Music Theory
PreWW2 Music
WW2 Music
Elements of Art
Art Processes and Techniques
100
the musical term for the distance from one pitch
What is an octave?
100
The name of the program that was simultaneously broadcast on every radio station at the same time.
What is This is War!
100
This office was established in 1942 to persuade neutral countries that the US was democratic and often to persuade allies and others through friendly propaganda with the use of music
What is the Office of War Information (OWI)?
100
This is the most basic of the elements and artist use different types to convey power, tranquility, or movement.
What is line?
100
Shading, hatching, crosshatching, and stippling are terms most closely associated with this process.
What is drawing?
200
a series of successive pitches perceived by the ear to form a coherent whole.
What is a melody?
200
A vocalist with a much more sensitive singing style; a silky voice that invites you to share the most intimate confidences; Bing Crosby.
What is a crooner?
200
The number one hit based on a true story (perhaps) was used as propaganda by Kay Kyser and written by Frank Loesser. It is credited to a shipboard naval chaplain who shouted the phrase during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
200
This refers to the artist's organization of the elements of art in either two-dimensional or three-dimensional works.
What is composition?
200
This type of sculpture projects boldly from the surface or background piece from which it was carved or attached.
What is high relief?
300
The while key found in the center of the keyboard is called this.
What is middle C?
300
The Gershwins' debut song
What is Rhapsody in Blue
300
The Iowa born trombonist who established his band in 1937 and became the most popular dance band by 1939. He wrote songs like Moonlight Serenade, In the Mood, and Chattanooga Choo-Choo.
Who is Glen Miller.
300
Shading and overlapping are just a few techniques of this element of art that artists can use to create depth in their artwork.
What is perspective?
300
This construction technique places a long stone or wooden beam horizontally across upright posts.
What is post-and-lintel?
400
The set of sharps or flats at the beginning of every staff that indicates the key of the music
What is the key signature?
400
The characteristics are typical of this style of music: singer is usually male, often sings alone, accompanied by a guitar or harmonica
What are the blues?
400
The group organized to "rally the troops" and provide entertainment. Many Hollywood stars, concert artists, and performers such as Bob Hope supported this.
What is the USO?
400
This term refers to the brightness or purity of a color.
What is intensity?
400
Name the three materials that make up paint.
What are pigments, binders, and solvents?
500
This term means "very loud" and is abbreviated on the dynamics chart as ff.
What is fortissimo?
500
The musical that Hammerstein and Kern was told not to make due to interracial marriage and the daily struggles of the African Americans.
What is Showboat?
500
The musical written by Rogers & Hammerstein which included songs like Surrey With the Fringe on Top.
What is Oklahoma?
500
This term refers to the illusion of a textured surface in two-dimensional artwork.
What is visual texture?
500
This form of printmaking uses engraving or etching to cut lines into the wood or soft metal plate that eventually fill with ink that transfers the image to paper.
What is intaglio printmaking?
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