7th Grade General Music

Question 1

American folk dancing is called...

Accepted Answer

line dancing

Question 2

What is one of the most common sounds foley artists need to recreate for films?

Accepted Answer

Foot steps

Question 3

Who wrote "Peter and the Wolf?"

Accepted Answer

Sergei Prokofiev

Question 4

Impressionism is...

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blurry

Question 5

Who made recording soundscapes popular?

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Musicologists

Question 6

Post Bop did WHAT to jazz?

Accepted Answer

Freed jazz, made it simpler

Question 7

Which jazz musician brought about the swing era?

Accepted Answer

Louis Armstrong

Question 8

The process of writing 12-tone music is similar to...

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Sudoku

Question 9

Peter and the Wolf is a...

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Symphonic Poem

Question 10

This musician was extremely active in ending segregation...

Accepted Answer

Benny Goodman

Question 11

Clair de Lune was a song about...

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The moon

Question 12

Duke Ellington played...

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Swing

Question 13

The correct order of Jazz styles is...

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Dixieland, Big Band/Swing, Bebop, Post Bop

Question 14

What did the word "chariot" refer to?

Accepted Answer

the Underground Railroad

Question 15

What is the person called who creates sound effects for movies?

Accepted Answer

Foley Artist

Question 16

Which composer wrote "Clair de Lune?"

Accepted Answer

Claude Debussy

Question 17

12-tone music is...

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Ordered, Structured

Question 18

Slaves sang spirituals that were actually coded messages. What did the phrase "wade in the water" really mean?

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Go the water so dogs cannot smell your trail

Question 19

At a powwow, American Indians enjoy this type of communal music making.

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Drum Circle

Question 20

Why was jazz music very important in our country?

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It helped to end segregation and extreme racism

Question 21

To turn in late work...

Accepted Answer

Email it to Mrs. Sawilchik!, Email it to Mrs. Sawilchik!, Email it to Mrs. Sawilchik!, Email it to Mrs. Sawilchik!

Question 22

The blues lyrics form is...

Accepted Answer

AABC

Question 23

What instrument represented the wolf in Peter and the Wolf?

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French Horns

Question 24

Who played Post Bop Jazz?

Accepted Answer

Miles Davis

Question 25

Spirituals were inspired by...

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Christian Biblical stories

Question 26

One form of Appalachian Folk music is a story-telling tool. What is this called?

Accepted Answer

Ballad

Question 27

"Any sound in an area that you are not taking part in making" is a...

Accepted Answer

Soundscape

Question 28

Which was the first sound recording/playback device?

Accepted Answer

Phonograph

Question 29

All of the music in a movie is called...

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the score

Question 30

In movie music, composers use this to represent characters.

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Themes

Question 31

American Indians used music for...

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celebration, storytelling, dance, and healing

Question 32

Bebop music was...

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Fast, Complicated

Question 33

This was NOT a difference between spirituals and gospel music:

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Religious text

Question 34

The most prolific film music composer is...

Accepted Answer

John Williams

Question 35

A sound engineer has to do this to music after it is recorded:

Accepted Answer

mix

Question 36

What two things do Nationalist composers write music about?

Accepted Answer

Places and Stories

Question 37

Which is the correct order of sound recording history?

Accepted Answer

Phonograph, Records, Cassette tapes, CDs, iPods, Streaming

Question 38

Who played Bebop Jazz?

Accepted Answer

Charlie Parker

Question 39

One trick composers can use to make horror movie music scary is to...

Accepted Answer

mimic a fast heartbeat

Question 40

Who created 12-tone music?

Accepted Answer

Arnold Schoenberg

7th Grade General Music

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7th Grade General Music

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