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