Folk Music, Art Music, and All That Jazz Assessment

A piece of folk music typically remains unchanged throughout the years

False

Composers of art music create works that are passed on from generation to generation by listening, remembering, and imitating.

False

According to the text, all critics agree that jazz is a subcategory of art music.

false

Jazz incorporates elements of folk music.

True

According to the text, the folk song Dark Eyes reflects the Romanian national character.
0:00-3:20

false

A piece of folk music typically remains unchanged throughout the years

False

The excerpt you just heard belongs to a type of music that is:

Notated in music scores as a means of transmission from composer to performer

Listen to the piano playing in this excerpt.
0:18-0:26
What are the short segments played by the piano alone?

riffs

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The excerpt you just heard belongs to a type of music that is:

Not notated (at least, not in the traditional sense), and includes many improvised sections and solos

In jazz, performers have wide, creative freedom, even when they are playing from a score.

True

Art music is superior to folk or popular music.

false

Riffs refers to:

Short melodic and rhythmic patterns

Listen to the piano playing in this excerpt.
What are the short segments played by the piano alone?

Riffs

Jazz incorporates elements of folk music.

true

In jazz, performers have wide, creative freedom, even when they are playing from a score.

True

Which of the following excerpts is an example of folk music?
A. Play
B. Play
C. Play

Excerpt A

Riffs refers to:

Short melodic and rhythmic patterns

Composers of art music create works that are passed on from generation to generation by listening, remembering, and imitating.

false

Art music has traditionally been created by trained professional musicians.

True

Folk music belongs to the community even though it may have been written by an individual.

true

According to the text, it is a simple task to define the category of folk music

False

Which of the following excerpts is an example of jazz?

Excerpt B

Which of the following excerpts is an example of jazz?
A) 0:00-2:49
B) 0:00-3:46
C)0:00-6:10

Excerpt B

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The excerpt you just heard belongs to a type of music that is:

Notated in music scores as a means of transmission from composer to performer

Which of the following excerpts is an example of folk music?

Excerpt A

In jazz, performers have wide, creative freedom, even when they are playing from a score.

true

According to the text, all critics agree that jazz is a subcategory of art music.

False

According to the text, all critics agree that jazz is a subcategory of art music.

False

Art music has traditionally been created by trained professional musicians.

true

Art music is superior to folk or popular music.

False