How would you describe Classical music?

Light, simple, listener-friendly

What was significant about most ragtime composers

Most were self-taught, uneducated slaves

How would you describe Romantic music?

Song-like melodies, dramatic contrast of dynamics and pitch

How would you describe Baroque music?

Heavily ornamented, fancy, complex

Syncopation is__________________?

The displacing of the beat from its regular course of meter

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American Music Review 1

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Early American music, roots of ragtime and introduction to jazz

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1
The term 'jazz' is used to describe what kind of music?
Smooth, soft music
Loud, obnoxious teenage music
Slow, mellow, complex music
Peppy, noisy, popular music
2
Ragtime is characterized by syncopated or ________ in the melody and a steady beat in the bass
Ragged rhythms
Jazzy rhythms
Complex rhythms
Simple rhythms
3
Why was ragtime so slow to be published?
Music publishing hadn't been invented yet
It was difficult to play
No one really liked it enough to buy it
It was illegal to publish music by black composers
4
__________ is the quality of the sound
Tempo
Dynamic
Timbre
Pitch
5
How would you describe Classical music?
Characterized by a syncopated or 'ragged' rhythm
Heavily ornamented, fancy, complex
Light, simple, listener-friendly
Song-like melodies, dramatic contrast of dynamics and pitch
6
Which instrument is ragtime typically played on?
Fiddle
Banjo
Guitar
Piano
7
Why did polite society find Ragtime 'threatening' to American's youth?
It made them feel a 'looseness'
All of the above
It evoked a strong connotation to 'low-class Negro music'
It was the music being played in saloons and brothels
8
What kind of establishments did black entrepreneurs successfully open that played ragtime music
Saloons and brothels
General stores
Hotels and casinos
Churches
9
What was significant about most ragtime composers
All of them were highly trained classical musicians
They were all left-handed
Most were self-taught, uneducated slaves
They all came from the same small town
10
How would you describe Romantic music?
Light, simple, listener-friendly
Characterized by a syncopated or 'ragged' rhythm
Song-like melodies, dramatic contrast of dynamics and pitch
Heavily ornamented, fancy, complex
11
How would you describe Baroque music?
Characterized by a syncopated or 'ragged' rhythm
Heavily ornamented, fancy, complex
Light, simple, listener-friendly
Song-like melodies, dramatic contrast of dynamics and pitch
12
The roots of jazz come from what institution in America?
Prohibition
Farming
Slavery
Harvard
13
Syncopation is__________________?
The displacing of the beat from its regular course of meter
When the music is played very slowly and steadily
The instrument ragtime is typically played on
A style of American music
14
Which style of music ended the American popular music industry's reliance on Europe?
Jazz
Religious hymns
Ragtime
Spirituals
15
Ragtime was meant for audiences to ___________?
Dance to
Listen to
Help them sleep
Sing along to
16
What were the collection of publishers and songwriters that dominated the ragtime scene called?
Ragged Men
Ragtime Players
Brotherhood of Blues
Tin Pan Alley

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