History Of Music In The USA

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History Of Music In The USA

Question 11 pts

The melody of a piece of music is

 

the harmony

 

the rhythm

 

the tune

 

the chords

 

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Question 21 pts

Chords are an element of

 

melody

 

rhythm

 

all of the above

 

harmony

 

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Question 31 pts

The distance between pitches is called

 

a space

 

an interval

 

a beat

 

all of the above

 

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Question 41 pts

Rhythmic organization in pre-Conquest Native American music was

 

divisive

 

in duple meter

 

in triple meter

 

additive

 

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Question 51 pts

Pan-Indian music often uses:

 

all of the above

 

the Navajo language

 

vocables

 

English

 

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Question 61 pts

Pre-conquest Native American musicians were primarily valued for their expertise in spiritual matters.

 

True

 

False

 

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Question 71 pts

Traditional Native American melodies have a wide melodic range

 

True

 

False

 

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Question 81 pts

Early Native American music features intervals that are:

 

rhythmically longer

 

rhythmically shorter

 

farther apart than what we have in the western system

 

closer together than what we have in the western system

 

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Question 91 pts

In the early New England colonies folk songs were:

 

derived from Irish melodies

 

derived from English melodies

 

all of the above

 

usually sung without accompaniment

 

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Question 101 pts

Early Anglo - American folks songs were:

 

often in polymeters

 

often in triple meter

 

often in duple meter

 

often in free meter

 

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Question 111 pts

Of the following, which is not a form of early Anglo-American folk songs?

 

ballads

 

lyric songs

 

work songs

 

jubilees

 

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Question 121 pts

Of the following which instrument was not brought to the Americas by European colonists?

 

clavichord

 

recorder

 

viol

 

banjo

 

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Question 131 pts

In Anglo-American folk music, ballads are:

 

slow

 

all of the above

 

in a minor key

 

tell a story

 

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Question 141 pts

The American National anthem has its roots in:

 

a ballad

 

a lyric song

 

a work song

 

a spiritual

 

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Question 151 pts

Of the following which type of music was not primarily taught through oral tradition?

 

European-American ballads

 

African-American work songs

 

European-American church music

 

European-American work songs

 

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Question 161 pts

John Lomax was

 

a composer of Anglo-American church music

 

all of the above

 

a collector of Anglo-American folk music

 

the man who "discovered" the Carter family

 

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Question 171 pts

In pre-conquest African music there was:

 

a strong separation between performer and audience

 

little or no separation between performer and audience

 

an emphasis on harmony

 

all of the above

 

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Question 181 pts

"Blue notes" are:

 

are created through the superimposition of African and European scales

 

a type of sad African-American song

 

an early African-American vocal quartet

 

a dissonance derived by the juxtaposition of European and African rhythm

 

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Question 191 pts

In traditional African music ___ is important

 

the composer

 

all of the above

 

improvisation

 

harmony

 

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Question 201 pts

Text is important in traditional African music

 

True

 

False

 

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Question 211 pts

An important group cited in the reading that performed African-American spirituals were:

 

the Tuskegee Voices

 

all of the above

 

the Fisk Jubilee Singers

 

he Howard University singers

 

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Question 221 pts

The earliest African-American spirituals were:

 

homophonic

 

contrapuntal

 

dodecaphonic

 

monophonic

 

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Question 231 pts

Spirituals often conveyed double meanings:

 

True

 

False

 

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Question 241 pts

Zapateado:

 

is a rapid foot movement to create percussion

 

was a leader of the Mexican revolution

 

is an early Mexican string instrument

 

was a boot worn by Spanish colonists

 

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Question 251 pts

Which of the following is a dance form that has both Mexican and African influences?

