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A strophic ballad
A broadside chorus
A strophic spiritual
An operatic aria
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Question 43 pts
"Timbre" is used to describe the quality or "tone color' of a given
sound.
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True
False
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Question 53 pts
John Philip Sousa was famous for composing what type of ensemble?
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Barbershop quartet
Dance orchestra
Brass band
The first type of music specifically intended for studio recording, with
few (if any) live performances given.
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Question 73 pts
In most performances of early "minstrel shows," the performers were
exclusively white.
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True
False
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Question 83 pts
Tin Pan Alley was technically a stretch of a street in the heart of the
19th-century music publishing industry: Nashville, Tennessee.
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True
False
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Question 95 pts
Match the composer/songwriter to the genre for which they were well
known.
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Ragtime
[ Choose ]
Minstrelsy
[ Choose ]
March
[ Choose ]
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Question 103 pts
What new form of singing arose specifically because of the availability
of electric microphones?
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Scat
Doo-wop
Crooning
Belting
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Question 113 pts
Which musician studied in this chapter famously said, "Ain't no sense
in playing a hundred notes if one will do"?
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Fitzgerald
Europe
Armstrong
Whiteman
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Question 123 pts
The term rumba refers to a repeated rhythmic pattern used in Latin
American music.
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True
False
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Question 133 pts
Louis Armstrong's final hit record broke the top 40 in 1988, several
years after the musical legend's death.
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True
False
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Question 143 pts
The advent of the "revue," which featured sequences of skits, songs,
and dances, were an obvious post?World War I successor to
vaudeville.
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True
False
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Question 153 pts
Consider the following statement and choose the best response:
"Irving Berlin, born into extreme poverty among the Russian Jews who
fled an anti-Jewish pogrom in 1892, was first brought widespread
acclaim by the song 'Blue Skies.'"
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The former never used guitars, which became the focal point of
popular music in the late 1920s.
The latter never focused on romantic love, which was typical of his
more politically conscious generation.
Crosby's recordings were all cut in single "takes," while Jolson's were
pieced together from multiple smaller mini-recordings.
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Question 173 pts
What show by Kern and Hammerstein was the first Broadway show to
seriously address racial issues?
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Hair
Show Boat
Oklahoma!
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Question 185 pts
Listen to the excerpt from Jean Ritchie’s rendition of “Barbara Allen.”
Which statement about this recording is NOT true?
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Unlike the original version of the song, Ms. Ritchie’s rendition has a
happy ending.
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Question 196 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “Long John” by Lightning Washington.
Which statement about this piece is NOT true?
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This piece makes extensive use of the “call and response” technique.
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Question 206 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “Tiger Rag” by the Original Dixieland Jazz
Band. What musical ‘trick’ is exemplified in this excerpt?
Rubato
Monophony
Stop-time
Subito piano
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Question 216 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “East St. Louis Toodle-oo” by Duke Ellington
& His Washingtonians. How did featured trumpeter James Miley
produce the sound evidenced in this selection?
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Montuno
Stride improv
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Question 236 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “Ain’t Misbehavin’” by Louis Armstrong and
His Orchestra. What is the term for the vocal technique Armstrong
uses here?
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Semivibrato
Melisma
Scat
Crooning
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Question 246 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “My Blue Heaven” by George Whiting. How
does Gene Austin signal the conclusion of the piece?
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It is highly syncopated.
It modulates frequently.