Colonial Music
Spirituals
Ragtime
Folk Music
Patriotic Music & Marching Band
100
What year did America become a country?
1776
100
What song focused on a chariot?
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
100
Who is the most important name connected to ragtime?
Scott Joplin.
100
Who wrote folk songs?
We don't always know.
100
Who is the biggest name associated with marches?
John Phillips Sousa
200
What did he stick "in his hat" and call "macaroni?"
A feather.
200
Who sang spirituals primarily?
Enslaved people, specifically African Americans.
200
What was the main instrument used in Ragtime?
The piano.
200
Name the three instruments we saw in class.
Accordion, Harmonica, and Fiddle
200
During which war was the Star Spangled Banner penned?
The War of 1812.
300
What century (or centuries) was colonial music from?
The 1700s (and earlier).
300
What spiritual did we review on guitar?
Amazing Grace.
300
Name one piece of Ragtime music.
Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer, Elite Syncopations, Rootbeer Rag....
300
What are folk songs about?
Work, love, war, peace, travel and many other various topics.
300
What are the two most common types of marching band performances today?
Street and field.
400
This is a word the British used to mean "foolish person."
A "doodle."
400
What was the name of the spiritual we played on the Orff keyboards?
Chatter with the Angels.
400
What was the word we discussed that had to do with the emphasis of the beat falling on an off beat?
Syncopation.
400
Name two folk songs.
There is a long list.
400
What is the name of the Patriotic song played to announce the arrival of the President?
Hail to the Chief.
500
What was the name of the shaker song we played on hand chimes?
Simple Gifts.
500
Who enacted the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
500
What movie repopularized Ragtime music?
The Sting
500
How were folk songs passed down? (One word answer is possible.)
Generationally.
500
What was the earliest type of marching band we discussed?
Drum and fife corps. Or drum and bugle corps.
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