Vocab

Piano Basics

Scales and Keys

High vs Low

Keyboard Patterns
100

This is a group of notes that sound good together and create the “home base” of a song.

➡️ What is a key?

100

When you press this, a hammer hits a string inside the piano.

➡️ What is a key?

100

A key is a ______ of notes that work together.

➡️ What is a group?

100

High notes are found on this side of the keyboard.

➡️ What is the right side?

100

Black keys are grouped in sets of these numbers.

➡️ What are 2 and 3?


200

This is the distance between one note and the next note with the same name.

➡️ What is an octave?

200

Inside the piano, this hits the string to make sound.

➡️ What is a hammer?

200

The “home note” is also called this.

➡️ What is the tonic?

200

Low notes are found on this side of the keyboard.

➡️ What is the left side?

200

The white key to the left of the group of 2 black keys is this note.

➡️ What is C?


300

A pattern of notes played in order going up or down.

➡️ What is a scale?

300

The strings do this to create sound.

➡️ What is vibrate?

300

Songs usually start and end on this note.

➡️ What is the home note?

300

These notes sound bright and thin.

➡️ What are high notes?

300

This pattern repeats across the keyboard.

➡️ What is the key pattern?


400

These notes sound sharp, bright, and thin.

➡️ What are high notes?

400

On these, speakers create the same sound instead of strings.

➡️ What are electronic/digital keyboards?

400

This scale uses all white keys: C–D–E–F–G–A–B–C.

➡️ What is the C major scale?

400

These notes sound deep and powerful.

➡️ What are low notes?

400

White keys are these colors.

➡️ What is white? (lol easy win question)


500

These notes sound deep, heavy, and powerful.

➡️ What are low notes?

500

Black keys are grouped in sets of these numbers.

➡️ What are 2 and 3?

500

This type of scale sounds darker and more serious.

➡️ What is a minor scale?

500

A tuba plays ______ than a flute.

➡️ What is lower?

500

Music is made up of these.

➡️ What are notes?


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