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The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence,
Italy, and he built approximately twenty pianos before he died in
1731. Since the 1980s, digital pianos have been available, which
use digital sampling technology to reproduce the sound of each
piano note. The piano is a crucial instrument in Western classical
music, jazz, and most other complex musical genres. A large
number of composers are pianists, and they frequently use the
piano as a tool for composition. In popular music, although sheet
music is produced, it is nowadays more usual for people to learn
the piece by ear (that is, by imitation).*
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