Plucky Strings and Peppy Percussion Strings and Percussion    

Lesson 29: Piano - Rondo alla turca

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performer: Markus Staab

Directions

Study the musical selection for one week.

Over the week:

• Listen to the music daily.
• Recite the composer and composition names.
• Read the synopsis.
• Review the vocabulary terms.
• Read about the instrument category.
• Complete the enrichment activities.
• Study the review questions.

Synopsis

This lesson continues the study of the piano. The musical composition for this lesson, 'Rondo alla turca (Turkish March),' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, features the music of a piano. The painting included in the lesson, 'Piano Lesson,' by Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, shows a mother cat and her kittens playing on a piano.

Vocabulary

Rondo: A musical form with a recurring leading theme, often found in the final movement of a sonata or concerto.
Turca: A Turkish style.

Category

Music lessons over the next two years group musical instruments into five major categories: strings, keyboards, percussion, brass, and woodwinds.

Keyboards include instruments played using a set of keys. Keys are levers pressed by the musician's fingers.

Keyboard instruments include harpsichords, pianos, and organs.

Examine the picture of a keyboard.

Examine a closeup of keys below.

See another picture of a keyboard below. Find the keys and find the strings.

Enrichment

Activity 1: Review the Parts of a Piano

• Review the parts on the labeled picture of the piano.

Activity 2: Can You Find It?

Study the lesson image, 'Piano Lesson,' by Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, and find the following:

• Mother Cat
• 4 Kittens
• Candles
• Sheet Music
• Flower
• Vase
• Statuette
• Fan
• Piano
• Piano Keyboard
• Piano Stool
• Music Rack

Review

Question 1

What are the five major groups of instruments listed in the lesson?

1 / 5

Answer 1

The five major groups of instruments are strings, keyboards, percussion, brass, and woodwinds.

1 / 5

Question 2

Which instrument group does this lesson feature?

2 / 5

Answer 2

This lesson features the keyboard group.

2 / 5

Question 3

Which keyboard instrument does this lesson feature?

3 / 5

Answer 3

This lesson features the piano.

3 / 5

Question 4

What are the major parts of the piano?

4 / 5

Answer 4

Major parts of the piano include the keyboard, the strings, the music rack, the legs, the bench, the lid, the lid prop, and the pedals.

4 / 5

Question 5

How do musicians make sounds with a piano?

5 / 5

Answer 5

Pianists press keys with their fingers, which trigger small hammers to hit and vibrate strings.

5 / 5

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1. What are the five major groups of instruments listed in the lesson? The five major groups of instruments are strings, keyboards, percussion, brass, and woodwinds.
2. Which instrument group does this lesson feature? This lesson features the keyboard group.
3. Which keyboard instrument does this lesson feature? This lesson features the piano.
4. What are the major parts of the piano? Major parts of the piano include the keyboard, the strings, the music rack, the legs, the bench, the lid, the lid prop, and the pedals.
5. How do musicians make sounds with a piano? Pianists press keys with their fingers, which trigger small hammers to hit and vibrate strings.

References

'Keyboard instrument.' Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org. n.p.

'Picture of Keyboard and Strings (CC BY-SA 3.0).' Wikipedia. File:MDMB 418, detall de clavicèmbal, Christian Zell, Museu de la Música de Barcelona.jpg. n.p.

'Rondo alla turca, from Sonata KV 331 performed by Markus Staab (CC BY 3.0).' Musopen. Musopen.org. n.p.