Review 1
What genre of music is Bob Marley most known for?
Raggae
What is the most popular meter or groups of beats in measures of music?
4/4 time or groups of 4
Who is the famous Latin percussionist that plays drums and polyrhythms?
Tito Puente
What is the type of music called that starts one direction and then goes backwards?
Retrograde
Who wrote the melody for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or ABC's or Bad Bad Blacksheep?
Mozart
What element of music is syncopation attached to?
Rhythm
What style of music has irregular or off beat rhythms?
Jazz
What is it called when two different pitches are performed at the same time?
Harmony
What styles of making music uses a special number of notes in a special order and note repeated?
12 tone music
What style of performance is the famous Madama Butterfly?
opera
What is the first note in a G Major scale?
G
How many parts is a rhythm using compound meter divided into?
3 parts
What is it called when two or more performers performer a song with the same lyrics and pitches but start and end at different times?
Canon
What kind of music does not have a key or home center tone?
atonal music
What Broadway musical told a story about two city gangs called the Jets and Sharks from the upper west side in New York City?
West Side Story
Who is the king of Rock and Roll?
Elvis Presley
What is the name of the famous Broadway musical with the song "Memory?"
Cats
What is monophonic, polyphonic, and homophonic referring to in music?
Textures
What is the earliest of the periods of western music?
Renaissance
What instrument is popular in India?
Sitar
What is the lowest pitch in a three note chord called?
Root
What is it called when you perform two contrasting rhythm patterns at the same time?
Polyrhythm
What famous song it Handel compose that is still popular today from the Baroque period?
Hallelujah Chorus
What is the famous first movement of The Four Seasons by Vivaldi called?
Spring
What is the name of the famous Japanese drama performances that have drums and strings in the background and white painted faces of dancers?
Kabuki