All About that Beat
Piano Potpourri
Music Technology
Name That Composer
Name that Tune
100
This kind of note gets one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
100
These come in groups of 2s or 3s on the piano.
What are the black keys?
100
This kind of piano can open its lid like a book to display all its strings, which are strung horizontally.
What is a grand piano?
100
This composer went completely deaf before his masterpiece the "9th Symphony" was ever written or performed, having heard the entire thing in his head and never with his ears.
Who is Beethoven?
100
E D C E D C C C C C
Hot Cross Buns
200
This kind of note takes up a whole measure of 3/4 time.
What is a dotted half note?
200
We press this with our foot to make the notes sound longer or blend together.
What is the Damper pedal?
200
This kind of piano was designed to be played in homes, where less space was available, so the strings are strung vertically.
What is an upright piano?
(Spinnets are even smaller, their strings are strung diagonally, in two sets!)
200
This composer wrote the music for the popular ballets The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty.
Who was Tchaikovsky?
200
C C G G A A G F F E E D D C
What is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?
300
Clap this rhythm three times
How can you notate:
x - x x
x - x x
x - x x
300
This is the name of the highest key on a standard piano
What is the key "C"?
300
This traditional device helps with practicing a steady beat. It makes a tick tick tick sound at a pre-set speed.
What is a metranome?
300
This contemporary composer is famous for writing all the music for Harry Potter, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jaws, and ET.
Who is John Williams?
300
C E F G C E F G C E F G E C E D
What is Oh When The Saints?
400
These two symbols fill the time not taken by the quarter notes.
What are quarter rests?
400
This is the number of keys on a standard piano
What is 88?
400
This special kind of piano can make music without you! No hands required.
400
This "king of ragtime" was well-known for composing The Entertainer and the most-reproduced song of all time, The Maple Leaf Rag.
Who is Scott Joplin?
400
G E E F D D C D E F G G G
Lightly Row
500
This "signature" at the beginning of a song tells us how many beats are in each measure and what kind of note will get one beat.
What is a time signature?
500
Inside the piano, when we play a key, a hammer hits these.
What are strings?
500
This multi-track recording software (Digital Audio Workstation) is available free for all ipad and apple products.
It's most famous for the "loops" used to create music.
What is GarageBand?
500
Her famous "Notebook" contains the hand-written copies of songs written by herself, her husband, J. S. Bach, their musical children, and their friends.
Many of the works are un-signed, so we don't know who wrote them!
Who is J. S. Bach's second wife, Anna Magdalena Bach?
500
E E E E D C D E F
What is Heart & Soul?