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Mus505 Exam Questions and Answers Completely Solved Streams of Traditional:Sources of Popular Music - 1)European American Stream 2)African American 3)Latin Music European Stream - a)British Ballads (Barbara Allen) b)Broadsides c)Pleasure Gardens( public performance) d)English Ballads Opera (Composed music and Ballads) e)Italian Opera f)Dance Music (Square Dancing) g)European Folk Music (Immigrants) h)Religious Music African American Stream - a)Call and Response (Voice calls and...

MUS 354 Jazz Elements Question and answers 100% correct MUS 354 Jazz Elements Beat - correct answer The pulse of the music (what you dance to) Tempo - correct answer The rate of the beat Meter - correct answer The organization of the beats (organized into groups of 2 or 4 -duple meter, 3 -triple meter) Measure - correct answer one unit of the meter Rhythm - correct answer the organization of sounds in time Syncopation - correct answer the emphasis of unexpected bea...

Music Appreciation Tests Questions and Answers 100% Correct. Part 1 Quiz 1. When did music for solo piano become common? ● Second half of the 18 th century ● Early 21st century ● Late 15th century ● Middle of the 8th century 2. Which statement about Britten's The Young Person's Guide the Orchestra is true? ● Britten borrowed his theme from an earlier famous British composer: Handel ● Several different instrument groups repeat the exact same notes and rhythms to express ...

BLST Midterm Study Guide Questions with solutions 2023 Captains brought instruments on the slave ships during the Middle Passage True A large category of songs sung by slaves are called work songs Polyrhythm originates in sub-Saharan African music Movement (dance) is intrinsic to the concept of African music true African instruments were played in the American colonies throughout the 18th century. true Repetition is a central feature of both African and A...

Music Appreciation Tests Questions With Correct Answers Latest . Which statement about Britten's The Young Person's Guide the Orchestra is true? ● Britten borrowed his theme from an earlier famous British composer: Handel ● Several different instrument groups repeat the exact same notes and rhythms to express differences in timbre ● The piece was composed just as WWII was ending ● It was originally composed for use in a radio broadcast on the BBC 3. The art of fitting one line ...

Music correct answers Organized sound: Repetition, variation, contrast Art Music correct answers Music intended for careful attention to its sounds and expressive qualities. Rhythm correct answers The flow of music in terms of time Beat correct answers The basic pulse that recurs regularly in music Accent correct answers The emphasis placed on a note, usually by playing it louder Meter correct answers The pattern of stressed and unstressed beats Polyrhythm correct answers Two o...

BLST-111 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADE A+ This musical parameter is the heart of African and African American music Rhythm African American music is purely build on rhythm at the expense of negating the emotions of its audience (T/F) False Call-response structure is missing from some African American musical genres (T/F) False Movement (dance) is intrinsic to the concept of African music (T/F) True In Africa music was functional within a communal experience ...

chord correct answers simultaneous sounding of three or more pitches disjunct correct answers melodies that move in larger, disconnected intervals with many leaps rhythm correct answers length or duration of individual notes; what moves music forward in time countermelody correct answers an added melody sounding against another melody oral transmission correct answers preservation of music without the aid of written notation cadence correct answers a resting place in a musical sen...

What musical device is heard at the beginning of the excerpt - ANS Accelerando Who is the composer - ANS Aaron Copland The excerpt consist of the first two phrases of a composition for piano. How are the two phrases related - ANS The second phrase provides material that contrasts with the first phrase The style of the excerpt indicates that it was composed during which of the following time periods - ANS What is the style - ANS Bebop W...

Monophonic - correct answer One sound playing at a time. One melody without accompaniment. Homophonic - correct answer When a melody is accompanied by other parts. Ex: 4 part hymn. Polyphonic - correct answer When 2 or more melodies are sounding at the same time. Rhythm - correct answer How long musical events last (duration). # of beats is used to establish tempo. Tempo - correct answer Speed of beats. 1. Slow- Lento, Adagio, Andante (Very slow, leisurely slow ("walking") 2...