Intro Flashcards
How should you hold your hand while playing?
With fingers slightly bent as though you are holding a small ball
Position: back
Upright and comfortable
Position: fingerS
Bent, and parallel to the keys (from above)
Position: elbows
Pointed slightly outward. When your hands move out your elbows move with them so your arms open up
Black keys come in groups of
2 and 3
What is the most important key?
C
Where is C?
To the left of the two black keys
Where is middle C?
To the left of the two middle black keys. 
What is C position?
When you place your right thumb on middle C and your other fingers each on one key
What it the first piece I played from C position?
Ode to joy
You can easily split the white keys into two groups based on
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
The group of three white keys are
C, D, and E
The group of four white keys are
F, G, A, B
The piano has two note system, or
Staffs
The upper staff contains _______ notes, these are usually played with ________
Higher, your right hand
The lower staff is for __________, and is played with _______
Lower notes, your left hand
Treble clef is also called
The G clef
How do finger numberings work?
Starts with 1 at the thumb (inside) and goes up to 5 with the pinky (outside)
Middle C on sheet music is
Located below the top 5 lines and has a small line through it
Where does C position start for the left hand?
With the little finger on the C left of middle C
Bass clef is also called
The F clef
You know where F is on the F clef bexcuse
The two dots surround the line the F is on
Where is middle C on the bass clef?
One line up
4/4 is also known as
Common time
What separates measures on sheet music?
Bar lines
How can you tell what measure you’re in?
There are (may be) small numbers above the bar lines
Quarter notes are played for how many beats in common time?
1
A whole note has ____ beats, a half note has ____ and a quarter note has ____
4, 2, 1
What two things can you find out from a note by looking at it?
It’s pitch and it’s duration
What is the highest line on treble clef?
F
