Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word
EXERCISE 1: Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.
The piano or, (1) it its full name, the pianoforte has played a central in European music since the early 1700s. Its development can be back to an Italian harpsichord maker, Bartolomeo Cristofori. Cristofori (2) (3) had wanted a long time to combine the mechanisms of two different (4)
the dulcimer, which relies on strings and hammers to produce its sound, and the harpsichord,
(5)
music is produced through a keyboard.
In 1709 Cristofori worked out that this could be done successfully, and the piano was born. The piano player (6). a key on the keyboard, which (7)
a hammer strike a string, producing a note. The idea seems obvious to us today, but in 1709 it was revolutionary.
The piano quickly became extremely popular, and (8). continued to be
made to it. Foot pedals were (9) at the end of the eighteenth century.
Although pianos have been (10) in a wide variety of different shapes and
sizes, today there are really only two main types of piano, the Grand and the Upright.
The piano or, (1) it its full name, the pianoforte has played a central in European music since the early 1700s. Its development can be back to an Italian harpsichord maker, Bartolomeo Cristofori. Cristofori (2) (3) had wanted a long time to combine the mechanisms of two different (4)
the dulcimer, which relies on strings and hammers to produce its sound, and the harpsichord,
(5)
music is produced through a keyboard.
In 1709 Cristofori worked out that this could be done successfully, and the piano was born. The piano player (6). a key on the keyboard, which (7)
a hammer strike a string, producing a note. The idea seems obvious to us today, but in 1709 it was revolutionary.
The piano quickly became extremely popular, and (8). continued to be
made to it. Foot pedals were (9) at the end of the eighteenth century.
Although pianos have been (10) in a wide variety of different shapes and
sizes, today there are really only two main types of piano, the Grand and the Upright.