Roots Music
What type of roots music included church hymns, dance songs, and military marches?
Colonial music
What city is the birthplace of jazz?
New Orleans
What is speaking words to a beat called?
Rapping
What type of music used highly decorated drums, flutes, and costumes for dancers?
Native American music
What are the random vocal syllables used in jazz called?
Scat
What could "heaven" symbolize in a spiritual?
North, Africa, etc
Which of the following art form is not used in musical theatre?
1. Dancing
2. Lighting
3. Calligraphy
4. Designing
Calligraphy
What group of people was hip hop music created for/by?
a. Upper class
b. Surfers
c. City communities
d. Business men
c. City communities
What genre of music uses electric guitars, drums, and vocals to create its sound?
Rock and roll
Who made the first music in America?
The Native Americans
What is the practice where music is passed down through stories and voice called?
Oral tradition
Bluegrass songs can get their lyrics from stories and fables about made-up characters (Davy Crockett, John Henry, Paul Bunyan, etc). What are these stories called?
Folk tales
Rock and roll originally came from mostly what two genres of music?
Country and blues
What family of music was most common in colonial music?
Strings
What was the type of musical theatre with kicklines, short sketches, and beautiful chorus girls called?
Follies
What type of spiritual involved someone singing a melodic line and everyone repeating the line back to them?
Call and response
What type of jazz was created as a rebellion against the organized, relaxing sound of smooth jazz?
Bebop
What genre of music did hip hop grow from? (Maybe pointing to the ceiling will help you remember!)
Disco
What smooth jazz instrument looks like an electric keyboard but uses different sounds?
Synthesizer
Who was the father of bluegrass music?
Bill Monroe
What real-life sound did the beat of the drum symbolize in Native American music?
A heartbeat
What was the name of the very first American musical about black magic, fairies, and New Years Eve?
The Black Crook
After what war did rock and roll become popular?
World War II
What stringed bluegrass instrument is played flat on your lap?
Mountain __________
What was the name of the start of popular and rock music based in Detroit? M----n
Motown