Music Theory
These 5 notes make up the D major pentatonic scale.
What are D, E, F#, A, B?
Mr. Nickerson went to this High School.
What is San Ramon Valley?
This composer famously lost his hearing.
Who is Beethoven?
The only commonly used instrument tuned in 'F'
This actor from 'Stranger Things' has Cleidocranial Dysplasia, a genetic disorder that inhibits certain bones from growing and developing.
Who is Gaten Matarazzo?
This key signature has 4 sharps.
What is E?
Mr. Nickerson started playing music on this instrument.
What is the piano?
This Jazz Composer released 'A Love Supreme' in 1965.
Who is John Coltrane?
How many Keys does a piano have?
What is 88?
This midwest take on Italian cuisine involves a pan baked focaccia-like dough and large amounts of cheese.
This note is a fourth above C.
What is F?
This is Mr. Nickerson's favorite Disney movie.
What is the Incredibles?
Dvořák was born in this country, in 1841.
Where is Czechia/Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia?
These cuban hand-drums are often mistaken for their much smaller counterpart with a similar name.
What are the congas?
This alloy is made of tin and copper.
What is bronze?
A4 on the piano is this frequency.
What is 440?
Mr. Nickerson worked at this school before Las Lomas.
What is Acalanes High School?
He's famous for composing the 'Planets' suite.
Who is Gustav Holst?
This auxiliary percussion instrument was originally designed to sound like the croak of a frog.
What is the guiro?
This racer is highly regarded to be one the best F1 drivers in the world, having won the most world championships of any racer.
This cadence ends a minor piece with a major chord.
What is a Picardy Third?
This is Mr. Nickerson's favorite genre of music.
What is Hip Hop?
This composer was famous for inventing the concept of "background music" famously having given a necklace of sausages to his love interest.
This instrument was later turned into the tuba, switching from woodwind to brass.
What is an Ophicleide?
McDonalds sparked an outrage in 2017 after briefly re-releasing this special sauce very highly regarded by Rick Sanchez & Cornvelious Daniel.
What is Szechuan sauce?