Re: sustained note...


"Nil" <rednoise+news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 25 Apr 2006, "Kernix" <jimkernicky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I'd have to disagree - a guitar is technically a stringed
intrument - like harps, violins, chellos, pianos, etc. Just
because you attack the string with a pick doesn't make it a
percussion instrument.

Piano is considered to be a percussion instrument.

A quick internet search suggests that the classification is ambiguous. Eg
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra site lists the piano as a stringed
instrument, but comments that when an orchestral player says he/she plays
strings, it is usually understood to mean violins etc. A yahoo group also
classified it as a stringed instrument.

Tony D


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