music exam
From which stream of influence does the "high lonesome sound" commonly heard in country music hail?
Euro-American stream
Wind bands commonly played at
Fairs and exhibitions
Parlor songs are traditionally written
For young women to sing/play at home
By 2012, 80% of the world's legal trade in music was controlled by
Four transnational corporations
Duke Ellington's music matched the aesthetic of the Cotton Club because it
Had growling sounds
Country blues lyrics often
Had raunchy topics and double entendres
Strophic form
Has the same music for each verse
Which of the following is true about songwriter Stephen Foster?
He embraced both genteel traditions and less highly regarded but popular traditions such as minstrelsy.
Jimmie Rodgers's yodels carry the white tradition of Correct!
High, lonesome sound
What did the music industry call recordings from the 1920's until the late 1940's that were made by Southern, rural white artists and produced mainly for sale to Southern, rural white listeners?
Hillbilly music
Who invented the phonograph?
Thomas Alva Edison
The minstrel character Jim Crow was invented by
Thomas Dartmouth Rice
What is field recording?
Traveling to where the artists are and recording them there.
"Tailgate style" was named for
Trombones playing on the backs of wagons in a parade
Crooning contributed to the Tin Pan Alley ideals of
Privacy and intimacy
What did the music industry call recordings from the 1920's until the late 1940's that were made by Black American artists and produced mainly for sale to Black American listeners?
Race records
How did the consumption of race records differ from that of hillbilly records?
Race records were not played on the radio, but hillbilly records were.
In music, dynamics are
Relative loudness and softness
Phonographs using Edison cylinders play recorded music by
Reproducing sound waves imprinted in wax
A repeated pattern designed to generate rhythmic momentum is called what?
Riff
A repeated rhythm that catches the ear is called a
Riff
Which country blues artist's guitar playing was so remarkable that stories circulated claiming he sold his soul to the devil?
Robert Johnson
The tradition of the blues was originally associated with
Rural, southern Black communities
Gospel music demonstrates the importance in Southern culture of
Sacred music
The role A&R plays in the music business is to
Seek out talent
Which southern string band did James Gideon (Gid) Tanner lead?
Skillet Lickers
Hillbilly and Race music differed from Tin Pan Alley music in that
Some race and hillbilly artists addressed the realities of the Great Depression
Consonant harmonies
Sound pretty or nice
Songs that have been in circulation long enough to make it into the jazz and popular canon are called
Standards
Who was the most influential songwriter of American popular song in the nineteenth century?
Stephen Foster
Which Latin dance style did Irene and Vernon Castle and movie star Rudolph Valentino help popularize in the early twentieth century?
Tango
An example of how Latin American music interacted with mainstream American popular music is
The Cuban contradanza/habanera influenced ragtime and popular songs of W. C. Handy.
The first jazz recording was done by
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Which of the following is true about the classic blues?
The classic blues included artists like Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Mamie Smith.
From the 1840s to the 1890s, the predominant form of entertainment in the United States was
The minstrel show
What was the first form of musical and theatrical entertainment regarded by European audiences as distinctively American in character?
The minstrel show
In Tin Pan Alley verse-refrain form,
The refrain is most important
Listeners of Tin Pan Alley songs could identify with the song's narrator because Correct!
The songs used first person and down-to-earth language
Which of the following is true about Black American ballads of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
They celebrated the exploits of black heroes and "bad men."
The form with a typical harmonic pattern that appears in blues songs is called
Twelve-bar blues form
In polyphonic music
Two or more melodies play at a time
Piano rolls play recorded music by
Using holes punched in paper to tell a player piano which keys to play
Minstrel shows were
Variety shows consisting of different kinds of acts
The most popular gramophone player in the USA after WWI was the
Victrola
According to Starr and Waterman's understanding of Centers and Peripheries, mainstream American popular music
Was primarily produced in geographical centers such as New York City
Classic blues
Were usually written by a trained musician
The Euro-American Stream includes music from which ethnic sources?
West African agbekor, South African mbira music
At "Black-and-tan" venues
White audiences consumed Black music
Which artist called himself the "Father of the Blues," wrote hits such as "St. Louis Blues," and was the most influential of the classic blues composers?
