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Music Styles

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is simple music that speaks of everyday life?

a)

Rap

b)

Gospel

c)

Folk

d)

Blues

2.

What is a type of religious music sung largely in African-American churches?

a)

Gospel

b)

Folk

c)

Blues

d)

Country

3.

What is "the music of the day?"

a)

Gospel

b)

R&B

c)

Popular

d)

Rock and Roll

4.

What is a style that blends gospel, R&B and country?

a)

Rock and Roll

b)

Rap

c)

R&B

d)

Folk

5.

What style began in the rural areas of the south and west?

a)

Country

b)

Folk

c)

Blues

d)

Rock and Roll

6.

What is a type of African-American music that expresses sadness and frustration?

a)

Blues

b)

R&B

c)

Popular

d)

Gospel

7.

What is the main difference between gospel and spirituals?

a)

Improvisation

b)

Religion

c)

Lyrics

d)

Instruments

8.

B.B. King is the king of the _________?

a)

Blues

b)

Country

c)

Rock and Roll

d)

Gospel

9.

One famous singing cowboy was ____?

a)

Roy Rogers

b)

Patsy Cline

c)

B.B. King

d)

Mahalia Jackson

10.

One characteristic of of the blues is the....

a)

walking bass

b)

boom-chick

c)

improvisation

d)

tears