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WorksheetsCountry Unit Review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
The genre that we are currently studying is
pop
rock
country
jazz
Where is the country music that we know best centralized?
Europe
Asia
Africa
United States
There are four song types that comprise country music. Pick one from the list below.
concertos
arias
fiddle/banjo tunes
waltzes
There are four song types that comprise country music. Pick one from the list below.
work songs
fiddle/sitar tunes
plainchants
none
There are four song types that comprise country music. Pick one from the list below.
religious dogma
native rituals
thermal songs
hymnals
There are four song types that comprise country music. Pick one from the list below.
ballads
freemason chants
educational songs
nursery rhymes
Country music has ____________ and ______________ origins
finnish and polish
celtic and scottish
georgian and indian
chinese and japanese
Where does the banjo originally come from?
Africa
Asia
Europe
South America
What was the banjo originally?
bread
woodw
gourd
metal
What is the closest and earliest ancestor to the banjo?
akonting
fiddle
janbo
djembe
What is an audio/aural difference between the akonting and the banjo?
Nothing
Banjo has more twang and the akonting has a more mellow, bass sound.
Akonting has a tensioned drum head and the banjo has goat skin strings.
The banjo has horse hair strings and the akonting uses strings made of intenstines.
What is one component of gospel music?
art
science
food
spirituality
What are shape notes?
SYMBOLS LIKE SQUARES, DIAMONDS, AND TRIANGLES
CIRCLES, SQUARES, AND STARS
HEARTS, LINES, AND SHAPES
NONE
What are ballads?
songs about love and money
songs about love and murder and other things
songs about murder and death
songs about money and poverety
What are work songs?
•SONGS THAT ARE USED TO COORDINATE LABOR, SIGNAL CERTAIN EVENTS, ETC
songs that require a lot of effort
songs that are easy to sing
songs that are not meant for the liturgy
Where did the first country music recordings come from?
Florida
New York
Tennessee
Mississippi
What media form was country music first broadcasted on?
telegraph
fax
radio
television
When did the Grand Ole Opry first begin?
1930
1845
1925
1900
What is this?
banjo
fiddle
akonting
piano