William Christopher (W. C.) Handy
Composition is most associated with
Writing music down ahead of time
Which Spanish-born violinist and bandleader was known as the "Rhumba King" and did the most to popularize Latin music during the swing era?
Xavier Cugat
The minstrel character that was portrayed as a fashionable, streetwise city slicker was
Zip Coon
The consumption of music changed in 2001 with the advent of
iTunes
Popular music's commercial aspect means that it is
Easy for consumers to gain access to
Hillbilly music's songs were most often written in response to
A changing rural world
In the context of a military march, the trio is
A lyrical theme that provides contrast
In the Black American stream, spirituals are particularly known for
Encoded language and hidden meanings
Ragtime involves
A syncopated melody over an oom-pah bass
The Lindy Hop was
A type of swing dance
The function of the rhythm section of a jazz ensemble is to
Act as the harmonic and rhythmic backbone
Paying attention to the music you listen to, with or without placing it in its context, is
Active listening
In the context of a military march, the break strain is
An exciting theme that alternates with the trio
Songs that tell a story are called
Ballads
Stephen Foster's "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" is
Based on Irish melodies
The first record company to record only Black music was
Black Swan Records
Black minstrelsy differed from white minstrelsy in that
Black minstrelsy subverted some stereotypes
Jazz music
Blends aspects of improvisation and composition
In blues, lowered notes, especially on the 3rd, 5th, or 7th note of the scale, are called
Blue notes
Which jazz musician notably experimented and worked out his compositions with his band?
Duke Ellington
One trait that came to American popular music from both the Euro-American and Black American traditions is
Call-and-response
In jazz arrangements, any statement of a theme or one of its variations is called a
Chorus
Black Americans participated in minstrel shows as
Composers and performers
The development of the electric microphone for recording in 1925 meant that singers
Could croon instead of shout
Which of the following is true about country blues?
Country blues usually featured a male singer accompanying himself on the acoustic guitar.
Analyzing music for how it is put together and for its historical and cultural relevance is
Critical listening
Which instrument uses a slide similar to, but not necessarily related to, bottleneck technique?
Dobro
The rhythm section of a jazz ensemble includes
Drums, piano, and bass
Which of the following is true about the Afro-Cuban rumba
It accompanies dances featuring sexual role-playing and was originally suppressed by Cuban authorities.
Which of the following is true about the country blues?
It emerged in the Mississippi Delta and was first recorded in the 1920s.
Which of the following is true about the diddley bow?
It is a musical instrument adapted from the African one-stringed zither.
One characteristic that defines music as popular is
It is easy to understand.
Louis Armstrong gained fame as a
Jazz trumpeter and scat singer
Which artist established the myth of the outcast (i.e., the resourceful, lone wanderer) in songs, like "Waiting for a Train," that has proven to be a potent force in country music up to the present time?
Jimmie Rodgers
Which of the following became the conductor of the US Marine Band?
John Philip Sousa
The first Black jazz recording was done by
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
An example of a sound technology collected by people belonging to a subculture is
LPs
According to Starr and Waterman's understanding of Centers and Peripheries,
Mainstream American popular music was oriented to white, middle- or upper-class, Protestant, urban people up to the 1950s
Blackface is
Makeup worn by white performers to caricature Black Americans
Improvisation is most associated with
Making up music on the spot or in the moment
The music industry's discovery of black music can be traced to a set of recordings made in the early 1920's by which black vaudeville performer? Correct!
Mamie Smith
In the 21st century, music production has changed so that
More artists produce music on their own labels
Which of the following was true of Latin music in mainstream American culture in the 1930s?
Most Latin music was generic
The minstrel character that played the bones was
Mr. Bones
What distinguishes standards from other music?
Musicians keep coming back to them
Jazz music first developed in
New Orleans
Passing songs down by singing them to someone else without writing them down is called Correct!
Oral tradition
Stephen Foster's "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" is an example of
Parlor song
Listening to music by playing it in the background as you do something else is
Passive listening
Which person advocated for jazz music, in part by watering it down for white tastes?
Paul Whiteman
Minstrel songs were most often
Perceived as Black American in origin, but written in a European style
