Study Material

Question 1

The category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter is a ___

Answer 1

Genre

Question 2

A group of four notes (with the Whole Step, Whole Step, Half Step Pattern) is a ___

Answer 2

Tetrachord

Question 3

A popular genre, generally African-American that evolved as a popular, upbeat mix of jazz and blues

Answer 3

Rhythm and Blues

Question 4

What is the nickname for Rhythm and Blues

Answer 4

R&B

Question 5

This is also known as the period from 1910 to 1970 millions of African Americans tried to escape the racism and Jim Crow laws of the South by moving to northern cities

Answer 5

The Great Migration

Question 7

Religious content songs with African musical elements

Answer 7

Spirituals

Question 8

forte

Answer 8

loud

Question 9

mezzo forte

Answer 9

medium loud

Question 10

piano

Answer 10

soft

Question 11

mezzo piano

Answer 11

medium/moderately soft

Question 12

Diminuendo/Decresendo

Answer 12

Gradually getting softer

Question 13

Accelerando

Answer 13

tempo gradually gets faster

Question 14

ritardando

Answer 14

Tempo gradually gets slower

Question 15

Transcription

Answer 15

The process of notating musical performance

Question 16

Notated or written, compositions for piano in four sections associated with scott joplin and his contemporaries

Answer 16

classical ragtime

Question 17

informal competition among musicians intended to identify the greatest creativity and skill

Answer 17

Cutting contest

Question 18

A genre of musical composition for the piano generally in duple meter and containing a highly syncopated treble lead over a rhythmically steady bass

Answer 18

ragtime

Question 19

where did the blues start?

Answer 19

the deep south (mainly Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi)

Question 20

what is the form/progression for most blues songs?

Answer 20

12-bar blues (or) three chords based on the first (written as I), fourth (IV), and fifth (V) notes of an eight-note scale

Question 21

what is the famous american hymn that was derived from slaves in the middle passage?

Answer 21

Amazing Grace

Question 22

what is the definition of form in music

Answer 22

the structure of a musical composition or performance

Question 23

what musical scale did the Africans bring to the new world (united states) during the slave trade?

Answer 23

pentatonic scales

Question 24

what the formula for the minor blues using the number system

Answer 24

1 – ♭3 – 4 – ♭5 – 5 – ♭7

Question 25

what is timbre in music

Answer 25

the perceived sound quality of a musical note, sound or tone