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Performing Arts Chapter 1 Ans Pts Dif Hard Ref Top From Polyrhythm Swing Polyrhythm Msc Factual
CHAPTER 1: Musical Orientation: Elements and Instruments MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The quality of sound that allows listeners to distinguish between a violin and a trumpet is referred to as: a. harmony b. timbre c. melody d. rhythm e. pitch 2. […]
Performing Arts Chapter 10 Ans Pts Dif Medium Ref Top Swing Bop Topsy Msc Factual Which
CHAPTER 10: Rhythm in Transition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. All of the following instruments are included in the swing rhythm section EXCEPT: a. piano b. bass c. drums d. guitar e. banjo 2. Which was NOT a typical role for a […]
Performing Arts Chapter 11 Ans Pts Dif Medium Ref Top Charlie Parker Msc Factual For Whose
CHAPTER 11: Bebop MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. All of the following are true of the shift from swing to bebop EXCEPT: a. Bebop was performed in smaller spaces. b. Bebop was more difficult for audiences to understand. c. Bebop demonstrated the […]
Performing Arts Chapter 12 They Treated Each Performance Concert Dressed Well And Expected Audiences Quiet And
CHAPTER 12: The 1950s: Cool Jazz and Hard Bop MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following is NOT the ideological schism between fans of different schools of jazz performance? a. swing fans shunning bebop as undanceable b. Dixieland fans shunning […]
Performing Arts Chapter 13 Ref Top Gil Evans Msc Factual Gil Evanss Conception The Unified Largescale
CHAPTER 13: Jazz Composition in the 1950s MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Forward-thinking jazz composers of the 1950s combined modern jazz style with all of the following traditional elements EXCEPT: a. standard jazz and pop themes b. classical chamber music forms c. […]
Performing Arts Chapter 14 Cobb Supported Evans With Soft And Sensitive Punctuations Ans Pts Dif Hard
CHAPTER 14: Modality: Miles Davis and John Coltrane MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Why is Miles Davis considered the most important figure in postwar jazz? a. He had a great capacity for change. b. He was the most vocal advocate of Civil […]
Performing Arts Chapter 15 Ans Pts Dif Medium Ref Top Unit Structures Msc Factual What Term
CHAPTER 15: The Avant-Garde MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. What is the original context of the term avant-garde? a. science b. visual art c. military d. theater e. philosophy 2. The first wave of avant-garde art was inspired by all of the […]
Performing Arts Chapter 16 Pts Dif Hard Ref Top Sarah Vaughan Msc Conceptual Who Most Likely
CHAPTER 16: Fusion I: R&B, Singers, and Latin Jazz MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In Chapter 16, the authors define “fusion” as all music situated on the boundary between jazz and: a. classical music b. world music c. popular music d. blues […]
Performing Arts Chapter 17 Billy Cobham Jaco Pastorius Wayne Shorter Ans Pts Dif Medium Ref Top
CHAPTER 17: Fusion II: Jazz, Rock, and Beyond MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Rock and roll represented a fusion of which two musical styles? a. jazz and doo wop b. black race records and rural hillbilly music c. Afro-Cuban and classical d. […]
Performing Arts Chapter 18 New York The Ans Pts Dif Medium Ref Top The Newport Jazz
CHAPTER 18: Historicism: Jazz on Jazz MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following best describes a “historicist” perspective on jazz history? a. Jazz evolves in response to contemporary pop culture. b. The music of New Orleans and the Swing Era […]
Performing Arts Chapter 19 Conceptual Carnatic Music Was Brought The Attention The American Public Through The
CHAPTER 19: Jazz Today MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. All of the following are aspects of the term “post–historical” EXCEPT: a. suggests that the current moment offers a privileged vantage point from which to view the past b. argues that the past […]
Performing Arts Chapter 2 Top Thirty two bar Popular Song Form Msc Applied Which Rhythm Section Instrument Plays
CHAPTER 2: Jazz Form and Improvisation MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Jazz concepts of form are derived from African music, where improvisation happens within: a. a precisely measured amount of clock time b. a harmonic sequence c. a rhythmic cycle d. a […]
Performing Arts Chapter 3 Dif Easy Ref Top Popular Music Minstrelsy Msc Factual What Year Did
CHAPTER 3: The Roots of Jazz MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. W. C. Handy’s initial appreciation of the blues was based on its: a. virtuosity b. connection to African traditions c. commercial appeal d. artistic merit e. high-class status 2. In “polishing” […]
Performing Arts Chapter 4 New Orleans Created The First Notated Arrangements Jazz Made The First Jazz
CHAPTER 4: New Orleans MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. New Orleans jazz primarily featured which of the following musical textures? a. monophonic—solo playing b. homophonic—solo plus accompaniment c. polyphonic—collective improvisation d. fully composed melodies and countermelodies e. placid and fluid accompanimental textures […]
Performing Arts Chapter 5 Jazz Bing Crosby And Bill Challis Msc Conceptual Which Musician Was Not
CHAPTER 5: New York in the 1920s MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which borough of New York has been the focus of American jazz culture since the 1920s? a. The Bronx b. Queens c. Manhattan d. Brooklyn e. Staten Island 2. Which […]
Performing Arts Chapter 6 New Orleans Stop Playing Jazz And Study Classical Music Leave King Olivers
CHAPTER 6: Louis Armstrong and the First Great Soloists MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. All of the following are aspects of Louis Armstrong’s legacy EXCEPT: a. transformed the social music of New Orleans into an art b. influenced popular and country performers […]
Performing Arts Chapter 7 Ans Pts Dif Easy Ref Top Swing And Dance Msc Factual What
CHAPTER 7: Swing Bands MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which historical event coincided with the beginning of the Swing Era? a. the stock market crash of 1929 b. the armistice marking the end of World War I c. the publication of Einstein’s […]
Performing Arts Chapter 8 Except Expanding From Nine Musicians Fifteen Improving The Bands Musical Consistency Learning
CHAPTER 8: Count Basie and Duke Ellington MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which state is not part of “The Southwest” as described in the jazz parlance of the 1930s? a. Texas b. Arizona c. Oklahoma d. Missouri e. Louisiana 2. All of […]
Performing Arts Chapter 9 Not Describe Lester Youngs Early Musical Experiences Played Several Instruments Family Band
CHAPTER 9: A World of Soloists MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. What was the main impetus for star soloists of the Swing Era to develop strikingly distinct individual approaches to timbre, melody, and rhythm? a. Poor recording fidelity meant that subtle stylistic […]