Thanksgiving
Music Theory
OU Piano
Music History
Christmas
100

This is one of the three most popular Thanksgiving dishes

What are mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and stuffing?

100

These are the notes in German 6th in G

What is: Eb, G, Bb, C#

100

This is the number of piano faculty at OU

What is 5?

100

Of all these Vienna-centered composers, this was the only one who was actually born there: Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner

Who is Schubert?

100

In Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, this was Scrooge's first name

Ebenezer

200

These are the most popular pies for Thanksgiving (name 3)

What are: Pumpkin, Apple, Pecan, Sweet Potato

200

These are the elements of sonata form structure (list major sections and thematic areas)

What is:

(Introduction) Exposition (Primary and Secondary Themes, (closing theme)) - Development - Recapitulation (Primary and Secondary Themes, (closing theme)) - (Coda)

200

This is the course that Dr. Ernst is teaching next semester

What is Teaching Piano to Children?

200

This Norwegian composer kept a frog figurine in his pocket and rubbed it for good luck before concerts.

Who is Edvard Grieg?

200

In Home Alone, this is the McCallister's vacation destination when they leave Kevin behind.

What is Paris?

300

This is how many weeks till Thanksgiving

What is 4 weeks?

300

These are the 4 basic forms of a 12 tone row.

What are Prime, Retrograde, Inversion, and Retrograde Inversion?

300

Identify the composer who was not part of Dr. Ham's recital: Schubert, Steinbach, Zimmermann, Diemer, Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt.

Who is Schumann? 

300

These are the 7 historic church modes

What are:

Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian

300

The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on this real-life department store.

Macy's

400

This date is Thanksgiving this year

What is November 26th?

400

These are 5 types of non-chord tones (list 5 out of the many possible answers)

What are:

Passing tones, neighbor tones, appoggiatura, escape tones, double neighbor tones, anticipations, pedal points, suspensions, retardations, and incomplete neighbor tones.

400

Sean Chen was the first big guest artist of this semester. This person is the second - will be here Nov 10-11.

Who is Dennis Alexander?

400

This composers heart was smuggled to his home country after his death by his sister. 

Who is Chopin?

400

This Christmas song contains the lyric “Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way"

What is “Rocking Around The Christmas Tree”?

500

This year was the first date of Thanksgiving

What is 1621
500

These are the notes of the octatonic (Oct 0,1) scale beginning on C.

What are:

C – Db – Eb – E – F# – G – A – Bb

500

These are ALL the piano degrees offered at OU (majors, not minors)

Bachelor of Musical Arts in Piano 

Bachelor of Music in Pedagogy or Performance 

Master of Music in Performance or Performance and Pedagogy 

Master of Music Education in Piano Pedagogy  

Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance or Performance and Pedagogy 

PhD in Music Education with an Emphasis in Piano Pedagogy

500

These are all 5 members of The Five or the Mighty Handful

Who are: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin

500

This is the name of the Grinch's dog

Who is Max?