For example, the Italian word 'cembalo' is a shortened form of 'clavicembalo' which means 'harpsichord'; but when Mozart writes 'cembalo' in a concerto score, he means 'fortepiano' - the latest ...

An 88-key piano has seven octaves plus three lower notes (B, B flat and A) below the bottom C. It has 52 white keys and 36 black keys (sharps and flats), with each octave made up of seven white keys ...

Exploring great composers with songs based on some of their most famous melodies. We travel to Germany in 1722 to hear Johann Sebastian Bach playing one of his famous harpsichord pieces, which ...