Piano

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The piano is such an interesting instrument! Do you know how to play it? Do you enjoy playing it? Continue reading to learn more about the piano whether you play it or not!
If you don't know how to play the piano, here is a simple song that everyone knows the words to: Happy Birthday to you! It is a song we all know how to sing so we know the tune. Knowing the tune will make learning the notes easier. Here are the notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B and back to C. Here is a link to a website that will show you which notes to play and which not to play:
http://www.letsplaykidsmusic.com/happy-birthday-easy-piano-music/

Have you ever wondered who invented the piano? It was Bartolomeo Cristofori. Bartolomeo Cristofori was an Italian musical instrument maker. He was born on May 4th, 1655 and died on January, 17 1731. If you already know how to play piano, do you enjoy playing it? There are so many songs that you are able to play on the piano! Here are a few. The Song Of Twilight, The Snake, Minuete in G major, Chinese Kites and so many more! Are you ready to put your piano skills to the test? Use these links and take the quizzes:

- http://piano.about.com/library/Quiz_1/bl_colornote_quiz.htm
-http://piano.about.com/library/Quiz_2/bl_staff_quiz.htm
-http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/music_quizzes.htm
-http://www.quiz-tree.com/The_Musical_Staff_main.html
Take the fun quizzes and tell me how you do! On the first quiz I got a score of 15/16. I wasn't too good at the second quiz with a score of 8/12. But don't worry if you get a score like me, you can try again and improve your score which is what I'll do. The third website has so many quizzes I don't know where to start! The last quiz I couldn't try because I didn't have a Flash Player! Let me know what it is like in the "Comments" section.