Music 190W Chapter 4 Quiz Name: E-mail: Which is NOT a defining characteristic of folk music? a. primarily an instrumental genre b. easily singable melodies c. often in verse or verse-refrain form d. vocal sound is informal, with personal variations in vocal sound and melody encouraged Which term defines the way people learned folk music before written collections and recordings became widely available? a. solfege b. dictation c. oral tradition What effect does this kind of learning have on the music? a. it makes it inferior to classical music b. it makes it hard to find on recordings c. it makes many versions of the same tunes and lyrics possible What are the two main cultural/ethnic branches of American folk music? a. Anglo-American and Italian-American b. Anglo-American and African-American c. Anglo-American and Irish-American Which of the following people is NOT an important folk song collector? a. Cecil Sharp b. Thomas A. Dorsey c. Francis James Child Which category of folk song soes "Barbra Allen" fit into? a. lullaby b. lyric song c. narrative ballad d. protest song Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez: all are known for singing which type of folk song? a. work songs b. game songs c. blues d. rally and protest songs Which instrument does the text identify as the "primary melodic instrument in virtually all instrumental folk dance traditions"? a. autoharp b. piano c. saxophone d. fiddle Which is NOT a defining characteristic of the blues? a. three-line poetic form, aab b. must be rural c. a feeling d. a 12-bar chord progression A song is strophic when... a. it has a different tune for each stanza of lyrics b. it uses the same tune for each stanza of lyrics What does this define: "a return to popularity of a previously existing, perhaps once popular, kind of music"? a. blues feeling b. revival c. folk song collecting Listening questions: CD 1 from the 2CD set should be in the CD-ROM drive of the Mac These excerpts from "Barbry Allen": excerpt 1 | excerpt 2 use: a. the same melody b. different melodies These excerpts from "Barbry Allen": excerpt 1 | excerpt 2 use: a. the same melody b. different melodies Listen closely for the chord pattern in this excerpt from "Bourgeois Blues." Which part of the 12-bar blues chorus does it come from? a. the first part b. the second part c. the third part This excerpt from "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" includes: a. one verse and one chorus b. one chorus only Hacker handbook questions Which sentence does NOT contain an incorrect shift in point of view? a. People who want to visit a jazz club with good atmosphere should visit The Green Mill when they go to Chicago. b. People who want to visit a jazz club with good atmosphere should visit The Green Mill when you go to Chicago. c. If you want to visit a jazz club with good atmosphere they should visit The Green Mill when he goes to Chicago. Which sentence DOES read awkardly because of a mixed construction? a. Even after playing jazz for twenty years, I still find improvisation a challenge. b. Even after playing jazz for twenty years, but I still find improvisation a challenge. c. After playing jazz for twenty years, I find improvisation a challenge. Music 190W pageThis file was last modified on 16 May 2000.
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