Piano Explorer
The name of the composer of the month
Who is Vivaldi?
Most words that are written on music are in this language.
What is Italian?
When we analyze how our music is organized, we are studying this.
What is musical form?
The tempo that means walking speed or medium slow.
What is Andante?
Please do this as soon as you sit down in order to be in good position to perform.
What is adjust your bench?
The country that the composer of month is from.
What is Italy?
When we play chords one note at a time, it is called this
What is an arpeggio?
Details that you should memorize in addition to the notes. Name 2.
What are dynamics, tempos, accents, phrasing, staccatos, slurs?
The name of a special ending.
What is Coda?
If you get to try out your piano before you perform, what should you be observing about your piano. Name one.
What is the touch, the volume, the brightness of the sound, the pedal sensitivity?
the composer of the month lived during this period of music history
What is the Baroque period?
This is the number of keys on a piano
What is 88?
If you have a memory slip, you need to one of these to jump to.
What is a starting place?
A showy passage that is freely played.
What is a cadenza?
You must set this carefully from the first measure.
What is your tempo?
The name of the keyboard instrument that was popular during the Baroque period.
What is the harpsichord?
The name of the form when a composer takes a simple melody and then changes it slightly in each new section
What is Theme and Variations?
Name one of the practice tips listed in the Piano Explorer
What is practice hands separately, work on a very small section or practice slowly?
Vivaldi was a big influence on this famous composer.
Who is Bach?
You must bring this to the recital.
What is your music?
The name of the most famous work of the composer of the month
What is the Four Seasons?
The name of the woman composer of the month
What is Wanda Landowska?
Name one of the two ways you should practice if you have a difficult measure or line in your music.
What is spot work or slow practice?
In a piano, a hammer strikes a string to make sound, but in a harpsichord, this happens to the string when you press a key.
What is the string is plucked?
The date, time & place for the Fall Recital
What is November 8, 7:00 pm, Ruggero Piano Company