Music App Sem 2 Unit 1 Test Review

Which group used music for worship, work, and to ease the pain of everyday life, which would influence the development of jazz music?

• European settlers

• American plantation owners

• African American slaves

• twentieth-century composers

Which type of music told personal stories and originated from the mournful songs of field hollers to convey sorrow?

• opera

• ragtime

• blues

• swing

Which musician was one of the most significant players and composers of the ragtime era?

• Louis Armstrong

• Scott Joplin

• Dizzy Gillespie

• Duke Ellington

Which phrase best describes jazz fusion?

• an energetic and emotional style of music that developed in response to cool jazz featuring fast tempos, loud dynamics, and blues and gospel influences

• a style of jazz in which performers are freed from traditional rules and each performer contributes his or her own feelings for the music in the moment

• a style of jazz that combined traditional jazz concepts with elements of rock, R&B, or funk

• a style of jazz that combines improvisation with traditional Latin American rhythm and melodies

Which style of jazz was the last to develop?

• hard bop

• free jazz

• contemporary jazz

• jazz fusion

Which instruments make up the members of a jazz rhythm section?

• drums, bass, trumpet

• piano, bass, drums

• drums, piano, electric guitar

• drums, bass, cello

Which term describes the ability to play music spontaneously by ear?

• harmonic progression

• improvisation

• melodic progression

• ornamentation

In which type of improvisation does a singer improvise melodies using nonsense syllables?

• scat singing

• falsetto singing

• call-and-response singing

• melodic improvisation

What was the name of the hub of the music publishing industry that was named for the constant sound of many compositions being hammered out on pianos all at the same time?

• Vaudeville

• Broadway

• Tin Pan Alley

• New York City

Which artistic form combines music, lyrics, spoken dialogue, and dance to entertain and inform the audience?

• ballet

• symphony

• musical

• cantata