Semester 2 Exam

Question 1

Which musical traditions and practices did jazz music evolve from?

Answer 1

African traditions and European and American musical practices

Question 2

Which style of jazz, usually written for piano, combined European musical forms with African syncopated rhythms?

Answer 2

ragtime

Question 3

Which energetic and emotional style of music developed in response to cool jazz and featured fast tempos, loud dynamics, and blues and gospel influences?

Answer 3

hard bop

Question 4

What are the primary instruments in a jazz rhythm section?

Answer 4

piano, bass, drums

Question 5

Which statement best defines improvisation as it relates to jazz music?

Answer 5

the ability to play music spontaneously by ear

Question 6

Which artistic form combines music, lyrics, spoken dialogue, dance, and sets to entertain and inform an audience?

Answer 6

musical

Question 7

Which term refers to all of the sound that accompanies a film, including music and sound effects?

Answer 7

soundtrack

Question 8

Which elements can typically be found in blues music?

Answer 8

call and response and blue tonality

Question 9

How many bars does the most common blues form use?

Answer 9

12 bars

Question 10

Which style of music includes syncopation, blue tonality, call and response, parallel voicing, and three-part harmonies?

Answer 10

gospel

Question 11

Is this statement true or false?

Spirituals were an important social tool that African American slaves used to communicate with each other.

Answer 11

true

Question 12

Which music styles combined to form soul music?

Answer 12

gospel and R&B

Question 13

In which event did soul music play an important role?

Answer 13

civil rights movement

Question 14

Which formula best describes the Motown sound concept?

Answer 14

talented arrangers, producers, songwriters, studio musicians, singers, and backup vocalists

Question 15

Which styles of music all grew out of traditional Appalachian music?

Answer 15

folk, bluegrass, country

Question 16

Which elements do bluegrass, country, and folk music all have in common?

Answer 16

They all use similar instruments.

Question 17

Which elements are part of the structure of a folk song?

Answer 17

short ideas and repetition

Question 18

Which type of music did folk musicians write to express their feelings about peace, freedom, and justice?

Answer 18

protest music

Question 19

Which musician is credited with developing the original bluegrass music style and sound?

Answer 19

Bill Monroe

Question 20

Which style of music commonly uses both electric instruments and drums?

Answer 20

country music

Question 21

Which elements does country music try to find a balance between?

Answer 21

traditional and modern

Question 22

Which change signaled a musical progression toward rock and roll?

Answer 22

an emphasis on backbeat

Question 23

Which style of music combined rock with country and western music and was characterized by hiccupping, gulping and stuttering vocals, slapping bass, and a rhythmic guitar style?

Answer 23

rockabilly

Question 24

Which statement best describes rock-and-roll music during the 1970s?

Answer 24

Progressive rock, punk, and disco all have their beginnings.

Question 25

Which group was the first British rock group to achieve international fame?

Answer 25

the Beatles

Question 26

Which rock subgenre first appeared in the 1990s?

Answer 26

emo

Question 27

Which style of music, known for its pulsing beat and wild vocals, did Elvis Presley popularize?

Answer 27

rockabilly

Question 28

Which convention protects the rights of composers, arrangers, and performers?

Answer 28

copyrights

Question 29

Which description best fits the role of the DJ?

Answer 29

chooses and plays the music

Question 30

Which DJ is credited with developing the DJ mixer, the technique called "cutting," and the combination of cutting and double backing called the “Quick Mix Theory”?

Answer 30

Grandmaster Flash

Question 31

Which phrase best defines techno music?

Answer 31

electronic dance music

Question 32

What do house and electro music have in common?

Answer 32

They are subgenres of techno music.

Question 33

Which person, similar to a film producer, is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release?

Answer 33

record producer

Question 34

Which term best describes a professional who teaches high school students how to sing?

Answer 34

choral director