Music in the 1940s

Music in the 1940s

12th Grade

10 Qs

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Music in the 1940s

Music in the 1940s

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12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which musical genre marked the transition from string-bands to dancehall orchestras in the 1940s?

Bluegrass

Western Swing

Jazz

Bebop

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who introduced the electric guitar, more horns, and drums in country music during the 1940s?

Flatt and Scruggs

Hank Williams

Grandpa Jones

Minnie Pearl

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which famous country music songwriter, who could never read or write music, became popular in the 1940s?

Hank Williams

Grandpa Jones

Minnie Pearl

Stringbean

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was known for keeping country gospel alive and performing at the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s?

Hank Williams

Grandpa Jones

Minnie Pearl

Stringbean

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which jazz musicians experimented with melodic and harmonic dissonance in the 1940s?

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald

Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker

Miles Davis and Duke Ellington

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was known for keeping country gospel alive and performing at the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s?

Hank Williams

Grandpa Jones

Minnie Pearl

Stringbean

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which famous country music songwriter, who could never read or write music, became popular in the 1940s?

Hank Williams

Grandpa Jones

Minnie Pearl

Stringbean

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