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