Where did traditional gospel music come from?

African-American worshipers and the way they worshiped.

What does MIDI stand for?

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

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Music Appreciation Final Exam Review - Multiple Choice

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Music created for its own sake, without any extra musical connotations...no feels.
Program Music
Chamber Music
Absolute Music
Nationalistic Music
2
Where did traditional gospel music come from?
Western Europeans and the way they played.
Native Americans and the way they prayed.
Spanish immigrants and their influence on Mariachi Music.
African-American worshipers and the way they worshiped.
3
Changing from one tonal center to another (key change).
Major-Minor Tonal System
Modality
Modulation
Mode
4
An unstable feeling in music. It doesn't feel good.
Cadence
Tension
Dynamics
Loudness
5
A theatrical work containing songs, dances, and drama....like Phantom of the Opera.
Ragtime
Big Band
Rumba
Musical
6
This Classical Genre is for a small group of instruments playing with full orchestra.
Counterpoint
Theme and Variation
Sonata
Concerto Grosso
7
What does MIDI stand for?
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Musical Instrument Data Interface
Musical Instrument Digitized Instruments
Musical Insanity Diggity Instrumentation
8
After Gospel Music, Elvis Presley crossed into commercial genres like Rock and Roll.
True
False
9
Who is the "King" of R&B? (The old kind)
Bob Dylan
B.B. King
Jimi Hendrix
R. J. Prince
10
The composers symbols which can be translated into musical sounds....they are on paper!
Sketching
Notation
Scribbling
Writings
11
Scholars in music culture. They research, write and teach about music of a particular culture.
Ethnomusicanalyst
Harry Potter
Ethnomusicologist
Ethnomusicrockagist
12
A better term for what we used to consider "Classical Music".
Art Music
Sound Music
Pop Music
Artist Music
13
A chant that was used as the basis for a polyphonic composition; "fixed melody".
Coloratura
Cantus Firmus
Cantstop Wontstop
Canticle
14
Berry Gordy founded Motown Records.
True
False
15
Chamber music is typically written for 10 or more musicians.
True
False
16
This is a sacred polyphonic composition, usually sung in Latin without accompaniment.
Sonata
Motet
Concerto
Madrigal
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Call and Response singing....
Antiphonal
Antigone
Motet
Antiant
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Jazz Style pioneered in the 1950's and 1960's by Ornette Coleman. Pure Improv!
Free Jazz
Hard Bop
Sweet Swing
Ragtime
19
Who helped lead the splitting of the Christian Church into Catholic and Protestant?
Thomas Morley
Orlando Di Lasso
Hildegard of Bingen
Martin Luther
20
The roots of Rap and Hip-Hop can be traced to this area.
New York City
Los Angeles
Nashville
Chicago
21
Schubert wrote over 600 Italian Art Songs.
False
True
22
A suite of dances.
Dance Suite
Oratorio
Opera
Aria
23
Which of these is not an element of sound?
Duration
Assimilation
Pitch
Loudness
24
Soul is....
cookies.
an extension of R&B.
an extension of Popular Music of India.
an extension of Country.
25
Classical Genre - Solo instrument playing with orchestra
Concerto
Opera
Chamber Music
Concerto Grosso
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Type of motet written for more than one choir.
Polyscientifical
Polychoral
Polychordal
Pollywannacracker
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Popular Mexican-based dance music, originating on the border of Mexico and Texas. Accordion!!!
Tex-Mex (Tejano)
Mariachi
Rockabilly
Gagaku
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A steady beat. The "heartbeat" of the music.
Pulse
Instrumentation
Melody
Harmony
29
This German Romantic composer of EPIC operas was a self-taught musician. Very Brassy!
Mozart
Beethoven
Gabrieli
Wagner
30
This is the indigenous music of North America.
Mariachi Music
Native American Music
Celtic Music
Popular Music of India
31
Radio station WSM in Nashville started a hillbilly program that became the Grand Ole Opry.
False
True
32
Which of these is NOT a type of Folk Music.
Children's Songs
Work Songs
Lyric Songs
Comedic Songs
33
Which of these is NOT a genre of music?
Corndog
Concerto
Cantata
Chamber Music
34
This is done when one listens attentively in an attempt to understand the musical process.
Perceptive Listening
Partition Listening
Perspoctive Listening
Personal Listening
35
The part of the Catholic liturgy that has produced the most important sacred music.
Mass
Concerto
Modes
Cantata
36
This form is used quite a bit in Jazz Music.
12-Bar Blues
Melodic Turn-Around
Rhythmic Enhancement
Metric Style
37
When music is passed down generations without the use of notation. Word of mouth.
Annual Tradition
