Art & Culture - Music; Helping Quiz 10

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In call-and response music, a leader sings out a phrase and a group of singers answers them.

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The name "ragtime" was inspired by the genre's "ragged" or syncopated rhythms, usually performed by a pianist or banjo player.

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What Mississippi country blues singer and guitarist only recorded 29 songs, but is considered one of the most important blues musicians of all time?

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The blues style that is known for powerful and gutsy vocal styles, in order to be heard over an accompanying jazz band, is known as

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The term "rhythm section" refers to the instruments in a band that keep the beat and play the chords.

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The main music form used in the blues is called

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The style of swing bass playing in which the player moves form note to note by playing a new note on every beat, and occasionally between the beats, is knows as

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What types of scales did "blue notes" likely originate from?

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Describe the instrumentation of a typical urban blues ensemble.

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Which of the following establishes and protects the ownership of a song, allowing the owner to receive payment and control distribution?

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A solo work song in which the singer laments their assigned tasks is known as a

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What are often used by blues guitar players to slide from note to note on the higher sounding strings while playing individual notes on the lower sounding strings?

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In the blues, the lowered 3rd and 7th notes in the scale are known as

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What technique did singers use while performing on television to make sure the music sounded as good as their recordings?

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The earliest-known blues styles referred to as

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What term refers double meanings in a text?

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The smoother, gentler style of singing which developed as the result of singers being able to use microphones to amplify their voices is known as

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The type of songs sung during slave work were called

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When a leader sings a phrase that it copied by a group immediately afterwards, it is called

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What is the term used to refer to oral poets in many parts of Africa (such as Sierra Leone)?

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When a musician decides what to play while they are playing it, it is known as

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In what way did swing band music differed from previous jazz styles?

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In the 19th century, all of the following types of songs were sung by African-American slaves except

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The famous Charleston style of jazz dancing emerged during

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The ability to record sounds over previously recorded sounds, with the end result in thicker sounds and echo effects, is called

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Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard were members of which Southern rock band?

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Write a brief listening guide for "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters.

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Which of the following instruments is not considered part of the "rhythm section?"

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Which best describes classic blues music?

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