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The only musician who can play a duet alone and still argue with themselves.
means A person who plays the piano, whether as a profession or a passion.
from Built from 'piano' plus the agent suffix '-ist,' which English borrowed via French and Italian from Greek '-istes,' the ending that turns an activity into a person who does it. 'Piano' itself is short for pianoforte — Italian for 'soft-loud' — because unlike the harpsichord it could play both quiet and thunderous notes depending on how hard you struck the keys.
- left hand job
- keeps time while right hand gets the credit
- instrument weight
- concert grand can top 1000 pounds
- key count
- 88 keys, infinite ways to hit them wrong
- stage view
- usually faces the audience's backs, not their eyes