Oral Tradition
Indigenous Tradition
Exact Tradition
38
The science of sound.
Acoustics
Chemistry
Immunology
Biology
39
Music styling where an artist will slightly lower the pitch and return to the same pitch.
Tone Blending
Tone Arching
Tone Bending
Tone Altering
40
Who developed Ragtime in St. Louis?
Clifford Brown
Ornette Coleman
Benny Goodman
Scott Joplin
41
These are the hymn books that contain psalms to be sung during worship.
Psalters
Psalmers
Psaminama
Pslammers
42
This composition technique used in the Baroque Era; keyboard improvised based on chord symbols.
Continuo
Contrast
Counterpoint
Contour
43
Who is NOT a contemporary country artist?
James Brown
Kenny Chesney
Garth Brooks
Carrie Underwood
44
Instrument that displaced the harpsichord and was used for solos during the Classical Period.
Pianoforte
Oboe
Turntables
Harp
45
This instrument was NOT present in the Baroque Era.
Violin
Oboe
Harpsichord
Piano
46
I think I did well in this class.
False
True
47
This city hosts one of the best known Folk Festivals AND Jazz Festivals.
Moses Lake
Nashville
Newport
Quahog
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Born in Germany, Produced Italian Operas in England, Wrote Oratorios... Who is he?
Palestrina
Handel
Verdi
Haydn
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A succession of musical tones, usually varying in pitch and rhythm. Horizontal.
Tempo
Melody
Rhythm
Harmony
50
The shape or structure of a piece of music. How it is organized.
Dynamics
Melody
Form
Rhythm
51
A chant which one note is given to each syllable of a text.
Polyphonic Setting
Syllabic Setting
Modal Setting
Melismatic Setting
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She was a nun, abbess, mystic, poet, writer, and composer.
Tina Morely
Hildegard of Bingen
Theresa Tallis
Linda Belcher
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He was one of the great composers of the Renaissance. Wrote innovative motets.
Des Prez
Bach
Handel
Mozart
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Oldest documented orchestra music in the world.
Gagaku
Ginkkubiji
Goku
Ginzu
55
Earliest music = Classical Style, but his later works = Romantic Style. Who is he?
Palestrina
Mozart
Handel
Beethoven
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Changing keys. Shifting the tonal center from one pitch to another.
Mogality
Monophonic
Moldy
Modulation
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These were put together to improve the "deplorable" state of psalm singing.
Conservatories
Singing Tea Parties
Screaming Schools
Singing Schools
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It is a sacred composition intended for concert performance. G. F. Handel’s "Messiah" is one.
Overture
Oprah
Oratorio
Opera
59
The Classical Period was restrained, balanced, and clear when compared to the Romantic Era.
True
False
60
A system of visual symbols which was developed to reinforce the singer's memory of a melody.
Sonata
Notation
Opera
Flotation
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R&B stands for...
Reds and Blues
Rhythm and Blues
Rum and Butter
Rhythm and Buicks
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He was a child prodigy who received a superior education from his father Leopold.
Handel
Mozart
Beethoven
Palestrina
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The words to an opera.
Libretto
Cadenza
Symphony
Lieder
64
Relatively short pieces used in the Roman Catholic Church; established by Pope Gregory I.
Counterpoints
Sonatas
Gregorian Chants
Concertos
65
Over 600 compositions - 25 piano concertos, 41 symphonies, 23 string quartets, etc; died at 35.
Mozart
Dzbenski
Beethoven
Haydn
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The Easy Instructor introduced this system , where each pitch of a is notated on a staff.
Shape-written
Shape-letter
Shape-note
Shape-song
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Worldwide point of view that requires an awareness and respect for other nations and cultures.
Glacial Perspective
Global Eradication
Global Community
Global Perspective
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Someone who performs in any medium with creativity/sensitivity/communication with the audience.
Fashionista
Anamorphus
Paint-by-number
Artist
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This Classical form has 3 distinct sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation.
Sonata Form
Concerto Form
Minuet and Trio Form
Chamber Form
70
Usually occurring before an aria, it is narrative singing in a free tempo; the dialogue part.
Cadenza
Fugue
Oratorio
Recitative
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Baroque composer, wrote a cantata about coffee, 20 children, master of fugues. Who is he?
Beethoven
Bach
Di Lasso
Palestrina
