Piano Skeletons
There are 88 of these on the piano.
What are keys?
This composer who went on tour performing with his father and sister when he was younger than all of you!
Who was Mozart?
This type of song would have been played at Mozart's funeral.
What is an elegy?
My heart beats this fast when someone scares me in the night.
What is presto/vivace/allegro?
Mozart was 5 years of ___ when he wrote his first piece of music.
A-G-E
The hammers hit these to make sound.
What are strings?
Composer who wrote a famous Funeral March for piano.
Who was Chopin?
Chopin wrote many, means "night music."
What is a nocturne?
A musical sound for tiptoeing.
What is staccato?
If you have a pet bat, you keep it in a ____.
C-A-G-E
This part of the piano makes the sounds bleed (blend) together.
What is the sustain pedal?
When this composer was old, he went deaf, but KEPT WRITING MUSIC!
Who was Beethoven?
Italian term meaning "dying away."
What is morendo?
I play this softly when I am sneaking away from monsters.
What is piano?
If you wear a mask for Halloween, you put it on your ____.
F-A-C-E
The cover of the piano keys (something you won't see in action if you practice often!).
What is the fallboard?
A composer whose music all pianists play, but who never actually played the piano.
Who was J.S. Bach?
The slowest tempo marking.
What is grave?
Spooky music is often in these kinds of keys. (Hint: in triads, the third is lowered!)
What is minor?
Beethoven wrote a lot of music, even though he was ____.
D-E-A-F
These are made of felt and quicken the decay of the sound.
What are the dampers?
A piece of music by Saint-Saens, meant to depict skeletons dancing a waltz.
What is the Danse Macabre?
Latin name for a melody that is often quoted when the composer is referencing death/dying/funerals.
What is the "Dies irae"?
This is how loud I scream when I watch scary movies.
What is sforzando?
1790s was the ______ that Mozart wrote his D minor Requiem.
D-E-C-A-D-E