Mus 1030 - Exam 1

A primary purpose of this course is to improve your ability to listen to music ____________.

• loudly

• slowly

• intelligently

A goal of this course is to gain an understanding of the structure of music by examining various ways in which music is _____________.

• transmitted

• organized

• performed

_____________ rejected the music of Native Americans as primitive and unworthy.

• Africans

• Latinos

• European Americans

Most of America’s popular and classical music is based on the melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, and performances of _____________.

• Africa

• Western Europe

• Eastern Europe

____________ are scholars of music in cultures.

• psychologists

• music professors

• ethnomusicologists

_________ is someone who performs in any medium with creativity and sensitivity and with the ability to communicate with an audience.

• ethnomusicologist

• artist

• craftsman

Musical mastery is only found in classical music.

• True

• False

In the music business, ____________ is the making and selling of things for profit.

• production and distribution

• manufacturing and merchandising

• recording and touring

Anyone performing copyrighted material for profit has to obtain ___________ by paying a license or by paying a royalty.

• performance rights

• mechanical rights

• synchronization rights

Anyone recording copyrighted material for profit has to obtain ___________ and pay the established fees.

• performance rights

• mechanical rights

• synchronization rights