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The word aftertouch is a term used to describe the response of a key on electronic

MIDI-keyboards to pressure. On an electronic keyboard with aftertouch, a performer can

change the amplitude of the pitch after the attack by varying the pressure with which one
holds the key. While this feature is not an option on a classical acoustic piano, where the

sound of the pressed key simply fades out after the attack, the richness and variety of the
piano timbre is far more superior and individual on every single instrument.

Exploring the sensitivity of the piano keys to the different types of pressure

(including the silent pressure of the keys with the sustained pedal held) is my
interpretation of the term aftertouch, if one can apply it to the acoustic piano. On the
other hand, this title implies the composers intent to make the listener pay attention to

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the life and death of each sound with regard to the variety in attacks and decays. This
variety and timbral richness of the instrument, along with the resonances of short and

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