Early Influences
True or False: American Music is highly influenced by the music and cultures of places that had already existed for thousands of years, including Natives, Mexicans, Africans, and Europeans.
True
True or False: Jazz music is often described with the metaphor of gumbo - a rich stew with lots of different ingredients.
True.
True or false: Jazz is not just a type of music but the way to play any piece of music.
True.
True or False: Gospel music is rooted in Spirituals, the Blues, and Jazz, with religious meaning and an emphasis on the vocals.
True
The primary influence from Native music out of the following characteristics is:
1. the backbeat
2. brass
3. 4/4 drum beat
3. 4/4 drum beat
Which is these does not fit the definition of folk music:
a. songs about love/love of homeland
b. easy to carry instruments
c. formal training required to play
c. formal training required to play
_______________ is the American city considered to be the birthplace of jazz.
New Orleans
1. Amazing Grace
2. Wade in the Water
3. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
1. Amazing Grace
The primary influence from Mexican music out of the following characteristics is:
1. the backbeat
2. brass
3. 4/4 drum beat
2. brass
Which of the following apply to the definition of Spirituals (choose all that apply)
a. religious text
b. 4/4 beat
c. coded language
d. rooted in slavery
a., c. and d.
_______________ was born in England, classically trained, traveled to the U.S. and set many Spirituals to music.
Samuel Coleridge Taylor
One of the most famous Gospel and Soul singers of all time, her renditions of famous gospel songs, like Amazing Grace, have earned her international acclaim.
Aretha Franklin
The primary influence from African music out of the following characteristics is:
1. the backbeat
2. brass
3. 4/4 drum beat
1. the backbeat
The __________ genre developed from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, and chants.
blues
_________________ was the first African American band leader to lead a black orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
James Reece Europe.
This modern form of the gospel genre incorporates rock as well as country music, inspired by groups like Jars of Clay.
Contemporary Christian Music
The primary influence from European music out of the following characteristics is:
1. the score
2. call and response
3. wailing
1. the score
The __________ genre has puritan roots, involves a group of singers, and the score.
choral
_________________ is the father of Ragtime music - fast, virtuosic piano music that incorporates jazz, swing, and the blues. This genre was also the soundtrack for silent film.
Scott Joplin
This gospel musician became well-known during the Civil War.
George F. Root.