Multiple Questions Answers

1. Notes that begin a phrase before a downbeat are known as pick-up notes or a/an
A. call and response.
B. duck walk.
C. shuffle groove.
D. anacrusis.

2. _______ music is based on frequent repetition (with small variations) of a small musical idea.
A. Atonal
B. Rap
C. Ostinato
D. Minimalist

3. For the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Chinese-American _______ was enlisted to play the
cello to offset the Asian-sounding erhu.
A. Yo-Yo Ma
B. Ang Lee
C. Tan Dun
D. Xiaohui Ma

4. A repeated melodic and rhythmic figure in the lower register of the piano is typical of the Afro-Cuban
dance music known as
A. reggae.
B. mambo.
C. guaguanco.
D. salsa.