Piano Explorer History
The composer of the month for April
Who is Telemann?
The distance between two notes
What is an interval?
This means little by little.
What is poco a poco?
The RH 4th finger note for the D Major scale.
What is C#?
The name of the first note of a scale
What is the tonic?
The period of music history in which the composer of the month lived.
What is the Baroque period?
Liszt played for this famous composer when he was 11
Who is Beethoven?
This means much or very.
What is molto?
The RH 4th finger note for the E flat major scale.
What is B flat?
The name of the 5th note of the scale
What is the dominant?
The number of octaves of keys on the piano when it was first invented.
What is a 5 octaves?
As a child, Liszt was compared to this famous composer
Who is Mozart?
This means to speed up gradually.
What is accelerando?
This note/scale degree is raised in the harmonic form of a minor scale.
What is the 7th note/degree?
The name of a pattern repeated on a different pitch
What a sequence?
The 3 parts of sonata form
Who was Exposition, Development and Recapitulation?
This word describes a musician who plays an instrument at the highest level.
What is a virtuoso?
A musical phrase that repeats over and over, usually in the bass.
What is ostinato?
Name the 2 notes/scale degrees that are raised going up the melodic scale.
What are the 6th and 7th notes/scale degrees?
This is the order of sharps.
What is F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#, B#?
Telemann was born in this country
What is the Germany?
Liszt was inspired by this famous Italian violinist.
What is Paganini?
A showy passage that is somtimes improvised.
What is a cadenza?
On the way down/descending, the melodic minor scale is the same as what other scale.
What is the natural minor scale?
A four note chord built on scale step 5.
What is the dominant 7th or V7 chord?