Here is a short CST activities page to help celebrate 'World Piano Day' on 28th March.
Begin with asking who enjoys listening to the piano?
Can anyone play the piano? Did anyone pass their grades?
Have members a favourite popular music piano led track?
How about a classical piano piece?
Ask members to compare and contrast classical and modern styles as they work through the questions and music clips.
You could also use the classical session as a music appreciation and relaxation session.
IDIOMS
Here are musical idioms for members to complete together. We find that this helps inspire confidence for the rest of the session.
Tickle the IVORIES
Aunt JOANNA (Cockney rhyming slang)
Play by EAR
The organ grinder's MONKEY
Struck the right NOTE
Like a broken RECORD
Face the MUSIC
Playing second FIDDLE
That rings a BELL
Music to your EARS
Going for a SONG
Strike a CHORD
Dance to someone else's TUNE
Sing for your SUPPER
As clean as a WHISTLE
As clear as a BELL
Ebony and IVORY
Brahms and LISZT (Cockney rhyming slang)
Before starting, did anyone watch 'The Piano' on Channel 4 recently. Lucy, a blind and neurodivergent girl played Chopin's 'Nocturne', much to the stunned amazement of internationally acclaimed pianist Lang Lang.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWFJ39nn6Rw
MUSIC & PICTURE QUIZ
Identify the famous modern music pianist. First names are provided ...
Play the linked songs as members choose ...
ROUND 1. Modern Pianists
Name the pianist ...
1. Mrs *****
On 'Morecombe And Wise', 1971 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSf5uMB0eL0
2. Fats ******
'Blueberry Hill' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6H_sxI6jG8
3. L******* (He always had a candelabra on his piano!)
'Chopsticks' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jruN-ZTIdak
4. Ray *******
'Hit The Road Jack' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq80fW90laE
5. Les ******
'Parkinson' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMOrsWxh5mg
6. Richard **********
'Rainy Days And Mondays' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjFoQxjgbrs
7. Barry *******
'I Write The Songs' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHIdHIWfnl4
8. Richard **********
'Ballad Pour Adeline' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCCan3TFPoc
9. Benny ********
'Dancing Queen' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s
10. Gary ******
'Back For Good' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COZTlXIpz2I
SONG BREAK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_g7fPjVxvg
11. List some different types of piano, or keyboard instruments ...
ROUND 2. Classical Pianists
Name the pianist/composer ...
And listen to some of the most recognisable pieces of piano music ever written ...
12. Johann Sebastian ****
'Prelude In C Major', 1722 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frxT2qB1POQ
13. Wolfgang Amadeus ******
'Turkish March', 1783 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPsxyq3D8iQ
14. Ludwig Van ********
'Fur Elise', 1810 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mVW8tgGY_w
15. Frederic ******
'Minute Waltz', 1847 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJf1BlX-A4Q
16. Franz *****
'Lieberstraume (Love Dream)', 1850 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpOtuoHL45Y
17. Pyotr Ilich **********
'Piano Concerto Number 1', 1875 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWerj8FcprM
18. Eric *****
'Gymnopedie Number 1', 1888 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xm7s9eGxU
19. Sergei ***********
'Piano Concerto Number 1', 1901 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-SZ_e5GWMc
20. Claude *******
'Clair de lune (Moonlight)', 1905 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yri2JNhyG4k
21. George *******
'Rhapsody In Blue', 1924 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFHdRkeEnpM
SONG BREAK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT9Eh8wNMkw
22. List some different genres of piano music ...
ROUND 3. My Top 10 Piano TV & Movie Themes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pThIeuKD6uM
23. Complete the catchphrase - "Let's be ...."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGdpE8Dsr0U
24. In which US city was this TV sitcom set?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vksQlLF7JB8
25. Name the TV detective?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6aquEsK_JQ&t=3s
26. Name the TV vet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt2qDpunWuE
26. Name the TV detective?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3xnUdt5Zm0
28. Name the TV family?
'Love Story', 1970 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2zhZ7bco_M
29. Name the two actors?
'Tootsie', 1982 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaSsii5UpT8
30. Name the actor?
'Forrest Gump', 1994 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IIBp1HQlWQ
31. Name the actor?
'Cider House Rules', 1999 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ap33bE4UQ
32. Name the actors?
'The Entertainer', Scott Joplin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPmruHc4S9Q
33. Which 1973 movie about gambling featured this song?
ROUND 4. My Top Ten Most Recognisable Piano Based Hit Singles
Add yours ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr-j8xhqD80
34. Where do you call home?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjkP3Gwt_g4
35. Earlier in the quiz we heard another song with 'Clair' in the title. What was it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rifby1tVE8
36. Which bird spoke 'like the first morning'?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAj8suae3WY
37. Nearest guess. How old was she when she wrote it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcJbzuyp6VY
38. Which of her friends and lovers also had a hit with this song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZ1jmYtJjE
39. What is your lucky star sign?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0n-mYqB9WQ
40. What are their full names?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK1XlMsTgmM
41. Who did Elton write this song about?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYSbUOoq4Vg
42. Her nickname was 'The High Priestess Of ....' what?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVTt32YFbcs
43. Who played piano on this song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LajppsE2_LY
44. Traditionally, where do Ebony and Ivory come from?
1. Mills
2. Domino
3. Liberace
4. Charles
5. Dawson
6. Carpenter
7. Manilow
8. Clayderman
9. Andersson
10. Barlow
11. Upright, Baby, Grand, Harpsichord, Organ, Wurlitzer, Hurdy Gurdy etc
12. Bach
13. Mozart
14. Beethoven
15. Chopin
16. Liszt
17. Tchaikovsky
18. Satie
19. Rachmaninov
20. Debussy
21. Gershwin
22. Classical, jazz, rhythm and blues, ragtime, gospel, popular etc
23. "Let's be careful OUT THERE!"
24. Boston
25. Angela Lansbury
26. James Herriot
27. John Barnaby
28. Crawley
29. Ryan O'Neal & Ali McGraw
30. Dustin Hoffman
31. Tom Hanks
32. Michael Caine & Toby McGuire
33. 'The Sting'
34 *
35. 'Clair de lune'
36. Blackbird
37. 13
38. James Taylor
39. *
40. Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel
41. Marilyn Monroe
42. Soul
43. Paul McCartney
44. Hard dense wood & Elephant tusk
I would love some feedback on this one guys.
Especially regarding how the classical music went down.
Diolch
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