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Key Signatures
Recital Manners
General Music Facts
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The composer of the Month (April)
Who is Felix Mendelssohn?
100
The symbol that means to play a half step higher.
What is a sharp?
100
This Major key signature has no sharps or flats.
What is the Key of C Major?
100
Always adjust this when you sit down to play.
What is the bench?
100
These two numbers are at the beginning of your piece and tell you how to count the rhythm.
What is the time signature?
200
The country that Mendelssohn was from
What is Germany?
200
The symbol that means to play a half step lower.
What is a flat?
200
This Major key signature has 1 sharp, F#.
What is the Key of G Major?
200
When you play by memory, your eyes should be looking at this.
What is your hands?
200
This word is what the spaces spell in the treble clef.
What is FACE?
300
A scale that is a series of 12 notes, going up in half steps
What is a chromatic scale?
300
This is at the beginning of a piece and tells you which notes are always flat or sharp for the entire piece.
What is the key signature?
300
This Major key has 2 sharps, F# and C#.
What is the Key of D Major?
300
When you first sit down, your hands should be here.
What is your lap?
300
In the bass clef, the space notes can be remembered by saying this phrase.
What is All Cows Eat Grass?
400
The composer was known for using the twelve-tone method to compose music
Who is Arnold Schoenberg?
400
This instrument is the big brother of the oboe and is a woodwind instrument
What is the English horn?
400
This key has 3 flats, B-flat, E-flat and A-flat.
What is the key of B-flat Major?
400
After you play, it is polite to do this before you leave the piano.
What is bow?
400
This tempos means to play fast and happy.
What is Allegro?
500
Mendelssohn's most famous work
What is the Overture for A Midsummer's Night's Dream?
500
The period of music history when Mendelssohn lived.
What is the Romantic Period?
500
This Major key signature has 5 sharps - F#, C#, G#, D# and A#.
What is key of B Major?
500
These helps you keep the music going if you have a memory slip.
What are starting places?
500
This term means to return to your original speed.
What is a tempo?