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1. The standard piano has 120 keys.
2. The black keys are used to play:
3. On an organ, some notes are played with the feet. Similarly, on the piano, the pedals are used to play very low notes.
4. This famous Hungarian composer was a very showy piano player, and is known for being the first to play a concert by memory. Roger Daltry played him in a movie loosely based on his life.
5. Sound on the piano is produced when ______ hit the strings.
6. What were the keys of a piano originally made from?
7. His famous piano sonatas include the "Moonlight Sonata" and the "Pathetique".
8. We all know that the full name of the piano is the "Pianoforte." What does this name mean?
9. Which of these famous jazz musicians was best known as a pianist?
10. When reading music for the piano, the music will generally be written in the bass and treble clefs.
11. The first song a person learns to play on the piano is usually in this key, which has no sharps or flats in its key signature.
12. Name this famous classical pianist. He was Canadian, born in 1932, lived in Toronto and was famously eccentric. A movie was made about him, called "Thirty-Two Short Films About _____."
13. If you're going to see a piano concerto performed at the symphony, what type of piano is the pianist most likely to play?
14. What famous piano making company did Engleherd Steinweg found?
15. Is it important to tune your piano, or to have it tuned for you?
16. Can the piano be considered to be a percussion instrument?
17. Okay here's a tougher one. You're playing the piano. You play a white key. There's a black key to the right of this key, but not to the left of it. If the key signature tells you to play this note as a flat, you would play an E natural. What root note are you playing?
18. In regards to pianos, what did Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush have in common?
19. It is rumoured that Mozart once composed a piece that required the player to use both hands and his/her nose.
20. It's a good idea to have very long fingernails if you're going to play a piano recital.
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