i play piano.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. The word \"piano\" is a shortened form of \"pianoforte\", the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from \"gravicembalo col piano e forte\" and \"fortepiano\". The Italian musical terms \"piano\" and \"forte\" indicate \"soft\" and \"loud\" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the greater the velocity of a key press, the greater the force of the hammer hitting the strings, and the louder the sound of the note produced and the stronger the attack. The first fortepianos in the 1700s had a quieter sound and smaller dynamic range. An acoustic piano usually has a protective wooden case surrounding the soundboard and metal strings, which are strung under great tension on a heavy metal frame.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'd love to learn how to play the piano, the acoustic stringed musical instrument! Can you play it?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "As a kid, I took lessons, and could play at a basic level, but the chords and how they connected never made sense to me, so I had to memorize sheet music.  "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh, I get that, it's just printed form of music notation so you're not really learning just replaying. Do you like music with piano in it?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes I do.  I'm not much on classical, though.  I prefer ragtime music!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh, that's good music too, ragtime's musical style was primarily enjoyed in the 1890's? Just 190 years after the discovery of a piano!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I didn't realize it started that early!  What type of piano music do you enjoy hearing?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "While it's not a traditional, I do love the sounds played using an electronic keyboard."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Electronic keyboards have come a long way.  They truly sound more like a traditional piano than ever before."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Definitely, although the term electronic keyboard also refers to synthesizers, digital and stage pianos, and electronic organs. Have you ever heard the melodious sounds of an electric organ?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Well, yes, but my ears don't think of an electric organ as \"melodious.\""}]