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WorksheetsMusic Appreciation
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of instrument is characterized by striking or rubbing a skin or membrane stretched across a resonating air chamber?
a)
Membranophone
b)
Electrophone
c)
Chordophone
d)
Aerophone
2.
Who is the most famous sitar player of the 20th century?
a)
Bob Dylan
b)
Ozzy Osbourne
c)
Ravi Shankar
d)
Alvis Dumbledore
3.
What types of literary devices can be found in Rap?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Cake
c)
Bob Dylan
d)
Imagination
4.
What is the name for a style of music which is intended for a wide audience?
a)
Classical Music
b)
Traditional Music
c)
Lute Music
d)
Popular Music
5.
What was the name of the noble family who employed Claudio Monteverdi?
a)
Villanova
b)
Duke
c)
Gonzaga
d)
Xavier
6.
The country of Bali has a rich history of music making. What is the name of the sacred instrumental ensemble that performs during a nagaben?
a)
Cake
b)
Brass Band
c)
Gamelan Gambang
d)
Sara
7.
The Hausa people are the largest ethnic group in Africa. What two countries do they live in primarily?
a)
Niger to Nigeria
b)
Kenya to Nairobi
c)
Egypt to Morroco
d)
Nairobi to Swaziland
8.
Gospel music arose from the African American Spiritual. The recognized "Father of Gospel" is who?
a)
Benny Goodman
b)
Ma Rainey
c)
Mr. Thomas Andrew Dorsey
d)
Ozzy Osbourne
9.
Mr. Dorsey has had his music translated into 40 languages. However, he encountered great resistance to his music because he mixed ___________ music with __________ text.
a)
goofy, sacred
b)
secular, sacred
c)
ficta, religous
d)
plain, spicy
10.
Johann Sebastian Bach was known as the master of what style of composition?
a)
Neo-Classical
b)
Baroque
c)
Rococo
d)
Counterpoint
11.
Martin Luther was a German religious scholar. In 1517 he published a paper which led to the rise of what movement?
a)
Catholic
b)
Judaisim
c)
Protestant
d)
Garfunkel
12.
Monks who are musicians often take part in chanting to help prepare the mind for spiritual enlightenment. What is the style of singing which involves singing more than one note at a time?
a)
Boat Singing
b)
Air Singing
c)
Kritis
d)
Throat Singing
13.
What is the term which means the worship of one god?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Polytheism
c)
Atheism
d)
Miasma
14.
What is the name of the instrument that is native to Australia and traditionally played by the Aboriginal people group of Australia?
a)
Shofar
b)
Didgeridoo
c)
Kakaki
d)
Shaum
15.
What famous trumpet player is considered the most influential Jazz musician of the second half of the 20th century?
a)
Coleman Hawkins
b)
Chet Baker
c)
Miles Davis
d)
Lester Young
16.
Often used in poetry and rap,
this term means the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) —called also head rhyme, initial rhyme.
this term means the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) —called also head rhyme, initial rhyme.
a)
Cake
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Sonnet
17.
Often performed by Mariachi bands, this type of music translates to "country song".
a)
La Communidad
b)
Tocan Fuego
c)
Jugar Banjo
d)
Canción Ranchera
18.
Tupac Shakur attended what school for the arts?
a)
The Baltimore School for the Arts
b)
Julliard School
c)
Berkeley School
d)
Brevard School
19.
What artist is primarily associated with Reggae?
a)
Big Youth
b)
Elvis
c)
Bob Marley
d)
Biggie Smalls
20.
What was Biggie Smalls given name?
a)
George Mason
b)
Christopher Wallace
c)
Latore Robinson
d)
Chris Smith
21.
What is the name for a melody created by successive pitches of the scale?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Anecdote
c)
Disjunct
d)
Conjunct
22.
Some rap artists have taken the time to speak about social issues in their work. One such work by Shakur spoke about the plight of single mothers. What was the name of this song?
a)
At High Noon
b)
Hold Your Head Up
c)
Keep Ya Head Up
d)
The Time is Now
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