Jazz
Jazz is a genre of music originated (started) by what group of Americans?
African Americans.
Name 2 similarities between Blues Music and Jazz Music.
Started by African Americans; similar instrumentation; used call and response, and/or included improvisation.
A string quartet is traditionally composed for one cello, one viola, and two of which instrument?
Violin.
Name ALL the major instruments used in the Rock & Roll genre. (HINT: There are 5...)
Guitar, Drums, Bass, Vocals, and Piano.
Country music started in what country?
The United States of America.
What does improvisation in music mean?
Making/coming up with solo music on the spot.
True or False: Blues Music featured sad lyrics, slow tempos, and often talked about "feeling blue".
True.
J.S. Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven were both born in what country?
Germany.
Rock and Roll originiated (started) in what decade?
The 1950s.
Name at least 1 of the 2 cities in Tennessee that are considered to be the birthplace of country music.
Nashville and/or Bristol.
What is call and response in music?
This is when a leader plays something and the rest of the band echoes it!
What happened in America during the 1930s right after the Jazz Age?
The Great Depression.
True or false: The person who waives the baton in front of a Chorus, Band, or Orchestra is referred to as the composer.
False: The conductor.
Who was the first major Rock and Roll artist?
Chuck Berry.
Name at least 3 themes that are present in many country songs.
Love, heartbreak, dancing, religion, the South, American Patriotism, reflection on the past (nostalgia), and/or relating to the everyday man.
The 1920s is also known as what?
The Jazz Age.
Slave Songs.
Classical music is typically thought of as music written before what century?
This artist is considered to be the best-selling solo artist of all time.
Elvis Presley.
What country artist wrote Take Me Home, Country Roads?
John Denver.
John Coltrane and Charlie Parker are to saxophone, as Keith Jarrett and Thelonious Monk are to what instrument?
Piano.
Who was considered the King of Blues?
B.B. King.
Classical music is split into how many major eras?
6.
The band Queen invented what sub-genre of Rock & Roll?
Arena Rock.
Who is considered to be the King of Country?
George Strait.