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What are work songs?
Country blues is played with what instrument?
Blues, Jazz, R&B
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1
Country blues is played with what instrument?
Acoustic guitar
Electric guitar
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What are work songs?
Songs that were sung by slave masters
Songs that were sung by slaves on plantations
Songs that were sung by factory workers
3
What is melody?
Group of notes played together to make a musical idea
Music played in the background
A single pitch of sound
4
What instrument is played in a Dixieland band that is normally not played in jazz band?
Trombone
Tuba
Trumpet
5
What is collective improvisation?
Improvising by taking turns
Musicians improvise together at the same time
Musicians collaborate on writing a song
6
Where did R&B come from?
Chicago, Illinois
Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
Memphis, Tennessee
7
Rock 'n' roll is a combination of what other genres?
Jazz
All answers are correct
Blues
Country
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R&B stands for rhythm & blues.
False
True
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What instrument was played while working on plantations?
Banjo
Flute
Trumpet
String bass
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A note is a single sound, while a chord is multiple sounds together.
False
True
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How many saxophones are in a jazz big band?
5
4
3
6
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What is accompaniment?
Music in the background of the melody
2 or more notes played at the same time
Music that is the main focus
13
How did blues music become popular?
African American musicians traveled to perform their music
Slaves sang their work songs at home
Songs were played on the radio
14
Rock 'n' roll music relied mostly on what instrument?
Electric bass
Piano
Electric guitar
15
What is considered the birthplace of blues music?
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
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What is Motown records known for?
Most successful label for soul music
All answers are correct
Integrated African American pop musicians
Known as the first major African American-owned record label
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Improvisation is playing music that has already been planned.
True
False
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What is a blue note?
A note that is slightly lower pitched
A note that is slightly higher pitched
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Why is ragtime not considered to be jazz?
It was after the formation of jazz
Not enough people were performing ragtime music
It does not have improvisation
20
Where was jazz formed?
New Orleans
Memphis
New York
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What is the role of the rhythm section of a jazz band?
To keep the beat steady
To improvise all the time
To accompany the horn section
22
Chicago blues was the first type of blues music to use what instrument?
Jug
Banjo
Electric guitar
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What is syncopation?
Beats that are played without change
Beats that are normally unstressed are emphasized
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What instrument was played in ragtime music?
Organ
Piano
Harpsichord
