Music Appreciation - Unit 2

Riverdance created a renewed interest in ______.

The Bamileke warrior dance is called the ______.

What term designates groups or sets of beats divided by vertical lines on the music staff?

An Afro-Brazillian dance that is faster and jazzier than the tango

An athletic dance that includes kicks and inward leg rotations on syncopated beats.

A Latin-American slow dance from Argentina that is danced by couples in a slow 4/4 tempo.

_____ refers to a dance in which foot movements produce audible rhythms from metal shoe-plates

Beethoven used ________ for the opening of the second movement of his symphony no. 3.

The music for "The Rite of Spring" was composed by ______.

What refers to the emphasis placed on a sound or pitch in music?

A jazzy dance in which couples swing, balance, twirl, and throw each other around.

The Bamileke people perform highly rhythmic music to accompany their _______.

A ballroom dance that originated in Cuba.

What word means deliberate shifts of accent that conflict with the beat?

A twentieth-century musical form that radically changed the course of popular music was _____.

The Irish jig has a simple duple feeling while the reel has a compound triple feeling

To play a drum set you need good _____.

This group of musicians never talks during performances and they invent their own instruments.

What word refers to a type of spontaneous musical invention?

A style of classical dance that emphasizes fluid footwork and graceful movements.

__________ composed "Maple Leaf Rag"

Ragtime was a popular form of dance music in America before

Rimsky-Korsakov used _____ in "Procession of the Nobles.

The roots of many Latin American and Caribbean musical styles can be traced back to

The body movement and gestures of the hula ______.

What term is used to describe how beats are grouped together?

A steady recurring pulse is

A dance that became popular during the Jazz age of the 1920s was the _______.

Dance music created by Mexicans in Texas

What is a repeated musical figure called