Music Appreciation Benchmark Review

Question 1

Which earlier music genre influenced R&B

Accepted Answer

Gospel

Question 2

What type of lyrical content was sung about inR&B lyrics?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 3

Which artist did not make R&B

Accepted Answer

Chuck Berry

Question 4

These instruments belong to which family? Violin, Viola, Cello

Accepted Answer

Strings

Question 5

Which of the following instruments is NOT used in Jazz music

Accepted Answer

Electric Guitar

Question 6

What is the order of the classical music periods?

Accepted Answer

Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical,Romantic,20th Cent

Question 7

Who was considered the father of trumpet playing

Accepted Answer

Louis Armstrong

Question 8

Tempo is the loudness and softness of sound andDynamics is the speed of music

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

What is music?

Accepted Answer

An art, based on the organization of sounds in time.

Question 10

Which composer was a child prodigy and isconsidered to be the most versatile composer?

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 11

Opera was developed in which country?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 12

Which composer went deaf at 29 but continued towrite masterpieces?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 13

Which of these was not a style of Jazz we talkedabout?

Accepted Answer

Country Jazz

Question 14

Contemporary R&B was a combination of R&B and what other genre?

Accepted Answer

Hip-Hop

Question 15

When and where did R&B originate

Accepted Answer

1940s, African American communities in theUnited States

Question 16

The four elements of music are pitch, dynamics, tone color, and duration?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

These instruments belong to which family? Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba

Accepted Answer

Brass

Question 18

Music of the Medieval period consisted of...

Accepted Answer

Gregorian chants, just voices

Question 19

Which of these people is a Jazz musician?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 20

Rhythm is the flow of music through time.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

These instruments belong to which family? Snare drum, Bass drum, cymbals

Accepted Answer

Percussion

Question 22

These instruments belong to which family? Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone

Accepted Answer

Woodwind

Question 23

Renaissance means...

Accepted Answer

Rebirth

Question 24

What is tonality?

Accepted Answer

Music that does have a tonal center,aesthetically pleasing

Question 25

Which place became the center of black american culture in the early 20th century?

Accepted Answer

Harlem, NY

Question 26

What is secular music?

Accepted Answer

Non-religious music

Question 27

Jazz was born in which city?

Accepted Answer

New Orleans

Question 28

What is Nationalism?

Accepted Answer

Musical ideas that are identified witha specific country

Question 29

Who were some composers of the Medieval Period?

Accepted Answer

Hildegard Von Bingen, Guillimae Machaut

Question 30

Is Jazz as popular today as it was back in the early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 31

The conductor coordinates the players and makessure everyone stays together musically

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

R&B stands for what?

Accepted Answer

Rhythm and Blues

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