Music History Pre-Assessment

Popular music is often defined as music that you can _____ to.

• Eat

• Dance

• Sleep

• Walk

The father of modern marching band music is John Phillip _______.

• Sousa

• Armstrong

• Jordan

• Presley

The modern marching band evolved hand in hand with the popularity of this sport:

• Baseball

• Football

• Hockey

• Tennis

A typical blues song is based around three _________.

• Instruments

• Chords

• Songs

• Rhythms

The blues were a major component of a new style of music that appeared in the 1950s called ____ ___ ______.

• Rock and Roll

• Bebop and Country

• Roll and Rock

• Ragged in Time

Hip-hop music began during the:

• 1860’s.

• 1970’s.

• 1980’s.

• 1920’s.

Grandmaster Flash was the first person to call the turntable a:

• Worthless piece of machinery.

• Musical instrument.

• Record player.

• None of the above.

This is Hip-Hop’s first big hit:

• “Walk this Way”

• “It’s Like That”

• “Apache”

• “Rapper’s Delight”

This type of dancing came out of the urban youth culture:

• Break dancing

• Ballroom dancing

• Ballet dancing

• They dance to Hip-Hop music??

This type of artwork can be traced by thousands of years:

• Avant garde

• Minimalism

• Pointalism

• Graffiti