Test 1

Question 1

Melody:

Answer 1

a single line of notes heard in succession as a coherent unit

Question 2

Rhythm

Answer 2

The ordering of music through time

Question 3

Harmony

Answer 3

The sound created by multiple voices playing or singing together

Question 4

Texture:

Answer 4

Based on the number and general relationship of musical lines or voices

Question 5

Timbre

Answer 5

The character of a sound

Question 6

Dynamics

Answer 6

Determine the volume of a given passage

Question 7

Form:

Answer 7

The structure of a while piece of music

Question 8

Word-Music relationships

Answer 8

How the music captures the meaning and spirit of its text

Question 9

Two kinds of melodic motion

Answer 9

1) Conjunct

2) Disjunct

Question 10

Meter

Answer 10

underlying, recurring pattern of beats

Question 11

Measure

Answer 11

rhythmic unit formed by meter

Question 12

Texture

Answer 12

The number and general relationship of musical lines to one another

Question 13

Monophonic

Answer 13

single melodic line, multiple performers can play in unison

Question 14

Homophonic

Answer 14

melody with supporting accompaniment

Question 15

Polyphonic

Answer 15

melody performed against another line of equal importance. Every line is a melody

Question 16

Timbre

Answer 16

the color of music, character of sound

Question 17

Form

Answer 17

the structure of a musical work , the way in which its individual units are put together

Question 18

What three strategies for form?

Answer 18

Repetition, variation, contrast

Question 19

Simple verse

Answer 19

all verses based on same music, no chorus

Question 20

Simple verse-chorus

Answer 20

verses and choruses based on same music

Question 21

Contrasting verse chorus

Answer 21

verses and chorus based on different music

Question 22

AABA

Answer 22

Verses and bridges based on different music, full or partial reprise

Question 23

Genre

Answer 23

Category of a given work, combination of performance and social function

Question 24

Date for Rock n’ Roll, Rock

Answer 24

1954-64, 64-beyond

Question 25

Rocket 88

Answer 25

Jackie Brenton and His Delta Cats: 1951

Question 26

What were the three popular genres before rock emerged?

Answer 26

1) Rhythm and blues 2) Country and Western 3) mainstream pop

Question 27

What is characteristic of tin pan alley music?

Answer 27

AABA, sectional verse chorus

Question 28

Over the Rainbow

Answer 28

1939, Judy Garland and Victor Young

Question 29

When was the big band era

Answer 29

1935-45

Question 30

All or nothing at all

Answer 30

1939; 1943; Frank Sinatra with Harry James

Question 31

Im sittin on top of the world

Answer 31

1953, Les Paul Mary Ford

Question 32

Can the circle be unbroken

Answer 32

Carter family, 1935

Question 33

Hey good lookin

Answer 33

1951 Hank Williams

Question 34

Im your hoochie coochie man

Answer 34

1954, Muddy Waters

Question 35

Shake rattle roll

Answer 35

1954, Big Joe Turner

Question 36

Who popularized the term rock n roll?

Answer 36

Alan Freed 1951

Question 37

What was payola?

Answer 37

Paying djs to play music

Question 38

Blueberry hill

Answer 38

1956, Fats Domino

Question 39

Johnny B. Goode

Answer 39

1956, Chuck Berry

Question 40

Who was the first to develop wild man persona in rock n roll?

Answer 40

Little richard

Question 41

Tutti Frutti

Answer 41

Little Richard 1956

Question 42

When was Elvis first demo?

Answer 42

1953

Question 43

Thats alright Mamma

Answer 43

1954, Elvis Presley

Question 44

Heartbreak Hotel

Answer 44

1956, Elvis Presley

Question 45

Tom Dooley

Answer 45

1958, Kingston Trio

Question 46

Be my baby

Answer 46

Ronettes, 1963

Question 47

There goes my baby

Answer 47

1959, The drifters

Question 48

All I have to do is dream

Answer 48

The everly brothers

Question 49

Surfin USA

Answer 49

1963, Beach Boys

Question 50

Only the lonely (know how I feel)

Answer 50

1960, Roy Orbison