The piano is a crucial instrument in Western classical music, jazz, film, television, and most other complex western musical genres. Since a large number of composers are proficient pianists - and because the piano keyboard offers an easy means of complex melodic and harmonic interplay - the piano is often used as a tool for composition.
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