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90's Music and Contemporary R & B

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What inspired Grunge?

a)

Renaissance Music

b)

20th Century techniques

c)

Punk and Metal Music

d)

Modern sounds and styles

2.

What are the characteristics of grunge? (Check all that apply)

a)

Heavily distorted electric guitars

b)

Stylistic lyrics and melodies

c)

Contrasting dynamics

d)

Contrasting harmonies

e)

Growling vocals

3.

Where did Ska originate from?

a)

Africa

b)

Caribbean

c)

Haiti

d)

Jamaica

4.

What are the characteristics of Ska?

a)

Syncopated rhythms

b)

Diverse rhythms

c)

Accented rhythms on upbeat

d)

Accented rhythms on downbeat

5.

What is heavy metal known for? (Check all that apply)

a)

Extended guitar solos

b)

Odd outfits

c)

Wearing chains and spikes

d)

Amplified distortions

e)

None of these

6.

What is the target of pop music?

a)

Teens

b)

Mellenials

c)

Generation X

d)

90's babies

7.

What is the term R & B often used to describe?

a)

Genre of Motown music

b)

Style of Pop music

c)

Genre of Blues music

d)

Style of African American music

8.

R & B emerged from what?

a)

Spirituals and Jazz music

b)

Blues and Soul music

c)

Rock n Roll and Jazz music

d)

None of these

9.

What is Contemporary R & B? (Check all that apply)

a)

Modern form of R & B music

b)

Genre of smooth pop

c)

A mix between old school and new R & B

d)

Centered around vocalist

10.

R & B is abbreviation for what?

a)

Rhythm and Blues

b)

Rhymes and Bars

c)

Rough and Black

11.

What is Neo-soul?

a)

Emerged from jazz and soul music

b)

Emerged from funk and soul music

c)

Emerged from soul and contemporary R & B

12.

Neo-soul incorporates? (Check all that apply)

a)

R & B

b)

Hip-Hop

c)

Soul

d)

Reggae

e)

None of these

13.

By the 2000's, there was more?

a)

Rap and Hip-Hop music

b)

Hip-Hop mixture in Contemporary R&B

c)

More mainstream music

d)

None of these

14.

Throughout the 2000’s R & B music became influenced by what?

a)

Hip-Hop

b)

Jazz

c)

Rap

15.

Contemporary R & B begins to gets more?

a)

Disco and Go-Go Sounds

b)

Dance and Electro Pop Sounds

c)

Futuristic and Technological Sounds

d)

None of these

16.

Contemporary R & B draws influences from? (Check all that apply)

a)

Authentic Instruments

b)

Technical Innovations

c)

Live stage sounds

d)

Machine-made Sounds

17.

What was rap and hip-hop called in the 90's

a)

West Coast Hip-Hop

b)

East Coast Hip-Hop

c)

Golden Age of Hip-Hop

d)

Evolution of Hip-Hop