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Songwriting Quiz 6th grade

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which section of a song features NO vocals

a)

Verse

b)

Outro/Coda

c)

Instrumental Break

d)

Bridge

2.

Which section comes before the FINAL chorus?

a)

Verse

b)

Bridge

c)

Intro

d)

Coda

3.

What is the main section of a song called?

a)

Introduction

b)

Chorus

c)

Bridge

d)

Coda

4.
The drinking gourd refers to 
a)
the river
b)
the Underground Railroad
c)
the Big Dipper
d)
abolitionists
5.
To whom does the "old man" in "Follow the Drinking Gourd" refer?
a)
Captain Kidd
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Peg Leg Joe
d)
Elijah
6.
What was the legal status of slaves in the United States?
a)
citizen
b)
property
c)
dependents
d)
immigrants
7.

What did Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad involve?

a)

As a freed slave, she led others to take a stand against slave owners.

b)

As a freed slave, she bought slaves and then gave them their freedom.

c)

As an escaped slave, she guided slaves from the South to freedom.

d)

As an escaped slave, she opened a school for those who traveled to Canada.

8.
What secret organization helped slaves escape to freedom?
a)
Seneca Falls Convention
b)
National Freedom Road
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
9.

What type of songs included a secret message to help slaves escape?

a)

Spirituals

b)

Underground Songs

c)

Code Songs

d)

Church Songs

10.

The Underground Railroad was a...

a)

secret train under the ground

b)

a train that helped slaves get free

c)

trail of houses and people that helped hide the slaves

d)

people in wagons that would go underground

11.

What kind of song would the slaves sing about hope?

a)

Spirituals

b)

Code Songs

c)

Secret Songs

d)

They didn't sing at all

12.
What is the part of the song that tells the story?
a)
Introduction
b)
Form
c)
Verse
d)
Refrain
13.
What section of  song is used for special endings?
a)
Coda
b)
Refrain
c)
Verse
d)
Form
14.
Name the form
a)
32 Bar Form
b)
AABA Form
c)
12 Bar Blues
d)
Pop Song Structure
15.
Same music, different lyrics.
a)
Verse
b)
Chorus
16.
Same music, same words
a)
Verse
b)
Chorus
17.
What is texture?
a)
layers of sound (thick or thin)
b)
loudness or softness of the sounds
c)
unique sound made by an object
d)
speed of the sounds
18.
What is form?
a)
highness or lowness of the sound
b)
length of the sound
c)
structure of the music
d)
speed of the music
19.
What kind of music do people sing in many African American churches?
a)
Jazz
b)
Blues
c)
Choir
d)
Gospel
20.
Which is the most common form within 'popular music'? (Stereo-typically) 
a)
Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Bridge,  Chorus
b)
Verse, Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus
c)
Chorus, Coda, Middle Eight, Verse, Chorus
d)
Chorus, Chorus, Chorus, Chorus
21.

What is the function of an introduction

a)

to end the song

b)

to start the song, set the tempo and style

c)

to change the song

d)

to make the song repetitive

22.

What is unity?

a)

An element of difference

b)

Bridge

c)

An element of contrast

d)

An element of similarity or repetition

23.

What is contrast?

a)

An element of difference; something new and interesting

b)

Similarity

c)

An element of something familiar

d)

Chorus

24.

What is the ending section of a song NOT called?

a)

Coda

b)

Outtro

c)

Bridge

d)

Tag

25.

Choose a common sense approach and ORDER to the creative process:

a)

Develop ideas, brainstorm, perform, write, rewrite, practice

b)

Revise, brainstorm, write, develop ideas, perform, revise

c)

Perform, revise, brainstorm, write, practice, develop ideas

d)

Brainstorm, develop ideas, write, revise, practice, perform

26.

The Blues evolved from the songs of the slaves called...

a)

Jazz

b)

Boogie Woogie

c)

Hip Hop

d)

Spirituals

27.

Improvisation is....

a)

creating music from a selection of notes on the spot.

b)

playing chords.

c)

repeating a rhythm.

d)

playing notes up and down a scale.

28.

The work songs of the slaves often used what music technique?

a)

Scales

b)

Call and Response

c)

The Electric Slide

d)

Opera