Jazz

Rock has been defined as

vocal music with a hard, driving beat, often featuring electric guitar accompaniment and heavily amplified sound.

An African American dance music that fused blues, jazz, and gospel styles is known as

rhythm and blues.

Which of the following was not among the leading performers of rhythm and blues in the 1950s?

Aretha Franklin

In the 1950’s it was customary to have white performers record songs already released by black performers. This practice was called

covering.

______________ is described as a type of soul music that blended rhythm and blues with popular music.

Motown

Which of the following statements is not true?

During the 1960s, the popular music scene was basically confined to the English form of rock.

A style of rock music that sprang from political and social concerns in the West Indies is called

reggae

A style of rock music described as a return to a primal form of rock is called

punk.

Bands such as New Order and The Cure were part of

the second British invasion.

A type of basic rock popular in the 1980s characterized by pounding drums, heavily amplified bass, and unrestrained guitars played at peak volume, is known as

heavy metal.

As rock groups and music grew more theatrical, Hollywood and Broadway

began producing rock-influenced musicals and film soundtracks.

In the late 1970s and 1980s, many rock performers began to incorporate ______________ into their music.

sounds from Africa and Jamaica

A typical rock group consists of

two electric guitars, electric bass, percussion, and keyboard instruments.

Rock is based on a powerful beat in quadruple meter with strong accents on _____________ of each bar.

the second and fourth beats

The harmonic progressions of rock are usually

quite simple.

Which of the following statements is not true?

The harmonic progressions of rock are usually quite complex, often using chromatic chord progressions and sophisticated harmonies.

Rock superstars struck it rich through

astronomical concert fees. record royalties. movie contracts. All answers are correct.

Rock songs

often reflected trends in American life.

Which of the following statements is not true?

Like earlier popular music, rock spread rapidly through live performances and sheet music.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is located in

Cleveland, Ohio.

Which of the following is not a popular rock dance?

The Charleston

Which of the following was not a member of the Beatles?

Bob Dylan

Which of the following statements is not true?

Lennon and McCartney’s songs used traditional scales and harmonies of western music.

Which of the following statements concerning the Beatles’s music is not true?

Their melodies always used the traditional major and minor scales.

Among the instruments unusual to rock music used by the Beatles was the

sitar harp harpsichord all of the above

Early rock grew mainly out of _____________, a dance music of African Americans that fused blues, jazz, and gospel styles.

rhythm and blues

The first big hit of the earliest leading rock and roll group was

Rock Around the Clock

Many rock songs of the 1960s had lyrics dealing with such contemporary issues as

the Vietnamese war racial injustice drugs all of the above

A type of basic rock popular in the 1980s characterized by sexually explicit lyrics, bizarre costumes, and tremendous volume, is known as

heavy metal

Rock has been defined as

Vocal and/or instrumental music with a hard driving beat often featuring electric guitar accompaniment and heavily amplified sound.

_____________ has been described as a type of soul music that blended rhythm and blues with popular music.

Motown

The Beatles’s influence on American rock music may be seen through later performers’ use of

classical" and nonwestern instruments new electronic effects unconventional scales, chord progressions, and rhythms all of the above

The Beatles’s recording _________ can be considered a unified song cycle.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

A typical rock group consists of

two electric guitars, electric bass, percussion, and electric piano or synthesizer

Early rock grew mainly out of __________, a dance music of African Americans that fused blues, jazz, and gospel styles.

rhythm and blues

A folk-like, guitar-based style associated with rural white Americans is known as

country and western.

The first big hit of the earliest leading rock and roll group was

Rock Around the Clock.

During the 1960’s much of the rock music by black performers was called

soul.

The Beatles’s influence on American rock music may be seen through later performer’s use of

"classical" and nonwestern instruments. new electronic effects. unconventional scales, chord progressions, and rhythms. All answers are correct.

Which of the following is not considered a mainstream country music star?

Donna Summer

The style of music known as funk may be described as a

rhythmically assertive development of black soul music.

Many of the bands in the second British invasion (1980s) used electronic technology and often featured

outlandish costumes.

Many of the bands in the second British invasion made use of

electronic technology like computers

________ began as a kind of rhythmically accented poetic recitation accompanied by a disk jockey who manipulated recordings on two turntables to create a collage of rhythmic effects.

