What is multi-registral?

The use of a few notes which are arranged at different 8ve's

How did Gershwin manage to link his completely different themes together in Rhapsody in Blue?

By using chromaticism's to help link themes together, He would cut of the ends of cadences

Two unrelated chords played simultaneously

What is rhythmical melodic rotation?

When the notes repeat over and over in a different rhythm

What Jazz influence is at the start of Rhapsody in Blue?

Trill with glissando, Modal Scale at the start

D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D, Alternatives scales to major and minor

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1
How many themes are in section B of An American in Paris?
Two
One
Four
Three
2
What is multi-registral?
The use of different interments playing the same melody
The use of a few notes which are arranged at different 8ve's
The use of many notes performed together at the same time
The use of one instrument for different sound effects
3
How did Gershwin manage to link his completely different themes together in Rhapsody in Blue?
By using chromaticism's to help link themes together
He would change the instrumentation
By speeding up the music
He would cut of the ends of cadences
4
What is Bitonal?
A 2 note chord which has only intervals of a minor 2nd
Two unrelated chords played simultaneously
A chord that is repeated rapidly
A two note chord
5
When was An American in Paris composed?
1936
1928
1912
1942
6
What is rhythmical melodic rotation?
When the notes repeat over and over in a different rhythm
A sequence pattern that changes at each octave
When the rhythm is performed backwards
A musical phrase that repeats an octave higher
7
Who sang the hit tune Swanee?
Dean Martin
Al Jolson
Frank Sinatra
Louis Armstrong
8
What Jazz influence is at the start of Rhapsody in Blue?
Trill with glissando
Time signature
Tempo
Modal Scale at the start
9
Which classical composers was Gershwin influenced by?
Wagner, Copland, Ireland, Saens
Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Busoni
Boulanger, Mendellsohn, Clementi, Haydn
Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, Ravel
10
What is a mode?
A hexatonic scale
D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D
A scale consisting a five notes
Alternatives scales to major and minor
11
Which song made George Gershwin rise to fame?
Swanee
I Got Rhythm
Someone to Watch Over Me
Prelude No. 1
12
What mode occurs in Gershwin's Prelude No. 1?
Locrian
Lydian
Ionian
Phrygian
13
How many themes are there in section A of An American in Paris?
Five
Four
Six
Seven
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What jazz-like sound does the trill and glissando give to the music?
It sounds like a blues-scale
It sounds improvised
it sounds like a whole-tone scale
It gives the music a bluesy-feel

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