What are the three cultural/musical sources of the popular music in America?Western European classical music, Anglo-American folk music, and African rhythms. Western European rhythms, Anglo-American use of the vernacular speech, and African instruments Western European vernacular speech, Anglo-American folk instruments, and African blues. Minstrelsy, spirituals and ragtimeCross-pollination of influences is a concept that applies almost exclusively toa) Classical music b) Folk music c) Popular musicDuring the nineteenth century, the radio replaced the piano as the center of home entertainment.a) true b) falseIn a blues song, the identical first two lines of a chorus are called a rhymed couplet.a) true b) false5. Another description for parlor songs is the phrase piano bench music.a) true b) falseIn describing American popular music, we say that it has a beat. Tterm beat refers toThe European influence in American music The Anglo-American folk influence in American music The African influence in American music7. Chuck Berry?s song Maybellene has country music influence because of its:a) twelve bar blues form b) none of thesec) slightly distorted electric guitar soundd) strong honky-tonk two-beats in the chorus8. Music during the nineteenth century dramatically reflected class differences (including education, literacy, manners) between city folks and their rural counterpartsa) true b) false9. The Virginia Minstrels were a group of four entertainers, singing and playing the instruments associated with minstrel shows.a) true b) false10. The Fisk Jubilee Singers made history as the first white performers of authentic African-American music.a) true b) false11. Tin Pan Alley refers to:a. the skid row district of the west side of Manhattan.b. none of thchoices are true.c. the California Gold Rush?s influence on bringing American popular music to the West Coast for the first time.d. an area in New York that housed the music publishing business.12. The song Take Me Out To The Ball Game is an example of a song with a three-beat cycle called:a. an operetta. b. a waltz.c. Jumpin? Jim Crow. d. a fox trot.13. The first big Tin Pan Alley hit in 1892 was:a. After The Ball. b. Yankee Doodle Boy.c. Old Folks At Home. d. All Coons Look Alike To Me.14. John Philip Sousa is a composer and bandleader whose concert bands displayed tremendous musicianship and precision. One particular style of music for which he is best known is:a. the waltz. b. the fox trot.c. the march. d. the operetta.15. Stephen Foster wrote songs for both minstrel shows anda) the parlor b) the musical theaterc) the black church d) the white church16. A publishing-house pianist who could play a new song for a professional singer or a prospective customera) blackface b) the interlocutor c) song-pluggerd) Jim Crow17. Tphrase refers to spontaneous musical creation, and is the essence of what jazz music is all abouta. race records b. blue note c. jazz improvisation d. front line18. A race record refers toa recording of black music by black people a race by musical theater performers to record the newest Tin Pan Alley hit song a recording of the minstrel songs of Stephen Foster a recording of black music sung by white people19. In a jazz band, tphrase refers to the horn soloists (trumpet, clarinet, and trombone)a. the race line b. front line c. race line d. blues line20. Both blues and jazz come from the same sources, but each has certain characteristics that differentiate one from the other. Generally speaking, which of the following is true?blues is predominantly vocal music whereas jazz is predominantly instrumental music blues is based on African-American experience in America whereas jazz is based on the Caucasian experience the instrument most identified with blues is the acoustic guitar, whereas the instrument most identified with jazz is the electric guitar21. The first widely known blues reached their audience viaa. the radio b. the sheet music c. street performances d. none of the above22. Bessie Smith is a representative of what popular genre?a. jazz b. classic blues c. ragtime song d. none of the above23. The birthplace of jazz is:a. Chicago, Illinois b. New York, New York. c. New Orleans, Louisianad. Jackson, Mississippi24. The term Storyville refers to:the first published blues song written by W.C. Handy the red-light area of New Orleans where jazz was to evolve in the early twenticentury. a slang term for blues songs based in fiction rather than in a real-life event. the nightclub where the patrons coined the term jazz to describe the style of music being played thereProhibition signaled a lull in ability of jazz musicians to find work until its eventual repeala) true b) false26. One of the advantages of the microphone was that it enabled small-voice singers to record and perform in theaters.a) true b) falseWhich innovations in the 1920?s changed the music industry?a) parlor songs b) radio broadcasting c) amplified live performanced) both a and b e) both b and c28. The instrument that is so remarkable in the recording of Charleston and introduced a new sound in the 1920?s was:a) the clarinet b) the saxophone c) the trumpet d) the pianoOne of the most remarkable things about Gershwin?s Rhapsody in Blue is that it managed to achieve immense popularity without reworking the sounds, rhythms, and melodies of ragtime, jazz, blues, and dance music into its composition.a) true b) falseThe Jazz Singer was the first ___________ starring _____________electric recording, George Gershwin talking film, Al Jolson commercial radio station, King Oliver amplified live performance, Louis ArmstrongA Crooner is:a) a singer who sings with full voice b) a singer who sings softlyc) a singer who sings in the old singing style ( before microphones)d) a singer that only sings in the showerOne of the choices available to experience live music in 1929 that was not available ten years before was:a) paying to see a vaudeville show b) purchasing an acoustic recordingc) all of thchoices d) none of thchoices
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