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Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
______________ music started around the 1920's and has roots from early American folk music and western music.
a)
Pop
b)
Country
c)
Jazz
d)
Classical
2.
The _________________ mountains was the region where country music originated.
a)
Great Smokey
b)
Rocky
c)
Appalachian
d)
Blue Ridge
3.
In ___________________ music, you will often hear a story being told and it has a simple musical structure.
a)
Hip Hop
b)
Rock
c)
Classical
d)
Country
4.
The rhythm in jazz music is ___________.
a)
Simple
b)
Straight
c)
Syncopated
5.
In country music, you will primarily hear what instruments?
a)
Flute, Trumpet, Drums
b)
Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle
c)
Violin, Piano, Drums
d)
Trombone, Drums, Trumpet
6.
Johnny Cash was one of the first Country singers.
a)
False
b)
True
7.
The piano can be considered both a string and percussion instrument.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The instruments in the brass family all have a mouthpiece where you buzz your lips to produce the sound.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
All woodwind instruments are made of wood.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
A violin and a fiddle are not the same instrument.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Hip Hop formed in the 1970's in which city?
a)
LA
b)
Chicago
c)
Detroit
d)
NYC
12.
Hip Hop music requires rapping.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Instruments used in hip hop music often include:
a)
Drums, Trumpets, Guitars
b)
Drums, Keyboards, Guitars
c)
Drums, DAW, Synthesizer
d)
Drums, Turntables, Guitars
14.
What genre of music originated from ragtime and blues music?
a)
Pop
b)
Hip Hop
c)
Country
d)
Jazz
15.
Jazz music was developed by African American communities in the 18th century.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Jazz music uses improvisation and the use of brass and __________________
instruments.
instruments.
a)
Woodwind
b)
Percussion
c)
String
17.
Classical music began when church music was the main source of music.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Classical music is known for being simple and easy to perform.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Classical music began in the 1800's and has only a few periods of music.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Renaissance music primarily used these instruments.
a)
Drums, woodwinds, strings
b)
Drums, flute, finger cymbals
c)
Trumpets, Flutes, Piano
d)
Piano, Violin, Percussion
21.
There are many subgroups of rock music.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
In rock music the focus is on the _____________.
a)
drummer
b)
bass guitar
c)
electric guitar/singer
d)
keyboard
23.
The "golden age" of classic rock was in the _________________.
a)
70's
b)
60's
c)
80's
d)
90's
24.
______________ is considered the king of rock and roll.
a)
The Beatles
b)
Elvis
c)
B B King
d)
Led Zeppelin
25.
_______________ is usually the focus of Pop music.
a)
The band
b)
The keyboard player
c)
The vocalists
d)
Everybody
26.
MTV transformed pop music in the ______________.
a)
1970's
b)
1980's
c)
1990's
27.
Pop music can be traced all the way back to the ________________.
a)
1920's
b)
1930's
c)
1940's
d)
1950's
28.
Pop music is a music all it's own and does not have any influences from other genres.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Scat singing is a form of improvisation.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
A musical thought of 4 - 8 measures in music is a ______________.
a)
phrase
b)
transition
c)
theme
d)
chorus
31.
When the rhythm of the music is emphasized on the weak part of the steady beat the term is _______________.
a)
improvisation
b)
syncopation
c)
transition
32.
A short melody from which variations are developed is a ________________.
a)
motif
b)
transition
c)
theme
d)
genre
33.
A yodel is when ________________.
a)
a singer goes from high to low
b)
a singer hums
c)
a singer sings harmony
d)
a singer sings scat
34.
The elements of music are what makes a song or piece of music in a particular genre.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
The term dynamics refers to ___________
a)
the speed of the music
b)
the volume of the music
c)
the beat of the music
d)
the melody of the music
36.
The term tempo refers to _______________.
a)
the volume of the music
b)
the form of the music
c)
the speed of the music
d)
the melody of the music
37.
The texture of the music incorporates _________________.
a)
rhythm
b)
melody
c)
instruments
d)
all of the above
38.
The form of the music is an element that affects the genre.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Performance media is the ___________________.
a)
way the instruments are used
b)
type of instruments used
40.
The term chorus can be defined as a group of singers or the repeated part of a song.
a)
True
b)
False
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