Composers
What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
Trumpet
What does A Cappella mean?
Singing without instrumental accompaniment.
Which is a jazzy dance in which couples swing, balance, and twirl?
Contralto
A low female voice
Who are the Blue Man Group?
A mute, blue-painted group that performs with PVC pipes to create music in their shows.
Who wrote "Appalachian Spring?”
Aaron Copland
What is traditional music?
Informal music that develops within and is strongly associated with a cultural group or region.
A rhythmic Latin American dance with the basic pattern of three steps and a shuffle.
Cha-Cha
Hook
The motive or “grabber” phrase in a song that often accompanies the words of the song’s title.
Name two artists that performed at Live Aid.
Queen, U2, David Bowie, Elton John, The Who, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Phil Collins, Black Sabbath, Duran Duran, Sting, Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Tina Turner, and Led Zeppelin.
Who wrote Symphony No. 7?
Ludwig van Beethoven
What year did Jazz emerge?
1917
A type of ballroom dance that originated in Cuba.
Mambo
Scale
A sequence of tones arranged in rising pitches.
Who was the founder of Motown?
Berry Gordy
Who wrote the Rite of Spring?
Stravinskey
Who uses claves in much of their music?
West African drumming and Latin Jazz
What is the name of an African-Brazilian dance?
Samba
Rubato
The free treatment of tempo within a musical phrase.
Name three different criteria when critiquing music.
Timbre, expression, technique, presentation, or impact.
Who was the late 20th century composer who promoted the African American gospel tradition?
Moses George Hogan
Which type of music is based on its reliance on improvisation and rhythmic urgency?
Jazz
The dance music of Cuba became popular in American cities during the..?
1940s & 1950s
Meter
The aural aspect of music in which a certain number of beats are grouped together.
What is the sequence of a major scale?
WWHWWWHW