Music quiz questions

Question 1

Refers to an echo effect

Accepted Answer

Reverb

Question 2

A special type of accent that deliberately confuses the meter by accenting a weak beat/part that isn&#x27;t normally accented

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Syncopation

Question 3

Which artist is most closely associated with R&B/Hip-Hop

Accepted Answer

Beyoncé

Question 4

Began through efforts in the 1920s to combine jazz with classical music

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Symphonic jazz

Question 5

Which artist is most closely associated with Folk

Accepted Answer

Woody Guthrie

Question 6

Which artist is ost closely associated to Early Rock & Roll

Accepted Answer

Chuck Berry

Question 7

Which artist is most closely associated with Art Rock

Accepted Answer

Pink Floyd

Question 8

Which artist is most closely associated with Rap

Accepted Answer

LL Cool J

Question 9

An uneven division of beats with a longer first note followed by a shorter second note which is often accented

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Swing rhythm

Question 10

A typical rock band instrumentation includes all of the following except:

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Cowbell

Question 11

Underlying rhythmic structure of a piece. Its repeated & incorporates all/most of the instruments in the rhythm section

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Groove

Question 12

A melodic figure that fits in the otherwise empty spaces in the melody

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Fill

Question 13

A member of the lute family that is played similarly to a guitar. It is often used in bluegrass for melodic figures

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Mandolin

Question 14

Which artist is most closely associated to Hard Bop

Accepted Answer

Horace Silver

Question 15

A repeated melodic, chordal, or rhythmic figure that serves as a fundamental linking idea through a section of a song

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Riff

Question 16

An experimental approach to jazz in the 1960s that attempted to modify or deconstruct traditional jazz expectations

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Free jazz

Question 17

The driving creative force behind Mowtown Records was

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Berry Gordy

Question 18

Rap artists Run-DMC had a successful collaboration with which Hard Rock group

Accepted Answer

Aerosmith

Question 19

Result from the use of several different rhythmic patterns or meters at the same time, creating a dense rhythmic texture

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Polyrythms

Question 20

Created when the third or seventh note of a major scale is lowered by between a quarter to a half step

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Blue notes

Question 21

Began as African American folk music in the south & became influential in the development if popular music styles

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Blues

Question 22

Which artist is most closely associated to Free Jazz

Accepted Answer

Ornette Coleman

Question 23

The Beatles influences, as they can be heard on recordings of cover tunes, incoude all of the following except

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Woody Guthrie

Question 24

A synthesizer that is used primarily for extended periods of time

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Drum machine

Question 25

Primarily melodic and tends to be the basis of a players technique rather than serving as a structural element

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Lick

Question 26

Which artist is most closely associated to Urban Blues

Accepted Answer

B.B. King

Question 27

Which artist is most closely associated with Swing

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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington

Question 28

Which artist is most closely associated with New Orleans Jazz

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Louis Armstrong

Question 29

Which artist is most closely associated with Blues

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Bessie Smith

Question 30

Which artist is most closely associated with Boogie Woogie

Accepted Answer

Clarence Smith

Question 31

An electro-acoustic version of the clavichord, a keyboard instrument used in the late medieval classical style periods

Accepted Answer

Clavinet

Question 32

Which artist is most closely associated with Jazz-Rock

Accepted Answer

Chicago

Question 33

Which of the following artists is most closely associated with Rhythm and Blues

Accepted Answer

Jackie Brenston

Question 34

Popular music of the 1930s and 1940s, drawing large audiences to the ballrooms and dance halls where it was performed

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Swing

Question 35

A device inserted or held against the bell of a brass instrument to alter the timbre. Jazz musicians use them frequently

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Mute

Question 36

The spontaneus composition of music at the moment of performance

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Improvisation

Question 37

Which artist is most closely associated with Hard Rock

Accepted Answer

Led Zeppelin

Question 38

The core group of instrumental musicians for Motown studios were known as:

Accepted Answer

The Funk Brothers

Question 39

Which artist is most closely associated with Soul

Accepted Answer

Aretha Franklin

Question 40

Which artist is most closely associated with Funk

Accepted Answer

James Brown

Question 41

Which artist is most closely associated to Motown

Accepted Answer

The Supremes

Question 42

Occur as the musician scoops into or falls off a note

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Bent notes

Question 43

Which artist is most closely associated with Folk Rock

Accepted Answer

Bob Dylan

Question 44

Which artist is most closely associated with the British Invasion

Accepted Answer

The Beatles

Question 45

Which artist is most closely associated to Rockabilly

Accepted Answer

Elvis Presley

Question 46

A popular music style that first flourished in the 1890s and faded out by 1918 during WW1 - uses syncopation

Accepted Answer

Ragtime

Question 47

Which artist is most closely associated with Ragtime

Accepted Answer

Scott Joplin

Question 48

A type of resonator guitar that can play louder than standard acoustic guitars. The sound is channeled into a metal bowl

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Dobro

Question 49

The leader sings/plays a musical line & the group responds by repeating that line or answering with a recurring chorus

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Call and response

Question 50

Which artist is most closely associated with Country and Western

Accepted Answer

Hank Williams

Question 51

Which artist is most closely associated to Cool Jazz

Accepted Answer

Miles Davis

Question 52

Which artist is most closely associated to Bebop

Accepted Answer

Charlie Parker

Question 53

Which artist is most closely associated with Rural Blues

Accepted Answer

Charley Patton

Question 54

Which artist is most closely associated to Swing

Accepted Answer

Tommy Dorsey

Question 55

Originated in the early 1900s using small groups of usually five to seven musicians

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New Orleans jazz

Question 56

Music for small groups with an increased focus on the soloist

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Bebop

Question 57

A musical style that began in the 1960s by combining jazz elements with rock element. The term replaced jazz-rock

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Fusion

Question 58

Which artist is most closely associated with Bluegrass

Accepted Answer

Bill Monroe

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