Deck 2: Folk Music

Question 1

Which one of the following is not a kind of folk song?

A) chantey
B) lullaby
C) ballad
D) anthem

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Folk music in the United States was influenced by European sources only.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Ballads are written in ___________ form.

A) through-composed
B) strophic
C) vernacular
D) hymn

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is not characteristic of folk music?

A) origin is obscure
B) difficult to perform
C) simple and unpretentious
D) enjoyed by sophisticated and inexperienced listeners

Question 5

Most ballads are attributed to known composers.

Question 6

The banjo's roots originate in which of the following areas?

A) Africa
B) England
C) Scotland
D) Ireland

Question 7

Ballad lyrics are rarely altered over time.

Question 8

Folk music brought to the United States from other countries was frequently altered to reflect New World experiences.

Question 9

Which of the following is not part of the British folk tradition?

A) lullaby
B) chanteys
C) singing games
D) field hollers

Question 10

The field holler is melodically related to jazz.

Question 11

The term broadside is associated with the musical.

Question 12

Call and response is used in numerous types of African-American music.

Question 13

"Shenandoah" is most closely connected to which of the following?

A) political ballad
B) sea chantey
C) love song
D) historical ballad

Question 14

Disasters,famous murders and other historical events are subjects frequently found in

A) broadsides
B) field hollers
C) work songs
D) spirituals

Question 15

A field holler is typically sung by multiple voices.

Question 16

While much African music is rhythmically flexible,which of the following features a steady pace?

A) field holler
B) work songs
C) broadsides
D) spirituals

Question 17

The musical abilities of slaves were sometimes advertised as a desirable commodity.

Question 18

A chantey is __________

A) a nonsense song
B) a religious song
C) a song about adventures at sea
D) a lullaby

Question 19

Africans were forcibly brought to America at about the time the Pilgrims arrived.

Question 20

Which best describes a ballad?

A) an unaccompanied British song
B) an informal dance
C) a story told in song
D) a song performed on plantations

Question 21

The "alabado" is a type of

A) Spanish folk dance
B) Spanish hymn
C) Welsh ballad
D) work song

Question 22

Which of the following is true about field hollers?

A) They were composed and set to written notation.
B) They were improvised.
C) They were performed in unison by large groups of singers.
D) They were usually accompanied by the banjo.

Question 23

Which of the following best describes the term "baile?"

A) Spanish folk dance
B) missionary hymn
C) Spanish work song
D) Welsh ballad

Question 24

A drone is _______

A) a type of African drum
B) a type of banjo
C) a long-held, constant pitch
D) a steady rhythmic pattern

Question 25

"Barbara Allen" is a

A) chantey
B) ballad
C) lullaby
D) hymn

Question 26

West African drumming is musically complex because

A) it requires the musicians to read difficult notation
B) it requires the use of the gourd banjo
C) the instruments are created out of natural materials
D) it involves multiple layers of underlying rhythms

Question 27

How is folk music impacted geographically and historically? List several genres and explain how regionalism and era impact folk music lyrics.

Question 28

"Alabados" are musically related to Roman Catholic chant in regard to

A) harmonic structure
B) rhythmic flow
C) expression of loneliness
D) secular function

Question 29

Which of the following elements of African-American music can be traced most directly to Africa?

A) melody
B) rhythm
C) lyrics
D) harmony

Question 30

The "cuttilo" is a type of

A) square dance
B) instrument
C) psalm book
D) vocal style

Question 31

Which genre evolved out of the work farms and cotton fields of the post-Civil War South?

A) blues
B) lullaby
C) chantey
D) alabado

Question 32

Ballad singers are required to

A) memorize multiple song verses
B) sing with intense emotion
C) accompany themselves on a stringed instrument
D) use movement to help express emotion

Question 33

Which of the following elements of music remains steady to facilitate work such as hammering?

A) melody
B) rhythm
C) form
D) harmony

Question 34

Music has historically allowed people to express displeasure without fear of censorship or retaliation.Beginning with the broadside,explain how this has been the case.Continue your historical tracing by thinking of other types of music that you know.Why are musicians allowed this freedom? Do you think this is the case in every country?

Question 35

The "ring shout" included a shuffling of feet because

A) it added a rhythm not possible with drums
B) dancing was forbidden at some services
C) the performance usually lacked harmony
D) dancers were required to form a ring