Music quiz questions

Which artist is most closely associated with Boogie Woogie

Rap artists Run-DMC had a successful collaboration with which Hard Rock group

Popular music of the 1930s and 1940s, drawing large audiences to the ballrooms and dance halls where it was performed

Which artist is most closely associated with Jazz-Rock

Which artist is most closely associated with Funk

A special type of accent that deliberately confuses the meter by accenting a weak beat/part that isn't normally accented

Which artist is ost closely associated to Early Rock & Roll

The leader sings/plays a musical line & the group responds by repeating that line or answering with a recurring chorus

Which artist is most closely associated with Country and Western

Which artist is most closely associated with Bluegrass

Music for small groups with an increased focus on the soloist

A type of resonator guitar that can play louder than standard acoustic guitars. The sound is channeled into a metal bowl

Which artist is most closely associated with Art Rock

Which artist is most closely associated with Folk

Which artist is most closely associated to Urban Blues

Which artist is most closely associated to Free Jazz

The driving creative force behind Mowtown Records was

A musical style that began in the 1960s by combining jazz elements with rock element. The term replaced jazz-rock

A melodic figure that fits in the otherwise empty spaces in the melody

Result from the use of several different rhythmic patterns or meters at the same time, creating a dense rhythmic texture

An uneven division of beats with a longer first note followed by a shorter second note which is often accented

Which artist is most closely associated to Hard Bop

An experimental approach to jazz in the 1960s that attempted to modify or deconstruct traditional jazz expectations

Which artist is most closely associated with Hard Rock

Which artist is most closely associated with New Orleans Jazz

Which artist is most closely associated with the British Invasion

Began through efforts in the 1920s to combine jazz with classical music

Which artist is most closely associated to Motown

Which artist is most closely associated with Rural Blues

Originated in the early 1900s using small groups of usually five to seven musicians

Which artist is most closely associated to Swing

Which artist is most closely associated with Soul

Which artist is most closely associated with Swing

A member of the lute family that is played similarly to a guitar. It is often used in bluegrass for melodic figures

Created when the third or seventh note of a major scale is lowered by between a quarter to a half step

A repeated melodic, chordal, or rhythmic figure that serves as a fundamental linking idea through a section of a song

Which artist is most closely associated to Cool Jazz

A typical rock band instrumentation includes all of the following except:

Which of the following artists is most closely associated with Rhythm and Blues

Underlying rhythmic structure of a piece. Its repeated & incorporates all/most of the instruments in the rhythm section

A popular music style that first flourished in the 1890s and faded out by 1918 during WW1 - uses syncopation

An electro-acoustic version of the clavichord, a keyboard instrument used in the late medieval classical style periods

Which artist is most closely associated with Folk Rock

Primarily melodic and tends to be the basis of a players technique rather than serving as a structural element

The core group of instrumental musicians for Motown studios were known as:

Which artist is most closely associated with Ragtime

The spontaneus composition of music at the moment of performance

The Beatles influences, as they can be heard on recordings of cover tunes, incoude all of the following except

Began as African American folk music in the south & became influential in the development if popular music styles

Which artist is most closely associated to Bebop

A synthesizer that is used primarily for extended periods of time

Which artist is most closely associated with R&B/Hip-Hop

Which artist is most closely associated with Rap

A device inserted or held against the bell of a brass instrument to alter the timbre. Jazz musicians use them frequently

Occur as the musician scoops into or falls off a note

Which artist is most closely associated with Blues

Which artist is most closely associated to Rockabilly

Refers to an echo effect