NOTE NAMES
GREAT PIANISTS
RECITALS
DANCE RHYTHMS
MUSIC TERMS
100

The note between the two black key sets

What is D

100

He played for kings at age 5

Who is Mozart

100

If you don't have a written program, you should tell your audience _______(this)___________

What is "the name of the song you'll play and its composer"?

100

The dance where your steps are LONG short short

What is the Waltz?

100

usually 4/4 or 3/4

What is Time Signature

200

Space 1 in the treble clef

What is F

200

Rock and Roll Pianist who wrote "Piano Man"

Who is Billy Joel?

200

The "GIFT"

What is your playing?

or

What is the audience's time and attention

200

Quarter -quarter- quarter -two eighths

What is the Cha-cha?

200

means to hold the note longer than usual, usually but not always at the end of a song

What is a fermata?

300

Line 1 in the Bass Clef

What is G

300

Famous female classical pianist from Argentina

Who is Martha Argerich?

300

We bow

How do we thank our audience?

300

Metronome marking is almost always 120, with steady quarter notes

What is a March?

300

means to play with a "hot iron" touch

what is staccato?

400

sits below the bottom line in Treble Clef

What is D

400

Modern day performing showman from China, playing Classical music all over the world

Who is Lang Lang?

400

They clap.

How does an audience say Thank You?

400

Dotted Quarter, eighth, quarter, quarter

What is the Tango?

400

what we call the person who wrote the song

What is a composer?

500

Two ledger lines below the bass clef bottom OR two lines above the treble clef top

What is C

500

Jazz piano great from Montreal with phenomenal speed, technique and creativity

Who was Oscar Peterson?

(died in 2007)

500

What you do before beginning a performance

What is: Adjust the bench, think about your position, think about the song's tempo, take a breath

500

usually the beat is kept by clave and conga, two-measure phrase with the second bar being: 

rest-quarter-quarter-rest

What is the Bossa Nova?

500

accenting a normally weak beat, or resting on a normally strong beat

What is "syncopation?"