Music·Posted on Nov 28, 2020If You Can Pass This Simple Piano Quiz, You're Basically A Piano ExpertMake Beethoven proud!by Salimah McCulloughBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink What are the notes on a piano? fermate/ Getty Images ABCDEF Correct Incorrect ABCDEF ABCDEFG Correct Incorrect ABCDEFG BCDEFGH Correct Incorrect BCDEFGH ZYXWVUT Correct Incorrect ZYXWVUT Correct! Wrong! ABCDEFG Piano keys are named after the first seven letters in the alphabet and repeat over and over until the end of the piano. Via Apple What note is this? Apple F Correct Incorrect F G Correct Incorrect G C Correct Incorrect C A Correct Incorrect A Correct! Wrong! It's C C is always the note that is to the left of two black keys Via Apple What does this symbol signify? Milos Subasic/ Getty Images Half note Correct Incorrect Half note Third note Correct Incorrect Third note Whole note Correct Incorrect Whole note Quarter note Correct Incorrect Quarter note Correct! Wrong! It's a quarter note. Quarter notes equal up to one beat per measure. What is an interval? fermate/ Getty Images The short distance between the end of the song and the repeat sign Correct Incorrect The short distance between the end of the song and the repeat sign The distance between tones Correct Incorrect The distance between tones When four notes are tied together Correct Incorrect When four notes are tied together The distance between one chord and another Correct Incorrect The distance between one chord and another Correct! Wrong! An interval is the distance between two tones. What notes make up a C Major chord? fermate/ Getty Images CBG Correct Incorrect CBG EGF Correct Incorrect EGF CEG Correct Incorrect CEG DBC Correct Incorrect DBC Correct! Wrong! The notes CEG make up a C major chord Fun fact: You can play those three notes in any order and it'll still be a C major chord. Via Apple What does this symbol mean? Dilen_ua/ Getty Images Hashtag Correct Incorrect Hashtag Flat Correct Incorrect Flat Sharp Correct Incorrect Sharp Pound Correct Incorrect Pound Correct! Wrong! It's a sharp sign. What are the notes used in a G7 chord? fermate/ Getty Images GAB Correct Incorrect GAB G#FA Correct Incorrect G#FA GCD Correct Incorrect GCD BFG Correct Incorrect BFG Correct! Wrong! The notes BFG are used to play a G7 chord. Via Apple True or false: the further left you move on a piano, the lower the sound gets fermate/ Getty Images True Correct Incorrect True False Correct Incorrect False Correct! Wrong! It's true! As you move more left, the sounds get lower and as you move right they get higher. Via Apple What are the space notes on the bass clef? fermate/ Getty Images BACE Correct Incorrect BACE FACE Correct Incorrect FACE ACEG Correct Incorrect ACEG BCEG Correct Incorrect BCEG Correct! Wrong! It's ACEG This acronym forms the sentence All Cows Eat Grass, which is used to easily remember the notes. Via Salimah McCullough This symbol stands for what music dynamic? Milos Subasic/ Getty Images Loud Correct Incorrect Loud Quiet Correct Incorrect Quiet Moderately loud Correct Incorrect Moderately loud Very loud Correct Incorrect Very loud Correct! Wrong! It's very loud. The music dynamic ff (also known as the fortissimo) means to play the piece very loudly. What does a time signature represent? fermate/ Getty Images How long the song should be Correct Incorrect How long the song should be How many measures are used and how many notes are used Correct Incorrect How many measures are used and how many notes are used How many beats are in each measure and which note will represent the beat Correct Incorrect How many beats are in each measure and which note will represent the beat They are just random numbers Correct Incorrect They are just random numbers Correct! Wrong! A time signature determines how many beats in a measure and what note gets the beat. Via Youtube/youtube.com How many beats does an eighth note get? fermate/ Getty Images 8 Correct Incorrect 8 1 Correct Incorrect 1 1/2 Correct Incorrect 1/2 3 Correct Incorrect 3 Correct! Wrong! An eighth note equals 1/2 of one beat when using a 4/4 time signature. Via Naveed Anjum/ Getty Images This is a piano pedal. What is it used for? fermate/ Getty Images To vary the sounds played on the piano Correct Incorrect To vary the sounds played on the piano To stop the sound Correct Incorrect To stop the sound To raise the notes being played to a sharp Correct Incorrect To raise the notes being played to a sharp To make the tempo slower Correct Incorrect To make the tempo slower Correct! Wrong! It's used to change the pianos sounds in various ways. Most pianos have three pedals; soft pedal, sostenuto pedal, and sustaining pedal. Via ben-bryant/ Getty Images
