Composers
This composer was also a pianist and is famous for the size of his hands.
Who is Rachmaninov?
This minor key contains 4 sharps.
What is C-sharp minor?
Counterpoint first appeared during this style period of music.
What is the Renaissance?
The left hand begins on this finger in a B major scale.
What is 4?
John Field pioneered this type of piece, but it was made more popular by Chopin.
What is a nocturne?
This composer wrote 32 piano sonatas.
Who is Beethoven
In order to create this scale, the sixth and seventh notes need to be raised by a half step while ascending, and lowered upon the descent.
What is melodic minor?
This instrument preceded the piano and was popular in the Baroque era.
What is the harpsichord?
This is how we produce a more projecting sound?
What is arm weight?
This type of piece features the piano as a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra.
What is a Concerto?
All of these composer's works use the piano in some form.
Who is Chopin?
This form contains no repeating sections.
What is through-composed?
Debussy and Ravel are the primary composers of this style, which blends sounds together.
What is Impressionism?
Because we are closer to the piano, we must do this with our dynamics so the audience can hear the changes in volume.
What is exaggerate?
Liszt did a piano solo transcription of this Schubert song, which includes many repeated octaves to give an image of a horse galloping.
What is the Earl king, or Erlkonig?
This composer was responsible for the Bach revival with the premiere of the St. Matthew's Passion.
Who is Mendelssohn?
The melody in an invention or a fugue is called this.
What is a subject?
The piano was invented by this man in 1700.
Who was Bartholomeo Cristofori?
This type of chord or sound is what you want to lean into, or play louder.
What is a dissonant chord?
This collection of Preludes and Fugues by Bach is one of the most important works in the literature.
What is the Well-Tempered Clavier?
This diminutive composer was known for composing romantic music in his youth before transitioning towards a more atonal style later in his life because he believed his music was divine.
Who was Scriabin?
What is retrograde?
This first keyboard instrument dates back to this year
What is 3rd century?
What is use your arm and wrist to create circular motions?
Ravel wrote this three movement work, inspired by poetry and the desire to make the piece extremely difficult.
What is Gaspard de la Nuit?