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One Note Piano Drill

You will hear a tonicization followed by a note. Using the piano keyboard, play the note you hear (based on the key signature).

Greg's Tips

This game really tests your knowledge of key signatures and scales! Not only do you have to be able to figure out what scale degree you are hearing, but you have to be able to quickly translate that into a note name. Imagine playing a scale on the keyboard before you start answering the questions: get set in your mind what each scale degree looks like on the piano.

Then it's just a matter of identifying the scale degrees you hear. The same tips from the other one-note identification drills apply:

  1. Play tonic again, and sing a scale.
  2. Play the note again and sing up the scale until you reach the note you've just heard.
  3. Using the key signature, figure out what pitch that scale degree is and play that note on the piano keyboard.

In order to gain speed, however, once you've mastered the system above, it's important to:

  1. Identify the scale degree/solfege simply by its 'feel' without directly comparing it to tonic in your mind.
  2. Notice if there are particular scale degrees you have trouble identifying -- such as, say 6 and 4. Sing those notes and notice how they feel in your voice; use this to start to recognize the feel of the more 'difficult' scale degrees.

 

High Scores
Username Date Percent Avg. Speed Level Score
Paige 2008-04-04 90% 1.408 s. 7 342
Paige 2008-03-31 90% 1.608 s. 7 337
Paige 2008-04-04 90% 1.408 s. 6 293
Paige 2008-03-31 90% 1.608 s. 6 289
Paige 2008-03-31 100% 1.161 s. 5 276
mwebb 2008-05-07 85% 1.922 s. 6 266
mwebb 2008-05-06 86% 2.069 s. 6 266
gristow 2008-06-10 100% 1.888 s. 5 262
Paige 2008-04-04 95% 1.292 s. 5 260
mwebb 2008-05-01 95% 1.477 s. 5 256