{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/music-solfege-piano-keys",
 "id": "music-solfege-piano-keys",
 "title": "Solfege, Piano Keys and Pitch",
 "category": "arts-music",
 "subject": "Music Theory",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Do-re-mi, the keyboard layout, the musical alphabet and sound basics.",
 "tags": [
  "solfege",
  "piano",
  "keyboard",
  "pitch"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Question",
 "backLabel": "Answer",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Solfege syllable for the 1st note of the major scale",
   "Do"
  ],
  [
   "Solfege syllable for the 2nd note",
   "Re"
  ],
  [
   "Solfege syllable for the 3rd note",
   "Mi"
  ],
  [
   "Solfege syllable for the 4th note",
   "Fa"
  ],
  [
   "Solfege syllable for the 5th note",
   "Sol"
  ],
  [
   "Solfege syllable for the 6th note",
   "La"
  ],
  [
   "Solfege syllable for the 7th note",
   "Ti"
  ],
  [
   "Solfege syllable for the 8th note",
   "Do (higher)"
  ],
  [
   "Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do",
   "The solfege syllables for a major scale"
  ],
  [
   "Which song teaches solfege?",
   "Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music"
  ],
  [
   "Fixed Do",
   "Do is always the note C"
  ],
  [
   "Movable Do",
   "Do is the tonic of whatever key you are in"
  ],
  [
   "Hand signs for solfege",
   "Hand shapes that show each syllable, developed by John Curwen"
  ],
  [
   "Musical alphabet",
   "A B C D E F G, then it repeats"
  ],
  [
   "How many white keys in an octave?",
   "Seven"
  ],
  [
   "How many black keys in an octave?",
   "Five"
  ],
  [
   "How many keys in an octave total?",
   "Twelve"
  ],
  [
   "How many keys on a standard piano?",
   "88"
  ],
  [
   "Black keys come in groups of...",
   "Twos and threes"
  ],
  [
   "C is the white key just left of...",
   "The group of two black keys"
  ],
  [
   "F is the white key just left of...",
   "The group of three black keys"
  ],
  [
   "Where is middle C?",
   "Near the center of the keyboard, left of the two black keys"
  ],
  [
   "Which white keys have no black key between them?",
   "B and C, and E and F"
  ],
  [
   "Why are there half steps between E and F and B and C?",
   "Those white keys are next to each other with no black key between"
  ],
  [
   "Sharp on the piano",
   "The key to the right"
  ],
  [
   "Flat on the piano",
   "The key to the left"
  ],
  [
   "C sharp equals which flat?",
   "D flat"
  ],
  [
   "Enharmonic notes",
   "Two names for one pitch, like F# and Gb"
  ],
  [
   "Pitch",
   "How high or low a note sounds"
  ],
  [
   "High pitch",
   "Fast vibrations"
  ],
  [
   "Low pitch",
   "Slow vibrations"
  ],
  [
   "Frequency",
   "How many vibrations happen per second, measured in hertz"
  ],
  [
   "Hertz (Hz)",
   "One vibration per second"
  ],
  [
   "A above middle C",
   "440 Hz, the standard tuning note"
  ],
  [
   "Tuning fork",
   "A metal fork that makes a steady pitch when struck"
  ],
  [
   "Octave",
   "Same note name, 12 half steps away, twice the frequency"
  ],
  [
   "Soprano range",
   "About middle C up two octaves"
  ],
  [
   "Pitch of a short string vs a long string",
   "Shorter string sounds higher"
  ],
  [
   "Pitch of a thin string vs a thick string",
   "Thinner string sounds higher"
  ],
  [
   "Volume",
   "How loud a sound is"
  ],
  [
   "Timbre",
   "What makes a flute sound different from a trumpet on the same note"
  ],
  [
   "Sustain pedal",
   "The right piano pedal that lets notes keep ringing"
  ],
  [
   "Soft pedal (una corda)",
   "The left piano pedal that makes the sound softer"
  ],
  [
   "Hammers",
   "Parts of a piano that strike the strings"
  ],
  [
   "Grand piano",
   "A piano with horizontal strings and a lid"
  ],
  [
   "Upright piano",
   "A piano with strings that stand vertically"
  ],
  [
   "Keyboard",
   "The row of keys on a piano or synthesizer"
  ],
  [
   "Chromatic",
   "Moving by half steps"
  ],
  [
   "Diatonic",
   "Using the notes of one major or minor scale"
  ],
  [
   "Treble",
   "The higher range"
  ],
  [
   "Bass (range)",
   "The lowest range"
  ],
  [
   "Perfect pitch (absolute pitch)",
   "The rare ability to name a note without a reference"
  ],
  [
   "Relative pitch",
   "Knowing notes by comparing them with other notes"
  ],
  [
   "Fingering on piano",
   "Thumb is finger 1, pinky is finger 5"
  ],
  [
   "Middle C finger on right hand",
   "Thumb (finger 1) in C position"
  ],
  [
   "Octave sign 8va",
   "Play an octave higher"
  ],
  [
   "Black key group of three",
   "F#/Gb, G#/Ab, A#/Bb"
  ],
  [
   "Black key group of two",
   "C#/Db, D#/Eb"
  ]
 ]
}