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WorksheetsWhat do you know about the piano?
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 11mins
The black keys are used to play:
Vibrato
Baseball
Sustained notes
Flats and sharps
The standard piano has 120 keys.
True
False
Maybe
I don't know
On an organ, some notes are played with the feet. Similarly, on the piano, the pedals are used to play very low notes.
True
False
Maybe
I don't know
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.
Liszt
Beethoven
Chopin
Bach
Sound on the piano is produced when ______ hit the strings.
Keys
Dampers
Fingers
Hammers
What were the keys of a piano originally made from?
Stone and bone
Plastic and bone
Ebony and ivory
Sugar and spice
His famous piano sonatas include the "Moonlight Sonata" and the "Pathetique".
Mozart
Handel
Bach
Beethoven
We all know that the full name of the piano is the "Pianoforte." What does this name mean?
Hammerkeys
Loudsoft
Softloud
Hammerstrings
Which of these famous jazz musicians was best known as a pianist?
Charlie Parker
Benny Goodman
Dizzy Gillespie
Thelonious Monk
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 major
e-flat minor
C major
D major
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)
Glen Gould
Glen Gotham
Glen George
Glen Gaither
If you're going to see a piano concerto performed at the symphony, what type of piano is the pianist most likely to play?
Concert Grand
Upright
Baby Grand
Apartment-size
What famous piano making company did Engleherd Steinweg found?
Yamaha
Roland
Williams and Sons
Steinway
Is it important to tune your piano, or to have it tuned for you?
Yes
No
Maybe
I don't know
Is it important to tune your piano, or to have it tuned for you?
Yes
No
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?
Eb
F
B
G
In regards to pianos, what did Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush have in common?
They are the only presidents who owned pianos
They did not own pianos while in the White House
They were both virtuoso pianists
They both owned gold plated Steinway Grands
It is rumoured that Mozart once composed a piece that required the player to use both hands and his/her nose.
True
False
It's a good idea to have very long fingernails if you're going to play a piano recital.
Yes
No
