Do you even piano, bro?
The number of keys on a piano
What is 88?
The second-highest note on the piano.
What is B?
The number of beats a quarter note typically receives.
The musical alphabet backwards.
What is GFEDCBA?
How many keys does a standard piano have?
88!
The number of pedals a piano typically has
What is three?
The second-lowest note on the piano.
What is A# (or Bb)?
The number of beats a quarter rest typically receives.
What is Middle C?
Which pedal makes the piano sound like an echo?
The one on the right...also known as the sustain pedal.
This device produces a clicking sound to help keep the beat.
What is a metronome? (-2x points if McKenna answers)
The accidentals used to name black keys.
What are sharps and flats?
The type of note that has a filled-in notehead, a stem, and a single flag.
What is an eighth-note?
The finger number of the LH pinky.
What is number 5?
300: What older keyboard instrument was the piano invented to improve upon?
Will accept: harpsichord, organ, clavichord
The type of piano typically used in larger concert halls. (The really long one)
What is a grand piano?
The bracketed five lines and four spaces (x2) that piano music is written on.
What is a grand staff? (No credit for "staff" but also no penalty)
A musical symbol which is shaped like an upside-down top hat.
What piano keys were originally made out of.
What is ivory (or elephant tusks)?
The piano was originally called the “fortepiano.” Why was this name important?
The piano was revolutionary because it was responsive — the harder you played, the louder it sounded; the softer you played, the softer it sounded.
The meaning of Presto.
What is very fast?
The number of letters in the musical alphabet.
The number of beats a dotted quarter note receives.
What is one and a half?
Three composers who wrote for the piano
Who are Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Debussy, Chopin, etc.?
500: Who invented the piano?
Who is Bartolomeo Cristofori?