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100

Because people in the United States come from all different parts of the globe, American music represents many ______________.

cultures

100

Different types of music have different characteristics. Another name for musical characteristics is _______________.

Musical styles

100

Rock, heavy metal, top 40, rap and reggae are type of __________.

popular music

100

__________ was the birthplace of jazz.

New Orleans

100
Name a composter from the Classical period of music.

Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Schubert

200

Composers in the Classical period were inspired by the simple, uncluttered architecture of ________ ________.

Ancient Greece

200

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has won Grammies for both ____________ and __________ styles of music.

Jazz and Classical

200

The ______________, invented by Thomas Edison, made music more accessible to everyone. 

Phonograph

200

Several common elements can be found in music from all over the world. Name one of these elements. 

Melody, timbre, rhythm

200

We do not know much about ancient music, because it was not _________ or __________.

written down or recorded

300

African __________ expressed brotherhood, pride, and tribal unity. They were often prohibited by colonial rulers. 

Lali

300

The blending of Spanish, Indian, and African cultures in Mexico is known by the Spanish term _______.

Mestizo
300

"La Bamba" is sones jarochos, or traditional song from the state of ________, in Mexico. 

Veracruz

300

The requinto jarocho, jarana guitarron, and vihuela are types of ______ used in Mexican music. 

guitars or instruments

300

In ____________, singers are accompanied by different types of stringed instruments or flutes. 

Peking opera

400

Two external characteristics of music are ________ and ________. 

Origin, use.

400

Which elements  of Peking and Western Opera are similar?

Both act out stories using singing with accompaniment

400

Which elements of Peking and Western opera are different?

Peking opera adds other elements such as acrobatics, martial arts, and uses different kinds of instruments. There are also different singing styles. Chest vs nasal cavity.

400

The phonograph revolutionized the way people listen to music. What are other inventions that have dramatically changed people's lives. 

Automobile, Telephone, Computer.... be able to explain why. 

400

Compare American traditions to the warrior dances of Africa.

Parades, playing team sports 

500

What are the rhythmic differences between " La Bamba" and "La Negra?"

"La Bamba is in a feeling of four. "La Negra" alternates between a feeling of two and of three.

500


Franz Joseph Haydn

500

Who is this Musician and what types of music did they perform? 

Wynton Marsalis, Jazz and Classical

500

Name three jazz artists. 

Wynton Marsalis, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett

500

Name a title of a piece of classical music.

Bach: Suite No. 1 in G major for unaccompanied cello

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor

Bizet: Carmen

Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring

Etc....