Popular Music

Popular music genres like the blues, jazz and R&B first developed in...

• Europe

• South America

• the USA

The blues and jazz developed when aspects of European and _______ music were combined.

• Middle Eastern

• Asian

• African

Jazz musicians can create new music spontaneously while playing. This is called..

• improvising

• harmonizing

• jazzing up

Which style of jazz became the most popular form of dance music in the 1940s?

• Bebop

• modal jazz

• swing

Rhythm and blues music was mostly played in..

• churches

• concert halls

• bars and clubs

Which is a slow romantic song that tells a story?

• a hymn

• a Rock’n’Roll Song

• a ballad

Rock'n'roll was very popular among _______ in the 1950s.

• classical musicians

• jazz lovers

• teenagers

What is a best-selling song called?

• a single

• a hit

• a record

What do we call an ordered collection of songs released together as a vinyl record or sound file?

• an album

• a single

• a release

Best-selling hits are songs that reach the top of..

• the playlist

• the charts

• the mixtape