WorksheetsUnit 2 Test Questions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 31mins
What is the term designating a particular type of music with a distinctive form or sound?
Music Culture
Genre
Musical Style
Popular Music
What is a style of "art" music that stands apart from traditional or popular music?
Rhythm
Timbre
Classical Music
Traditional Music
What is the distinct tonal quality of an instrument or voice, which is clearly identifiable by the ear?
Timbre
Classical Music
Genre
Music Culture
What are performance practices, means, traditions, uses, and beliefs about music of a group of people, either from a specific time or place?
Music Culture
Rhythm
Timbre
Traditional Music
What is the way beats or pulses in a musical selection or organized and subdivided?
Rhythm
Timbre
Traditional Music
Popular Music
What is the oldest and most prevalent category of music?
Classical Music
Popular Music
Traditional Music
Musical Style
What is a form of expression within a musical genre?
Traditional Music
Musical Style
Music Culture
Genre
What is music that is intended for a wide audience, often featuring prominent melody?
Classical Music
Traditional Music
Timbre
Popular Music
List some of the things we can find out about other people and cultures by studying their music. (Must be a minimum of 3 sentences!)
What are the five musical instrument classifications? (Must be a minimum of 3 sentences!)
(a)
Explain the differences between traditional and popular music. (Must be a minimum of 3 sentences!)
Discuss similarities and differences among the musical genres of Mexico and Bali. (Must be a minimum of 3 sentences!)
How did the contributions of Berry Gordy Jr. and Motown influence the history and development of popular music in the twentieth century?
1.) The instruments you studied in this chapter all have different timbres and ranges of sound. Explain the physics/the basics behind why instruments have timbres and ranges that
differ from one another.
Motown grew out of a period of great social change in the United States. What were some of the social and political forces that made it possible for the popular culture of African Americans to be influential?