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Vocal Genre, choral, Bach wrote one about Coffee....
Cantata
Carols
Concerto
Cinnamon
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One of the most famous Russian composers. Best known for his Ballet Music.
Schubert
Gabrieli
Bach
Tchaikovsky
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The blending of cultures.
Acoustics
Aesthetics
Accusations
Acculturation
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All of these are traditional Jazz instruments except...
Bass
Cello
Saxophone
Piano
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A harmony with 3 or more simultaneous sounds.
Chordetta
Chord
Cloister
Chard
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The bass line used in a continuo.
Basso Continuo
Bassist Continuo
Low Continuo
Bow Down Continuo
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Mexican folk music - Violins, Guitars (big and small), trumpets..and sometimes voice and harp!
Mariachi
Rockabilly
Kabuki
Dangdut
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This term describes rate of speed in which a piece of music is played.
Symphony
Cadenza
Tempo
Word Painting
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He was a friend to Mozart and Beethoven's teacher.
Des Prez
Bach
Haydn
Palestrina
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Who is the father of modern black gospel music?
Thomas A. Dorsey
James Brown
Elvis Presley
B.B. King
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Instruments whose material of contruction is the sound producing agent. Hit it or Shake it!
Aerophone
Chordophone
Idiophone
Membranophone
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1890's-1950's - Greatest period of American songwriting...also a street in NYC.
Rockabilly
The Nashville Sound
Tin Pan Alley
Ragtime
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The illegal downloading or copying of music.
Piernocy
Pirate - C
Pirannaucy
Piracy
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A type of folk song that promotes union organization, patriotism, and political candidates.
Lyric Songs
Rally Songs
Narrative Ballads
Children's Songs
86
Minstrel Shows and Vaudeville were variety shows containing many different acts.
False
True
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Afro-Cuban dance that has been popular since the 1970's.
Country
Salsa
The Electric Slide
Techno
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This term describes the level of loudness.
Tonality
Dynamics
Rondo
Strophic
89
Time period: Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci....other ninja turtles...
Medieval
Renaissance
Classical
Baroque
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Early chants tend to be....
Counterpoint
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Chamber Music
91
One of the most influential Rock and Roll artists...
Ricky Skaggs
Elvis Presley
George Gershwin
Bob Marley
92
St. Mark's Cathedral is shaped like...
An Ark
A Hexagon
A Circle
A Cross
93
A resurgence or return to a popularity of an existing style of music.
Archrival
Survival
Altvival
Revival
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The rate of speed of a piece of music.
Tempilla
Tempretta
Tempo
Tempist
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What does A Cappella mean?
Free Rhythm
No Words
No Voices
No Instruments
96
Who is the legendary Folk Singer and Songwriter that headed the Urban Folk Revival?
Boba Fett
Bob Dylan
Bob Newhart
Bob Dole
97
When America first took shape, whose culture did Americans borrow to help shape their own?
European Culture
African Culture
Australian Culture
Native American Culture
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13 stringed instrument from Japan. Having one in your home suggests an artist's upbringing.
Klezmer
Koto
Shakuhachi
Cello
99
This American Composer created prepared piano, chance music, and electrified cactus.
Palestrina
Handel
Chopin
Cage
100
A song that has sustained popularity through decades and generations. A staple!
Standard
Sonata
Sequence
Symphony
101
Which of these genres is NOT from Latin America?
Salsa
Klezmer
Rumba
Bossa Nova
102
A madrigal is a sacred composition typically with 8-10 parts.
True
False
103
The loudness of softness of music. Varies in intensity.
Harmony
Dynamics
Melody
Notation
104
This is a job that makes music a business.
Copyright Attorneys
All of the Above
Instrument Manufacturers
Sheet Music Publishers
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It is a dramatic stage production that involves soloists who sing arias and recitatives.
Concerto
Symphony
Opera
Sonata
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We put music into these categories to help us understand it better.
Genomes
Genres
Geometrics
Geocaching

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