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What do you know about the piano?

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The black keys are used to play:

a)

Vibrato

b)

Baseball

c)

Sustained notes

d)

Flats and sharps

2.

The standard piano has 120 keys.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

I don't know

3.

On an organ, some notes are played with the feet. Similarly, on the piano, the pedals are used to play very low notes.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

I don't know

4.

This famous Hungarian composer was a very showy piano player, and is known for being the first to play a concert by memory. Roger Daltry played him in a movie loosely based on his life.

a)

Liszt

b)

Beethoven

c)

Chopin

d)

Bach

5.

Sound on the piano is produced when ______ hit the strings.

a)

Keys

b)

Dampers

c)

Fingers

d)

Hammers

6.

What were the keys of a piano originally made from?

a)

Stone and bone

b)

Plastic and bone

c)

Ebony and ivory

d)

Sugar and spice

7.

His famous piano sonatas include the "Moonlight Sonata" and the "Pathetique".

a)

Mozart

b)

Handel

c)

Bach

d)

Beethoven

8.

We all know that the full name of the piano is the "Pianoforte." What does this name mean?

a)

Hammerkeys

b)

Loudsoft

c)

Softloud

d)

Hammerstrings

9.

Which of these famous jazz musicians was best known as a pianist?

a)

Charlie Parker

b)

Benny Goodman

c)

Dizzy Gillespie

d)

Thelonious Monk

10.

The first song a person learns to play on the piano is usually in this key, which has no sharps or flats in its key signature.

a)

A major

b)

e-flat minor

c)

C major

d)

D major

11.

Name this famous classical pianist. He was Canadian, born in 1932, lived in Toronto and was famously eccentric. A movie was made about him, called "Thirty-Two Short Films About _____."Answer: ( Two Words, both words begin with G)

a)

Glen Gould

b)

Glen Gotham

c)

Glen George

d)

Glen Gaither

12.

If you're going to see a piano concerto performed at the symphony, what type of piano is the pianist most likely to play?

a)

Concert Grand

b)

Upright

c)

Baby Grand

d)

Apartment-size

13.

What famous piano making company did Engleherd Steinweg found?

a)

Yamaha

b)

Roland

c)

Williams and Sons

d)

Steinway

14.

Is it important to tune your piano, or to have it tuned for you?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

d)

I don't know

15.

Is it important to tune your piano, or to have it tuned for you?

a)

Yes

b)

No

16.

Okay here's a tougher one. You're playing the piano. You play a white key. There's a black key to the right of this key, but not to the left of it. If the key signature tells you to play this note as a flat, you would play an E natural. What root note are you playing?

a)

Eb

b)

F

c)

B

d)

G

17.

In regards to pianos, what did Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush have in common?

a)

They are the only presidents who owned pianos

b)

They did not own pianos while in the White House

c)

They were both virtuoso pianists

d)

They both owned gold plated Steinway Grands

18.

It is rumoured that Mozart once composed a piece that required the player to use both hands and his/her nose.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

It's a good idea to have very long fingernails if you're going to play a piano recital.

a)

Yes

b)

No