Music - Unit 4 Exam

__ is the most distinctive feature of Dixieland jazz music.

• improvisation
• rhythm section
• brass section
• 12-bar pattern

The vibrations of brass instruments that create sound come from the __ .

• valves
• musicians' lips
• holes
• metal fram

The principal first violinist, supervises tuning the orchestra, sits at conductor's left describes what person?

• virtuoso
• conductor
• soloist
• concertmaster

Usually played by a keyboard, allows composer complete control over pitch, and can generate a variety of sounds describes what instrument?

• pipe organ
• English horn
• synthesizer
• euphonium

In jazz music when a voice or instrument is answered by another voice or instrument it is known as __ .

• call and response
• quick to respond
• catch and release
• call and comment

What city did jazz originate in?

• New York
• New Hampton
• New Orleans
• New Mexico 

True or false: It is more difficult to speak than to sing.

• true
• false

Which type of musical texture is a single melodic line without accompaniment?

• homophonic
• monophonic
• manyphonic
• polyphonic

Which instrument is an example of a string instrument?

• cello
• timpani
• English horn
• picalo

Blues music follows a __ pattern.

• 2-bar
• 4-bar
• 12-bar
• 16-bar