Unit 3

Question 1

What’s a Sharp?

Answer 1

Symbol # raise a pitch note by one key to the Right
h hand).

Question 2

Primary chords of G major: G, D7, C & chord symbols

Answer 2

G- GBD G symbol
D7, F# CD (D7 symbol)
C GCE C symbol

Question 3

What’s a Block chords?

Answer 3

Chords when each note is played simultaneously

Question 4

What’s a Broken chords?

Answer 4

Chords where each note is played individually

Question 5

What’s a Damper pedal?

Answer 5

Pedal on the right allows notes to echo when the keys are hit

Question 6

What’s a Diminuendo?

Answer 6

Gradually die away

Question 7

What’s a decrescendo?

Answer 7

Gradually get softer

Question 8

What’s a Fermata?

Answer 8

Hold de note for longer than its written value

Question 9

What’s a Eighth notes?

Answer 9

Rhythm worth ½ of one beat.

Question 10

What’s a D. C. al Fine?

Answer 10

De capo al fine. From the head, to the end. Go back to the beginning and play until the fine symbol.

Question 11

What’s a Dotted Quarter Notes?

Answer 11

Quarter followed by a dot – rhythm worth 1 ½ beats (usually followed by a single eight note)

Question 12

Who is Charles Hanon?

Answer 12

Famous concert pianist and piano teacher, invented a series of exercices (etudes) designed to strengthen the fingers, specifically the pinky (weakest finger on each hand