Piano Anatomy
This note is one of the first we learned, and it is located to the left of the two black keys in the center of the Piano.
This term means "main theme."
What is Melody?
A chord is...
Three or more notes sounding together.
What is a quarter note?
What is 1 - 3 - 5?
The tool used to sustain the piano sound.
What is the damper pedal?
This staff is made up of the treble clef and bass clef staves combined by a bar and brace.
What is the grand staff?
This note is played with the 4th finger when in C five-finger-scale position.
What is F?
The standard music alphabet.
A - B - C - D - E - F - G
This is a marking that indicates legato (smooth and connected) playing.
What is a slur?
What is flat or sharp?
These markings tell the performer what volume to play at.
What are dynamics?
This is the term for the distance between two notes.
What is an interval?
A _____ raises a note by a half step and a ______ lowers a note by a half step.
What is sharp and flat?
These notes are performed with a bounce of the fingers.
What are staccatos?
If you play all of the white keys on piano, you are performing this major scale.
This term means to slow down gradually.
A set of memorized notes used to build reading skill. Examples include middle C, treble G, and bass clef F.
What are Guide notes?
A _____ tells you how many beats are in a measure and what type of note gets the beat.
This is what you do when there is a peak in the pedal marking under the music (Ms. Talley will draw).
What is lift and reset the pedal?
The piano is made up of white and black keys. This is the number of different pitches that exist on the piano.
What is 12?
This is a common name for a dance in 3/4 time.
What is a Waltz?
These chord numbers are known as the "grand progression."
What is I - IV - I - V - I?
What is a phrase?
This is the most important element of good piano technique, and we learned it on our very first day in class.
What is Posture!!!