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A set of instrumental pieces each in the character of dance
What is a Suite
100
Jamaican dance music, mixing Africa and Caribbean rhythms
What is Reggae
100
A physically strenuous style of classical dance that originated in France in the 16th Century
What is Ballet
100
Scott Joplin is best as composer for this genre
What is Ragtime
100
How is the music of India grouped?
What is in rhythm cycles
200
In normal time, or return to the preceding tempo
What is "a tempo"
200
Gradually growing slower
What is a Ritardando
200
A fixed number of beats in a series that repeats it over and over
What is a Rhythm Cycle
200
The Samba and the Tango originated in what part of the world?
What is Africa/Spain
200
What Stravinsky popular orchestral and dance work caused a riot when it was first performed?
What is the "Rite of Spring"
300
An Afro-Brazilian dance that is quite fast and jazzy
What is the Samba
300
Gradually growing faster
What is an Accelerando
300
Deliberate shifts of the accent so that it conflicts with the steady pulse and tries to upset the steady pulse
What is syncopation
300
What instrument is the most important in the Conjunto music of the Tejano people in Texas
What is the button accordian
300
What was the name of William Grant Still's famous symphony?
What is the "Afro-American" Symphony
400
The pace with which music moves
What is tempo
400
Spontaneous musical invention
What is Improvisation
400
A dance created by Texas-Americans
What is Conjunto
400
Why is improvisation considered risky?
What is because it is not prepared ahead of time, it is spontaneous
400
How many beats are in the Indian tintal?
What is 13
500
A dance in triple meter, made famous in Vienna in the late 1800s
What is the Waltz
500
The emphasis placed on a beat
What is an Accent
500
The space that music appears to carve out for itself
What is "felt" time
500
Why are ballets usually broken up into scenes?
What is to give the dancers a break. The dances are very strenuous.
500
What is the name of the white swan/princess in the first act of "Swan Lake"?
What is Odette