Deck 6: Music

Question 1

The ordered progression of tone frequencies from low to high is a

A) melody.
B) scale.
C) harmony.
D) rhythm.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

If a musical work uses syncopation as a dominant feature, that work is like to be an example of

A) avant-garde.
B) symphony.
C) blues.
D) ragtime.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Performers' singing lines that charmingly confess hidden, irresponsible rogue selves are singing a(n)

A) narrative song.
B) protest song.
C) scoundrel song.
D) accumulation song.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Two melodic lines playing against each other are found in

A) a fugue.
B) a symphony.
C) ragtime.
D) an art song.

Question 5

The composer did the most to elevate jazz into a serious art, bridging concert hall and jazz club, was

A) Miles Davis.
B) Duke Ellington.
C) Charlie Parker.
D) Louis Armstrong.

Question 6

The composer John Cage is known for his innovative use of

A) melody.
B) rhythm.
C) silence.
D) atonality.

Question 7

In the mid-20^th century, the music that became associated with political protest and social justice was

A) rock and roll.
B) folk music.
C) jazz.
D) blues.

Question 8

The type of music most likely to be played by two violins, one viola, and one cello is

A) chamber music.
B) jazz music.
C) folk music.
D) orchestral music.

Question 9

The composer known for his use of fugues and improvisation is

A) Beethoven.
B) Mozart.
C) John Cage.
D) Bach.

Question 10

A concert filled with half-sung, half-spoken music that features rapid-fire rhyming is most likely a performance of

A) rap music.
B) blues music.
C) jazz music.
D) avant-garde music.

Question 11

The musical genre that fuses gospel, country/western, rap, and rhythm and blues music is

A) jazz.
B) art song.
C) avant-garde.
D) rock and roll.

Question 12

If a work features atonality, it is likely to be

A) avant-garde.
B) ragtime.
C) symphony.
D) blues.

Question 13

The musical act that advanced rock and roll by using complex and sophisticated harmonies is known as

A) Bob Dylan.
B) the Beatles.
C) Chuck Berry.
D) Elvis Presley.

Question 14

A musician rehearsing a piece using a pentatonic scale is probably playing

A) avant-garde music.
B) traditional Asian music.
C) medieval monastic music.
D) Western symphony orchestra music.

Question 15

An arrangement or pattern of tones within a musical piece is a

A) melody.
B) scale.
C) rhythm.
D) harmony.

Question 16

This avant-garde composer's ballet The Rite of Spring provoked a riot:

A) Igor Stravinsky
B) John Cage
C) Arnold Schoenberg
D) Philip Glass

Question 17

Which composer was innovative in improvisational bebop but moved on to the more disciplined music of cool jazz?

A) Miles Davis
B) Duke Ellington
C) George Gershwin
D) Charlie Parker

Question 18

The figure who is considered the "true father of rock" is

A) Little Richard.
B) Elvis Presley.
C) John Lennon.
D) Mick Jagger.

Question 19

Spirituals, jazz, blues, and ragtime all own their origins to the

A) liberal use of expressively lowered tones.
B) desire to find comfort in the Christian God.
C) difficulties facing African-Americans in the 19^th and 20^th centuries.
D) discovery of syncopation as a dominant force in music.

Question 20

The organization of sound into patterns of time is

A) scale.
B) harmony.
C) rhythm.
D) melody.

Question 21

Using examples from discussion of folk music, describe how folk music may be described as a validation of the experiences of common people. Choose two examples from anonymous folk music or the works of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and others. Describe how both examples of folk music validate common experience in terms of musical ability, the tragedy of poverty and hard work, political protest and social justice, and/or other experiences. You may supplement the chapter's discussion with lyrics to these folk songs.
I. Choose two examples from the chapter's discussion of folk music from "We Shall Overcome", "John Henry", "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll", "Joe Hill", accumulation or narrative songs, spirituals
II. Explain what particular folk experience each song is validating
III. Choose details from both songs that support and help explain the folk experience

Question 22

Choose a song or musical piece you admire and analyze which elements (tone, rhythm, melody, harmony, silence, etc.) of it are most appealing and why.
I. Identify an admired song.
II. Discuss elements of the song that make it strong.

Question 23

What is the difference between a chromatic scale and a diatonic scale?

Question 24

What is ragtime?

Question 25

What is counterpoint?

Question 26

Rock and roll is the most pervasive musical phenomenon of our time. Using three examples, describe what you believe accounts for the longevity of rock and roll's appeal.
I. Identify rock and roll's appeal.
II. Introduce three examples from the chapter.
III. Explain the three examples in terms of their long-lasting appeal.

Question 27

Considering the discussion of musical genres of the spiritual, ragtime, jazz, and the blues, describe how the content of such musical forms relates to the historical circumstances out of which they developed.
I. Analyze and identity the function these four types of music.
II. Connect the content of the music to their historical circumstances of slavery and oppression of African-Americans.

Question 28

Considering the discussion of the avant-garde work of Stravinsky, Cage, and Schoenberg, describe what features of symphony and art songs these artists are responding to when they creatively redesign music.
I. Identify features of avant-garde music for each author.
II. Analyze how these features differ from symphony.

Question 29

Why is Irving Berlin important to music?

Question 30

Describe syncopation and name two songs that include it.