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Unit 2 Test Questions

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term designating a particular type of music with a distinctive form or sound?

a)

Music Culture

b)

Genre

c)

Musical Style

d)

Popular Music

2.

What is a style of "art" music that stands apart from traditional or popular music?

a)

Rhythm

b)

Timbre

c)

Classical Music

d)

Traditional Music

3.

What is the distinct tonal quality of an instrument or voice, which is clearly identifiable by the ear?

a)

Timbre

b)

Classical Music

c)

Genre

d)

Music Culture

4.

What are performance practices, means, traditions, uses, and beliefs about music of a group of people, either from a specific time or place?

a)

Music Culture

b)

Rhythm

c)

Timbre

d)

Traditional Music

5.

What is the way beats or pulses in a musical selection or organized and subdivided?

a)

Rhythm

b)

Timbre

c)

Traditional Music

d)

Popular Music

6.

What is the oldest and most prevalent category of music?

a)

Classical Music

b)

Popular Music

c)

Traditional Music

d)

Musical Style

7.

What is a form of expression within a musical genre?

a)

Traditional Music

b)

Musical Style

c)

Music Culture

d)

Genre

8.

What is music that is intended for a wide audience, often featuring prominent melody?

a)

Classical Music

b)

Traditional Music

c)

Timbre

d)

Popular Music

9.

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!)

4 lines
10.

What are the five musical instrument classifications? (Must be a minimum of 3 sentences!)

(a)  

11.

Explain the differences between traditional and popular music. (Must be a minimum of 3 sentences!)

4 lines
12.

Discuss similarities and differences among the musical genres of Mexico and Bali. (Must be a minimum of 3 sentences!)

4 lines
13.

How did the contributions of Berry Gordy Jr. and Motown influence the history and development of popular music in the twentieth century?

4 lines
14.

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.

4 lines
15.

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?

4 lines