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Solfege, Piano Keys and Pitch
Do-re-mi, the keyboard layout, the musical alphabet and sound basics.
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- Solfege syllable for the 1st note of the major scaleQuestionDo
- Solfege syllable for the 2nd noteQuestionRe
- Solfege syllable for the 3rd noteQuestionMi
- Solfege syllable for the 4th noteQuestionFa
- Solfege syllable for the 5th noteQuestionSol
- Solfege syllable for the 6th noteQuestionLa
- Solfege syllable for the 7th noteQuestionTi
- Solfege syllable for the 8th noteQuestionDo (higher)
- Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-doQuestionThe solfege syllables for a major scale
- Which song teaches solfege?QuestionDo-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music
- Fixed DoQuestionDo is always the note C
- Movable DoQuestionDo is the tonic of whatever key you are in
- Hand signs for solfegeQuestionHand shapes that show each syllable, developed by John Curwen
- Musical alphabetQuestionA B C D E F G, then it repeats
- How many white keys in an octave?QuestionSeven
- How many black keys in an octave?QuestionFive
- How many keys in an octave total?QuestionTwelve
- How many keys on a standard piano?Question88
- Black keys come in groups of...QuestionTwos and threes
- C is the white key just left of...QuestionThe group of two black keys
- F is the white key just left of...QuestionThe group of three black keys
- Where is middle C?QuestionNear the center of the keyboard, left of the two black keys
- Which white keys have no black key between them?QuestionB and C, and E and F
- Why are there half steps between E and F and B and C?QuestionThose white keys are next to each other with no black key between
- Sharp on the pianoQuestionThe key to the right
- Flat on the pianoQuestionThe key to the left
- C sharp equals which flat?QuestionD flat
- Enharmonic notesQuestionTwo names for one pitch, like F# and Gb
- PitchQuestionHow high or low a note sounds
- High pitchQuestionFast vibrations
- Low pitchQuestionSlow vibrations
- FrequencyQuestionHow many vibrations happen per second, measured in hertz
- Hertz (Hz)QuestionOne vibration per second
- A above middle CQuestion440 Hz, the standard tuning note
- Tuning forkQuestionA metal fork that makes a steady pitch when struck
- OctaveQuestionSame note name, 12 half steps away, twice the frequency
- Soprano rangeQuestionAbout middle C up two octaves
- Pitch of a short string vs a long stringQuestionShorter string sounds higher
- Pitch of a thin string vs a thick stringQuestionThinner string sounds higher
- VolumeQuestionHow loud a sound is
- TimbreQuestionWhat makes a flute sound different from a trumpet on the same note
- Sustain pedalQuestionThe right piano pedal that lets notes keep ringing
- Soft pedal (una corda)QuestionThe left piano pedal that makes the sound softer
- HammersQuestionParts of a piano that strike the strings
- Grand pianoQuestionA piano with horizontal strings and a lid
- Upright pianoQuestionA piano with strings that stand vertically
- KeyboardQuestionThe row of keys on a piano or synthesizer
- ChromaticQuestionMoving by half steps
- DiatonicQuestionUsing the notes of one major or minor scale
- TrebleQuestionThe higher range
- Bass (range)QuestionThe lowest range
- Perfect pitch (absolute pitch)QuestionThe rare ability to name a note without a reference
- Relative pitchQuestionKnowing notes by comparing them with other notes
- Fingering on pianoQuestionThumb is finger 1, pinky is finger 5
- Middle C finger on right handQuestionThumb (finger 1) in C position
- Octave sign 8vaQuestionPlay an octave higher
- Black key group of threeQuestionF#/Gb, G#/Ab, A#/Bb
- Black key group of twoQuestionC#/Db, D#/Eb
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