Piano Basics
What is a piano?
has black and white keys that you press to make music
What is the first note in the musical alphabet?
What is A?
What pattern do the black keys repeat in across the keyboard?
What are groups of two and three?
What symbol that looks like a fancy “G” shows notes for your right hand?
What is the treble clef?
True or False: The piano is only used in classical music.
what is false
The piano is part of which instrument family — string, percussion, or wind?
What is both string and percussion?
What note comes after C?
What is D?
The white key directly to the left of two black keys is which note?
What is C?
Which note gets 4 beats in 4/4 time?
What is a whole note?
The loudness of a piano’s sound depends on how hard you press what?
What are the keys?
How many keys does a standard piano have?
What is 88?
What note comes before F?
What is E?
The white key to the left of the group of three black keys is which note?
What is F?
What symbol raises a note by a half step?
What is a sharp (#)?
What color are most piano keys?
What are black and white?
What do you use to make sound on the piano — hands, feet, or mouth?
What are your hands (and sometimes feet for pedals)?
What are the five white notes between C and G called?
What are the natural notes?
If you start on C and move one white key to the right, what note do you play?
What is D?
Which note gets 2 beats in 4/4 time?
What is a half note?
What shape are the keys on a piano — circles, rectangles, or triangles?
What are rectangles?
Inside a piano, small hammers strike what to create sound?
What are the strings
What note comes after G when the alphabet starts over?
What is A?
How many octaves are on a standard piano keyboard?
What are 7 and 1/4 octaves?
What is the squiggly symbol that means silence for one beat?
What is a quarter rest?
: True or False — You can play “Mary Had a Little Lamb” using only the notes E, D, and C.
What is True?