Music Exam #3

In 1962, the Beatles shared a London performance with

Little richard

Punk began in America in

New York

Disco was a commercial ___ music

Dance

The beguine is a

Dance

Motown was based in which of the following cities ?

Detroit

An internet based software program providing means for fans to share and swap music is

Napster

Which of the following was a Latin performer who led a big band?

Xavier Cugat

The bomba is which of the following ?

A couple dance

Which of the following genres is named after the drug LSD, and attempts to create non-musical sensations?

Acid rock or psychedelic rock

Which of the following is least easy to define ?

Alternative country

The tango came from

Argentina

Which of the following Latin areas is LEAST influential in North American popular music today?

Argentina

Which of the following is least connected to the political world?

Bluegrass

Which of the following most promotes traditional country music values?

Bluegrass

The samba is sometimes called the national dance of

Brazil

Which of the following rock and roll stars was a successful song writer and an outstanding guitarist?

Chuck berry

An accordion dominates the sound of which of the following ?

Conjunto

When Latin rhythms merge with bebop, this style is called

Cu-bop

The habanera is a dance from

Cuba

Tom Dooley exemplified

Emerging ties between folk and country music

Woody Guthrie's " this land is your land " was written in response to which of the following songs that he greatly disliked?

God bless america

Which of the following is not a type of drum

Guiro

Which is true regarding Bob Dylan?

He inspired other folk musicians to write original songs

Which is not true regarding Tito Puente?

He was a Mexican descent

Which of the following genres was most inspired by led Zeppelin?

Heavy metal

Which is a common criticism regarding Motown?

It moved away from traditional black styles

Reggae music originated in

Jamaica

Which of the following was not an important soul singer?

Joni hendrix

Which of following does not reflect African influences ?

Mariachi

The doo-wop background vocal group was part of which sound ?

Motown

Which of the following was least influential on the development of rap?

Motown

Which of the following genres chronologically followed punk, adopted some of punks stage movements, but was less political?

New wave

The weavers, founded by Pete Seeger, were dedicated to

Preserving the political-activist folk music tradition

The purpose of digital rights management [DRM] system is to

Prevent music from being played on unauthorized devices

Which of the following is most associated with dramatic light shows, fog machines and extreme amplification?

Psychedelic rock

Which of the following genres viewed performance as art, and had many art students among its proponents ?

Punk

Which of the following is not a term associated with electronic dance music ?

Punk

Rapidly spoken words accompanied by funk style rhythms is characteristic of

Rap

One of the first black musicians to become technically adept with studio recording technology was

Ray charles

Which of the following performers added highly secular lyrics to a gospel tune to create the hit I got a woman?

Ray charles

Reggae is most closely related to which of the following ?

Rhythm and blues

Which of the following Latin dance forms is currently also a general term for all African-Latin popular music?

Salsa

Boss's nova is derived from

Samba

Which of the following was a movie that helped stimulate the success of disco ?

Saturday night fever

Country lyrics are usually not about protest, but focus instead on

Social commentary

Which of the following categories replaced rhythm and blues on billboard in

Soul

The first Latin rhythm to impact American pop music was

Tango

Early rock and roll bands resembled jazz more than country in terms of their inclusion of

The saxophone

The beach boys became famous singing about the challenges of

The surf

Groups such as the weavers were forced to perform at venues such as college campuses because

They were free to express their political views there

Cole Porters begin the beguine is an example of

Tin Pan Alley's acceptance of Latin-inspired rythms

Which of the following is most associated with mambo?

Tito Puente

Which of the following had the most significant impact of the development of the rap?

Toasting

Santeria is a religion rooted in _____ practices

West African