 

marimba

 

habanera

 

mariachi

 

corridos

 

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Question 261 pts

European influence brought __ to Mestizo music

 

woodwinds

 

drums

 

none of the above

 

string instruments

 

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Question 271 pts

Mariachi groups originally:

 

all of the above

 

danced while performing

 

played at weddings

 

had trumpet players

 

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Question 281 pts

Corridos:

 

tell a story

 

none of the above

 

are instrumental

 

are used for dance music

 

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Question 291 pts

____ have often been associated with rebellion against the Spanish

 

Corridos

 

Mariachi

 

Zapateado

 

all of the above

 

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Question 301 pts

____ is a generic term for peasant or rural music of Mexico.

 

Son

 

Mariachi

 

Fandango

 

Corridos

 

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Question 311 pts

Male vocalists are usually featured in

 

gentrified blues

 

suburban blues

 

rural blues

 

city blues

 

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Question 321 pts

Of the following who is not a city blues artist

 

Howlin' Wolf

 

all of the above

 

Muddy Waters

 

Robert Johnson

 

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Question 331 pts

The following area is often designated as the place that gave birth to the blues

 

Chicago

 

the Mississippi Delta

 

Texas

 

New Orleans

 

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Question 341 pts

_____ published blues compositions in sheet music.

 

Muddy Waters

 

Robert Johnson

 

W.C. Handy

 

.T-Bone Walker

 

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Question 351 pts

The chords most frequently used in the blues are

 

I, IV, V

 

from the C major scale

 

1, 2, 3

 

all of the above

 

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Question 361 pts

Urban, female vocalists are featured on the first blues recordings

 

True

 

False

 

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Question 371 pts

Of the following, who was a D.J. as well as a blues performer?

 

Muddy Waters

 

Robert Johnson

 

B.B. King

 

Son House

 

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Question 381 pts

____ recorded with electric groups

 

Howlin' Wolf

 

Robert Johnson

 

all of the above

 

Huddie Ledbetter

 

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Question 391 pts

Pine Top Smith was:

 

a blues guitarist

 

a blues pianist

 

all of the above

 

.a blues harmonica player

 

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Question 401 pts

The woman known as "The Empress of the blues" was:

 

Sophie Tucker

 

Bessie Smith

 

Ella Fitzgerald

 

Billie Holiday

 

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Question 411 pts

____ is the person considered to be most important to the development of Ragtime.

 

Scott Joplin

 

Robert Johnson

 

Howlin' Wolf

 

Bessie Smith

 

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Question 421 pts

Creoles in New Orleans played an important role in the development of jazz

 

True

 

False

 

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Question 431 pts

An important stride pianist and composer in early New Orleans was

 

Miles Davis

 

Cab Calloway

 

Jelly Roll Morton

 

Louis Armstrong

 

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Question 441 pts

___ was a great jazz trumpet player, one of the first great solo improvisers, an innovator of scat singing.

 

Miles Davis

 

John Coltrane

 

Louis Armstrong

 

Jelly Roll Morton

 

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Question 451 pts

_____ was a guitarist and innovator of Gypsy Jazz.

 

Stephan Grapelli

 

Charlie Christian

 

Django Reinhardt

 

Miles Davis

 

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Question 461 pts

Pick the term that does not apply to Duke Ellington:

 

saxophonist

 

innovative composer

 

big band leader

 

pianist

 

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Question 471 pts

Bebop was typically performed by big bands.

 

True

 

False

 

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Question 481 pts

Of the following, who did not play an important role in the development of Bebop?

 

Ornette Coleman

 

all of the above

 

Charlie Parker

 

Dizzy Gillespie

 

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Question 491 pts

Of the following, who credited with innovating modal jazz and fusion?

 

Miles Davis

 

Charlie Parker

 

Dizzy Gillespie

 

John Coltrane

 

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Question 501 pts

___ was a pianist whose work is often categorized as cool jazz.

 

Duke Ellington

 

Dave Brubeck

 

Count Basie

 

Thelonious Monk

 

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Question 511 pts

In the second half of the 20th century, Gospel keyboardists:

 

all of the above

 

began to use more complex chords and progressions

 

began to be featured as soloists

 

began to use less complex rhythms

 

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Question 521 pts

Barkley credits ____ as being the single most important influence in the development of gospel?

 

Mahalia Jackson

 

Thomas Dorsey

 

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

 

C. Albert Tindley

 

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Question 531 pts

Dorsey incorporated which three things into Gospel?

