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1
Nat King Cole was an early example of what type of artist?
Rock & Roll
Rhythm & Blues
Hard Bop
Electro Funk
2
Which style of music most likely relies on all DIGITAL instruments?
Rural blues
Swing bands
Gospel
Techno
3
Which is(are) true about field hollers and work songs?
They paced the work being done
They contained coded messages
A leader used a microphone to communicate
They were played with a full band of instruments
4
Paul Robeson was known for what type of music?
Vaudeville blues
Arranged spirituals
Hard bop
Boogie woogie
5
Clarinets, trumpets, drums, and trombones are most likely seen in
Work songs
Jazz
Play/game songs
Big band
6
What type of song is heard here?
Vaudeville blues
Ragtime
Urban blues
Play songs
7
Which genre of music best describes what you see and hear?
Funk
Gospel Choir
Boogie Woogie
Jubilee Quartet
8
The Five Blind Boys of Alabama and the Jubilee singers examples of
Rhythm & Blues
GoGo
Bebop
Gospel Quartets
9
Which genre best describes what you see and hear?
Rap
Spirituals
Vaudeville
Disco
10
What is true about an ACOUSTIC instrument?
Must contain strings to play it
Must have electricity to play/hear it
Doesn't require electricity to play/hear it
Requires air to be blown through it
11
What do gospel music and spirituals have in common?
None of them use instruments
Relied heavily on vocals or voices
Nothing in common
Religious or biblical themes
12
Which style(s) of music best describes what you see/hear?
Rap
Funk
Gospel
Blues
13
Jimi Hendrix is what style artist?
Rock
Gospel
Boogie Woogie
Blues
14
Which BEST describes the music scenario here?
Swing Band
Jubilee Singers
Spirituals
Ragtime
15
Syncopated brass bands and ragtime were popular. Syncopated usually meant what?
Game songs
Religious music
Funeral music
Dance music
16
This style of music was best known as:
Swing Band
Boogie Woogie
Folk Spirituals
Gospel Group
17
What information pertains to this song?
It is a brass band
It is a folk spiritual
It is rock n roll
It is ragtime
18
Adelaide Hall and Bessie Smith were known for what style of music?
Bebop
Show choir
Jubilee gospel
Vaudeville blues
19
Which instruments might be found in a jazz band?
Trumpet
Drums
banjo
Harmonica
20
Which are BLUES artists?
BB King
Adelaide Hall
Clara Ward
Muddy Waters
21
Instruments associated with blues include...
harmonica
violin
guitar
flute
22
Which names are associated with Rock n Roll?
Chuck Berry
Scott Joplin
Little Richard
Louis Armstrong
23
Which are accomplishments of Duke Ellington?
Fastest piano keys in the US
Face appeared on postage stamp and coin
Most popular trumpet player in American history
Presidential medal of Freedom
24
In the early 1900s, 'The Blues' was a slang term for:
Sad or broken-hearted feelings
Blueberries
NC college basketball
Denim or jeans
25
What city is credited as the "birthplace of jazz"?
New Orleans, LA
New York City
Wilson, NC
Washington, DC
26
What information goes with this video clip?
It is bebop jazz
Dizzy Gillespie is playing trumpet
Louis Armstrong is playing trumpet
It is a freedom song
27
This type of music is BEST described as
Gospel
Rap
Quartet
Soul