Piano Flashcards
What is the number one finger
Answer: thumb
Piano
Soft
Meta forte
Moderately loud
Forte
Loud
What is apart of a note?
Note head and stem
Piano
Under two Black keys: cde
Under three black keys: fgab
Abcdefg
Bass clef
Lines: grizzly bears don’t fear Anything
Spaces: all cows eat grass
Treble clef
Space: face
Lines: every good boy does fine
Intervals
4 and 2: line to space
5 and 3: line to line
Bar line
Divides music into measures
Dotted half note:
Note with three beats
Quarter
Quarter note and quarter rest have 1 beat
Half
Half note: has two beats and half rest
Whole
Whole note and whole rest: four beats
Double bar line
Signifies tha the piece ended
Grand staff
The bass and the treble clef joined together
Harmonic interval
The distance between two tones that are played together
Ledger line
A short line above or below a staff that extends its range
Measure
The area between two bar lines
Melodic interval
The distance between two tones that are played separately
Repeat sign
Two lines with two dots
RHYTHM
THE COMBINING OF NOTES JNTO PATTERNS
Staff
Five lines, four spaces
Tempo
Speed. Fast or slow