 

bebop solos, blues harmonica, shuffle rhythms

 

African drumming, jazz instrumentation, banjo

 

jazz harmony, swing rhythm, stride piano

 

blues riffs, improvisation, stronger rhythmic emphasis

 

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Question 541 pts

Before working in gospel, _____ had been a blues pianist?

 

Thomas Dorsey

 

C. Albert Tindley

 

Pine Top Perkins

 

all of the above

 

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Question 551 pts

Male quartets performed gospel in the 1920.

 

True

 

False

 

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Question 561 pts

Of the following, who both sang and played electric guitar?

 

Aretha Franklin

 

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

 

Mahalia Jackson

 

Ella Fitzgerald

 

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Question 571 pts

In the 1950s:

 

Gospel quartets added guitar

 

Gospel choirs added males

 

Gospel choirs added electric organ, guitars and drums

 

all of the above

 

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Question 581 pts

Gospel singers define themselves from each other through:

 

embellishment

 

improvisation

 

all of the above

 

none of the above

 

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Question 591 pts

Gospel concerts occurred in theatres, stadiums and auditoriums starting in the:

 

1930s

 

1940s

 

1960s

 

1950s

 

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Question 601 pts

Of the following Gospel artists, which one did not do "crossover" pop recordings?

 

all of the above

 

Aretha Franklin

 

Sam Cooke

 

Mahalia Jackson

 

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Question 611 pts

People in Louisiana of mixed racial origins are called Creoles.

 

True

 

False

 

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Question 621 pts

Two instruments that are most characteristic of Zydeco are:

 

accordion and organ

 

bass and drums

 

froittoir and accordion

 

saxophone and bass

 

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Question 631 pts

Rock and roll with elements taken from Cajun and Zydeco is called?

 

Swamp and Roll

 

All of the above

 

Louisiana Roll

 

Swamp pop

 

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Question 641 pts

Clifton Chenier played:

 

Zydeco music

 

The accordion

 

Cajun music

 

zydeco music and the accordion

 

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Question 651 pts

Michael Doucet is:

 

a major figure in the "Cajun Renaissance"

 

a founding member of Beausoleil

 

a fiddler

 

all of the above

 

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Question 661 pts

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Both Queen Ida and Buckweat Zydeco are known for playing ___.

 

all of the above

 

accordion

 

guitar

 

froittoir

 

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Question 671 pts

Of the following musicians, who does Barkley credit as “virtually inventing” Zydeco?

 

Michael Doucet

 

Amedee Ardoin

 

Queen Ida

 

Clifton Chenier

 

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Question 681 pts

The music of French speaking Blacks from south west Louisiana is called:

 

Cajun

 

Creole

 

Zydeco

 

all of the above

 

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Question 691 pts

Creedence Clearwater revival played "Swamp pop".

 

True

 

False

 

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Question 701 pts

A percussion instrument that is worn like a vest:

 

is called a froittoir

 

is made from a washboard

 

is made from a washboard and is called a froittoir

 

none of the above

 

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Question 711 pts

The person credited as the founder of Bluegrass is:

 

Bill Monroe

 

Johnny Cash

 

Hank Williams

 

All of the above

 

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Question 721 pts

The writer of classic songs “You’re Cheatin’ Heart”, “Cold, Cold Heart” and “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” was:

 

Hank Williams

 

Alvin Carter

 

Jimmy Rogers

 

Bill Monroe

 

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Question 731 pts

Roy Rogers is most associated with:

 

Gospel

 

Cowboy songs

 

All of the above

 

Bluegrass

 

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Question 741 pts

Harmonies in country music are:

 

are generally quite simple

 

generally based on primary chords: I, IV, V

 

generally derived from C major

 

generally based on the chords 1, 2, 3

 

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Question 751 pts

The Nashville sound is generally associated with a commercial type of country music.

 

True

 

False

 

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Question 761 pts

Of the following which country artist had his own tv show?

 

Johnny Cash

 

Hank Williams

 

The Carter Family

 

Patsy Cline

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