Music in the 1940s

Which musical genre marked the transition from string-bands to dancehall orchestras in the 1940s?

• Bluegrass

• Western Swing

• Jazz

• Bebop

Who introduced the electric guitar, more horns, and drums in country music during the 1940s?

• Flatt and Scruggs

• Hank Williams

• Grandpa Jones

• Minnie Pearl

Which famous country music songwriter, who could never read or write music, became popular in the 1940s?

• Hank Williams

• Grandpa Jones

• Minnie Pearl

• Stringbean

Who was known for keeping country gospel alive and performing at the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s?

• Hank Williams

• Grandpa Jones

• Minnie Pearl

• Stringbean

Which jazz musicians experimented with melodic and harmonic dissonance in the 1940s?

• Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

• Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald

• Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker

• Miles Davis and Duke Ellington

Who was known for keeping country gospel alive and performing at the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s?

• Hank Williams

• Grandpa Jones

• Minnie Pearl

• Stringbean

Which famous country music songwriter, who could never read or write music, became popular in the 1940s?

• Hank Williams

• Grandpa Jones

• Minnie Pearl

• Stringbean

Which musical genre marked the transition from string-bands to dancehall orchestras in the 1940s?

• Bluegrass

• Western Swing

• Jazz

• Bebop

Which jazz musicians experimented with melodic and harmonic dissonance in the 1940s?

• Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

• Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald

• Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker

• Miles Davis and Duke Ellington

Who introduced the electric guitar, more horns, and drums in country music during the 1940s?

• Flatt and Scruggs

• Hank Williams

• Grandpa Jones

• Minnie Pearl