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Piano Theory
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100

When do we celebrate Christmas?

25th of December

100
I was the feature composer in this month's Piano Explorer.
Who is Georg Philipp Telemann
100
This is a popular squash that many people carve for a Halloween scare or make into pies.
What is a pumpkin?
100
If you add two of these together, you get a total of two beats.
What are quarter notes?
100
I was featured as the very first student in the KeyNote Student Highlight.
Who is Logan Schlosser
200

Complete the song lyric.

"Underneath the Christmas tree, I don't need to

 ___ ____ ______ "

I don't need to hang my stockings.

200
When you see this symbol above a note (usually at the end of a piece) it means to hold the note longer than usual.
What is a fermata
200
This is the first candy that was wrapped in paper in the United States.
What is the Tootsie Roll
200
This word in your music means to gradually get louder.
What is crescendo
200
I am attending and competing at SDMTA this weekend.
Who is Mariah Mikkonen
300

The three wise men gave Jesus what three gifts?

Write them down correctly.

gold, frankincense and myrrh

300
This is a piece of music in which one instrument (or sometimes a group of instruments) plays a solo while an orchestra plays accompaniment.
What is a concerto
300
Before its current name, Halloween was known by this name.
What is All Hallows Eve
300
This time signature means there are four beats in the measure and the quarter note gets the beat.
What is 4/4
300
I am a composer featured in this newsletter. I wrote the symphony called "Appalachian Spring".
Who is Aaron Copland
400
What is Santa Claus' saint name?

Saint Nicholas

400
For people who want to be a professional musician, this kind of band is an interesting option, even though there are a small number of them in the United States.
What is a military band
400
Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday, this is the first.
What is Christmas
400
This is the name of the clef on the top part of a grand staff, often played by the right hand.
What is the treble clef.
400
This is one of the main reasons listed by NAfME why music study benefits children (more than one answer acceptable).
What is music is a part of our society. What is music provides success in school. What is music develops intelligence. What is music benefits children in life including spiritually, psychologically, and physically.
500

In the song Twelve Days of Christmas, what is given on the eleventh day?

Eleven pipers pipping.

500
Maurizio Pollini, the featured modern pianist, was born in this country.
What is Italy
500
Halloween originated with this group of ethnic people.
Who are the Celts
500
This type of song includes an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation.
What is a sonata or sonatina
500
"More", to emphasize a style or tempo, from the Italian language, derived from the Latin word "plus".
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