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Exam 1 written & listening (ch 1-4) (90

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Question 13 pts
From 1999 to 2009, what drastic shift changed the music industry?
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Widely available Internet-based recording technology rendered the

"recording studio" obsolete.

Hip-hop music began to explore overtly political themes.

Internet-based digital sales technologies, such as Apple's online

iTunes store.

The Seattle-based "grunge" movement became popular, replacing punk

and metal.
 
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Question 23 pts
What is "critical listening?"
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Searching lyrics for objectionable content for purposes of censorship

Listening to the several "tracks" that make up a recording and
deciding how to balance their volume and distribution, an essential
skill for studio personnel

Consciously seeking meaning in music by drawing on knowledge about

both musical and historical elements

Developing language to discuss why certain music is of no interest to

you
 
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Question 33 pts
If a piece of music contains several verses that tell a story sung to
repeating musical material, it would best be described as what?
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A strophic ballad

A broadside chorus

A strophic spiritual

An operatic aria
 
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Question 43 pts
"Timbre" is used to describe the quality or "tone color' of a given
sound.
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True

False
 
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Question 53 pts
John Philip Sousa was famous for composing what type of ensemble?
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Barbershop quartet

Dance orchestra

Brass band

Tin Pan Alley trio

 
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Question 63 pts
Which of the following is the best description of vaudeville?
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A formal performance that featured patriotic songs and marches,

usually given in town halls or other civic centers.

Popular theatrical form in which a series of performers presented one

after another without an overarching narrative theme.

Miniature operas performed in saloons, often with politicized or

satirical messages.

The first type of music specifically intended for studio recording, with
few (if any) live performances given.
 
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Question 73 pts
In most performances of early "minstrel shows," the performers were
exclusively white.
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True
False
 
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Question 83 pts
Tin Pan Alley was technically a stretch of a street in the heart of the
19th-century music publishing industry: Nashville, Tennessee.
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True

False
 
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Question 95 pts
Match the composer/songwriter to the genre for which they were well
known.
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Ragtime 
                                                                     
[ Choose ]

American popular songs 

                                                                     
[ Choose ]

Tin Pan Alley 

                                                                     
[ Choose ]

Minstrelsy 
                                                                     
[ Choose ]

March 
                                                                     
[ Choose ]

 
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Question 103 pts
What new form of singing arose specifically because of the availability
of electric microphones?
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Scat

Doo-wop

Crooning

Belting
 
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Question 113 pts
Which musician studied in this chapter famously said, "Ain't no sense
in playing a hundred notes if one will do"?
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Fitzgerald

Europe

Armstrong

Whiteman
 
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Question 123 pts
The term rumba refers to a repeated rhythmic pattern used in Latin
American music.
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True

False
 
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Question 133 pts
Louis Armstrong's final hit record broke the top 40 in 1988, several
years after the musical legend's death.
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True

False
 
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Question 143 pts
The advent of the "revue," which featured sequences of skits, songs,
and dances, were an obvious post?World War I successor to
vaudeville.
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True

False
 
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Question 153 pts
Consider the following statement and choose the best response:
"Irving Berlin, born into extreme poverty among the Russian Jews who
fled an anti-Jewish pogrom in 1892, was first brought widespread
acclaim by the song 'Blue Skies.'"
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The statement is true.

The statement is false because Berlin was born to second-generation

American parents of German descent.

The statement is false because Berlin's family was quite well-to-do.

The statement is false because "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was
Berlin's first hit.
 
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Question 163 pts
What is a key difference between recordings of Al Jolson and Bing
Crosby?
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The former never used guitars, which became the focal point of
popular music in the late 1920s.

The vocal style known as "crooning" made recordings by Crosby feel

much more intimate than those by Jolson.

The latter never focused on romantic love, which was typical of his
more politically conscious generation.

Crosby's recordings were all cut in single "takes," while Jolson's were
pieced together from multiple smaller mini-recordings.
 
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Question 173 pts
What show by Kern and Hammerstein was the first Broadway show to
seriously address racial issues?
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The Color Purple

Hair

Show Boat

Oklahoma!
 
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Question 185 pts
Listen to the excerpt from Jean Ritchie’s rendition of “Barbara Allen.”
Which statement about this recording is NOT true?
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Ms. Ritchie sings the entire piece ‘a capella,’ or without

accompaniment.

Many of the non-standard pronunciations, such as “Bar-bry” for the

title character’s name, are drawn from Ms. Ritchie’s native Kentucky
dialect.

Ms. Ritchie uses subtle melodic embellishments typical of Appalachian

folk song throughout the piece.

Unlike the original version of the song, Ms. Ritchie’s rendition has a
happy ending.
 
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Question 196 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “Long John” by Lightning Washington.
Which statement about this piece is NOT true?
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The percussive sound in the background is the convicts chopping

lumber.

This song makes use of biblical images of suffering as media for

criticizing an oppressive system based on racial discrimination.

This song is about an historic character who embarked on the

Underground Railroad.

This piece makes extensive use of the “call and response” technique.
 
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Question 206 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “Tiger Rag” by the Original Dixieland Jazz
Band. What musical ‘trick’ is exemplified in this excerpt?

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Rubato

Monophony

Stop-time

Subito piano
 
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Question 216 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “East St. Louis Toodle-oo” by Duke Ellington
& His Washingtonians. How did featured trumpeter James Miley
produce the sound evidenced in this selection?
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By combining two types of mutes and creating a deep growl in his

throat

By playing the mouthpiece of his trumpet by itself

By using a mute combined with a specialized trombone valve attached

to his instrument

By singing into his trumpet

 
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Question 226 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “West End Blues” by Louis Armstrong and
His Hot Five. What is the term for the interplay between the clarinet
and Armstrong’s voice in this section?
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Call and response

Montuno

Sturm und drang

Stride improv
 
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Question 236 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “Ain’t Misbehavin’” by Louis Armstrong and
His Orchestra. What is the term for the vocal technique Armstrong
uses here?
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Semivibrato

Melisma

Scat

Crooning
 
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Question 246 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “My Blue Heaven” by George Whiting. How
does Gene Austin signal the conclusion of the piece?
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By whistling the final iteration of the chorus.

By concluding the final phrase with an upward melodic motion, instead
of downward as elsewhere in the song.

With an extended drum solo.

By playing a series of diminished arpeggios on the piano.

 
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Question 256 pts
Listen to the excerpt from “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair” by
Stephen Foster. What about this melody hints at the influence of Irish
folk music?
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It moves largely largely in “step-by-step,” or “conjunct,” motion.

It is highly syncopated.

It modulates frequently.

It skips around suddenly within a wide vocal range.

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