MAPEH W1 - Afro-Latin America Music

Question 1

*From the early 16th century to the late 19th century, slaves from the continent of Africa were brought to the Americans.

Answer 1

African Music

Question 2

Music became their expression amidst the hardship of work.

Answer 2

African Music

Question 3

Characteristics of African Music:

Answer 3

Conversation (Call and Response)
Improvisation
Voice as an instrument; Instrument as a voice

Question 4

A type of religious folksong that is most closely associated with the enslavement of African people in the American South.

Answer 4

Negro Spirituals

Question 5

It is essentially a vocal form. Usually lyrical rather than narrative because the expression of feelings is foremost

Answer 5

Blues

Question 6

In most performances, players play solos they make up on the spot, requiring considerable skill. This type of music also might have lyrics but are not necessary.

Answer 6

Jazz Music

Question 7

A music evolved by black American musicians in the 19th century and played especially on the piano, characterized by a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment.

Answer 7

Ragtime

Question 8

A type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Originated during the early 1910s and dominated jazz in the early 1940s.

Answer 8

Big Band

Question 9

Consists of 4 to 6 musicians

Answer 9

Bebop

Question 10

A combination of blues, ragtime, and brass band.

Answer 10

Dixieland

Question 11

Popular music

Answer 11

Pop Music

Question 12

this type of pop music discuss topics of romance and relationships.

Answer 12

Ballad

Question 13

Any piece of pop music, which has become part of mainstream pop culture

Answer 13

Standard

Question 14

A type of pop music originating in the 1950s as a blend or rhythm and blues and country and western.

Answer 14

Rock n Roll

Question 15

Also called “Alternative Rock”, pop music style, built on distorted guitars and rooted in generational discontent, that dominated and changed rock between 1991 and 1996.

Answer 15

Alternative Music

Question 16

first appeared in the early 1970s in the clubs of New York. The most famous club was Studio 54. The first audiences were predominantly gay or black. Discotheques played vinyl records on powerful sound systems for non-stop dancing.

Answer 16

Disco

Question 17

a genre of rock music that includes a group of related styles that are intense, virtuosic, and powerful. Driven by the aggressive sounds of the distorted electric guitar, it is arguably the most commercially successful genre of rock music.

Answer 17

Heavy Metal