Intro

Question 1

How should you hold your hand while playing?

Answer 1

With fingers slightly bent as though you are holding a small ball

Question 2

Position: back

Answer 2

Upright and comfortable

Question 3

Position: fingerS

Answer 3

Bent, and parallel to the keys (from above)

Question 4

Position: elbows

Answer 4

Pointed slightly outward. When your hands move out your elbows move with them so your arms open up

Question 5

Black keys come in groups of

Answer 5

2 and 3

Question 6

What is the most important key?

Answer 6

C

Question 7

Where is C?

Answer 7

To the left of the two black keys

Question 8

Where is middle C?

Answer 8

To the left of the two middle black keys. 

Question 9

What is C position?

Answer 9

When you place your right thumb on middle C and your other fingers each on one key

Question 10

What it the first piece I played from C position?

Answer 10

Ode to joy

Question 11

You can easily split the white keys into two groups based on

Answer 11

The adjacent black keys. Each group of two white keys has three adjacent white keys. Each group of three black keys has four adjacent white keys

Question 12

The group of three white keys are

Answer 12

C, D, and E

Question 13

The group of four white keys are

Answer 13

F, G, A, B

Question 14

The piano has two note system, or

Answer 14

Staffs

Question 15

The upper staff contains _______ notes, these are usually played with ________

Answer 15

Higher, your right hand

Question 16

The lower staff is for __________, and is played with _______

Answer 16

Lower notes, your left hand

Question 17

Treble clef is also called

Answer 17

The G clef

Question 18

How do finger numberings work?

Answer 18

Starts with 1 at the thumb (inside) and goes up to 5 with the pinky (outside)

Question 19

Middle C on sheet music is

Answer 19

Located below the top 5 lines and has a small line through it

Question 20

Where does C position start for the left hand?

Answer 20

With the little finger on the C left of middle C

Question 21

Bass clef is also called

Answer 21

The F clef

Question 22

You know where F is on the F clef bexcuse

Answer 22

The two dots surround the line the F is on

Question 23

Where is middle C on the bass clef?

Answer 23

One line up

Question 24

4/4 is also known as

Answer 24

Common time

Question 25

What separates measures on sheet music?

Answer 25

Bar lines

Question 26

How can you tell what measure you’re in?

Answer 26

There are (may be) small numbers above the bar lines

Question 27

Quarter notes are played for how many beats in common time?

Answer 27

1

Question 28

A whole note has ____ beats, a half note has ____ and a quarter note has ____

Answer 28

4, 2, 1

Question 29

What two things can you find out from a note by looking at it?

Answer 29

It’s pitch and it’s duration

Question 30

What is the highest line on treble clef?

Answer 30

F