resonant frequency. These vibrations are transmitted through a bridge to a soundboard that amplifies by more efficiently coupling the acoustic energy to the air. When the key is released, a damper stops the strings' vibration, ending the sound. Although an acoustic piano has strings, it is usually classified as a percussion instrument because the strings are struck rather than plucked (as with a harpsichord or spinet); in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of instrument classification, pianos are considered chordophones. With technological advances, electric, electronic, and digital pianos have also been developed.
Actors: Joey Ansah (actor), Julien Beramis (actor), Baff Akoto (director), Baff Akoto (producer), Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan (writer), Anthony Welsh (actor), Baff Akoto (writer), Jonathan Cronin (editor), Amy Howerska (actress), Trenyce (actress), Danny Vardanian (actor), Abram Wilson (actor), Abram Wilson (composer), Marlon Smith (writer), Mensa Ansah (actor),
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Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Bob Koester (producer), Steve Wagner (editor), Tom Koester (director), Ari Brown (actor), Ari Brown (actor), Ari Brown (actor), Yosef Ben Israel (actor), Pharez Whitted (actor), Avreeayl Ra (actor), Kirk Brown (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Julia Hall (miscellaneous crew), Iva Bittová (actress), James Kent (director), Gerald Finley (actor), Emanuel Ax (actor), Ben Weston (producer), Maxim Vengerov (actor), David Krakauer (actor), Isabel Bayrakdarian (actress), Kate Royal (actress), Edgaras Montvidas (actor), John Axelrod (actor), Michael Ward (actor), Iwona Hossa (actress), Tove Dahlberg (actress),
Genres: Music, War,Actors: Jim Gable (director), Angelo Ruzzo (miscellaneous crew), Ned Doyle (producer), Jeffrey Doe (editor), Carly Simon (actress), Calvin Aurand (producer), John Beasley (actor), Ann Kim (producer), Mark McKenna (miscellaneous crew), Andrew David Fox (miscellaneous crew), Richard Perry (actor), Sheri Spitz (miscellaneous crew), Richard Strock (miscellaneous crew), Alan Wain (producer), Sinead Dolan (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Music,Actors: Eddy Mitchell (actor), Pierre Papadiamandis (composer), Michel Gaucher (actor), Basile Leroux (actor), Alex Perdigon (actor), Evert Verhees (actor), Michel Amsellem (actor), Eric Giausserand (actor), Kurt Rust (actor), Jacques Bessot (actor), Philippe Perathoner (actor),
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I was suppose to be a rock star.
I only beat you when I'm drunk,
You're only pretty when you're crying.
We are suppose to be the ones to set the air afire.
Three times alone this week
I was made into a liar.
Whether (or not) I found the gold
I never told.
Richer: I
brilliant white.
I.
I wear shoes that move men from desert to riches.
Show me what you've got
and scratch it because it itches.
Call me Chameleon
and extingish my fire.
Three times alone this week
I was suppose to be a liar.
Maybe not.
Why the stare?
Would I lie about that which I am scared?
What did I say to you?
Step into
a pot of gold,
rejoice in fire
that which soon burns gold.
What did I say to you?
I can't deny
The throat, the love, sincerity,
I can't deny it
I've got to keep my P.M.A.