Rap

Which of the following is not considered a mainstream rap artist?

Bruce Springsteen

Paul Simon’s album Graceland used musicians from

South Africa.

An important trend of the 1980s was

World music.

A method of singing used by males to reach notes higher than their normal range is called

falsetto.

Rock songs

tend to have short melodic patterns that are repeated several times.

The appeal of rock in the 1950s was

mainly to the younger generation.

The instrument that most transformed rock from its early dependence on piano based instrumentation was

the electric guitar.

Rock has been an active force in the growth of the manufacturing and sale of

electric guitars. records and phonographs. transistor radios. All answers are correct.

Rock performances took place in

auditoriums. sports arenas. open fields. All answers are correct.

During the 1960s, rock performers often sang about

the struggle for civil rights. experiences associated with drugs. the Vietnamese war. All answers are correct.

As part of the theatrical side of rock performances, many performers such as Peter Townsend

destroyed their instruments onstage.

Which of the following statements is not true?

Like the popular songs of earlier decades, rock songs were frequently sentimental ("moon-June-spoon") love songs.

One of the most important events in rock in 2005 was

the Live 8 concerts.

The Live 8 concerts were held to

call attention to the problem of poverty in Africa.

Alan Freed is best remembered as the person who

popularized the term rock and roll.

Developed in the 1980s, ______ is a cable television network that broadcasts rock videos.

MTV

The dominant dance music of the 1970s was

disco.

The Beatles stopped touring in 1966

possibly because some of their most imaginative effects were achieved in the recording studio and could not be duplicated in live performances.

The Beatles were influenced by many different styles, but not by

Motown.

Among the instruments unusual to rock music used by the Beatles was the

sitar. harp. harpsichord. All answers are correct.

The Beatles’s recording _________ can be considered a unified song cycle.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Which of these recordings can be considered a unified song cycle?

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Which of the following composers was not influenced by jazz?

Arnold Schoenberg

Although jazz began in bars and brothels, it is now considered

an American art form.

Which of the following is not a way to move from one tone to another in jazz?

Ring

The backbone of a jazz ensemble is its

rhythm section.

A jazz sound results from

its variety of pitch inflections. the type of vibrato employed. the particular way tones are attacked and released. All answers are correct.

Improvisation is important in jazz. Collective improvisation was typical of which of the following styles of jazz?

Dixieland

One of the more common forms of ragtime is

AABBACCDD.

Which of the following statements is not true?

King Oliver is generally acknowledged the "king of ragtime".

______________ is generally acknowledged the "king of ragtime".

Scott Joplin

Which of the following popular styles does not have the blues as a basic source?

Country and western

The chord progression usually used in the blues involves only three basic chords: tonic, dominant, and

subdominant.

The most famous blues singer of the 1920s, known as the "empress of the blues", was

Bessie Smith.

The "front line" of a Dixieland group included

cornet, clarinet, and trombone.

The most distinctive feature of New Orleans style jazz was

collective improvisation by the front line.

Which of the following statements is not true?

The style of Dixieland in Chicago in the 1920s was basically the same as it had been in New Orleans.

The rhythm section of a swing band normally consisted of

piano, percussion, guitar, and bass.

To create tension and excitement, arrangers for swing bands often used a rapid alternation of brass and sax riffs, or

short repeated melodic phrases.

Which of the following compositions is not by Duke Ellington?

Blue Skies

Which of the following instrumentalists did not have his own big band during the swing period?

Lester Young

Bebop melodies

often contained a stream of short notes with accents on the offbeats.

One of the greatest of all jazz improvisers and a towering figure among bebop musicians was the saxophonist

Charlie Parker.

The following can be said about free jazz:

It disregarded regular forms and established chord patterns. It can be compared to chance music. It began in the early 1960s. All answers are correct..

Which of the following statements is not true?

Free jazz, like earlier styles, was based on traditional forms and established chord patterns.

John Coltrane’s use of drones and unusual scales may be explained by his

deep interest in Indian and Arabic music.

The bebop musician who spearheaded developments in cool jazz and then jazz rock is

Miles Davis.

The chord progression usually used in the blues involves only three basic chords: tonic, dominant, and

subdominant

Frequently repeated short melodic phrases commonly used in swing are called

riffs

The bebop musician who spearheaded developments in cool jazz and then jazz rock is

Miles Davis