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African American Music
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Subjects
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performing-arts
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music
Instructions:
Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Form of vocal improvisation on nonsense syllables
Polyrhythmic
Egungun Dancer
Scat
Choreography
2. The art of planning dance
Clave
Break
Choreography
B.B. King
3. Rebirth of African-American culture
'Strange Fruit'
Three Things All Dance Involves
Harlem Renaissance
Lindy Hop
4. Brightly colored woven fabric originally worn by Ashante kings
Form
Jazz
Polyrhythmic
Kente Cloth
5. One of the most famous female blues singers; first black woman to work with a white orchestra
Clave
Duke Ellington
Beat
Billie Holliday
6. Juxtaposing two or more different rhythms
Count Basie
Polyrhythmic
Beat
B.B. King
7. An istrument that derives its sound by being shaken or struck.
Kente Cloth
Ragtime
Percussion
Billie Holliday
8. A complex and sophisticated type of improvisation jazz
Bebop (bop)
Fusion
Dixieland Jazz
Clave
9. Black dance; once America's national dance
Ostinato
Three Things All Dance Involves
Lindy Hop
Kente Cloth
10. Most prolific American composer (Big Band)
Polyrhythmic
Scat
Duke Ellington
The Blues
11. Deliberate shifts of accent so that it conflicts with a steady beat
Count Basie
Percussion
Savoy Ballroom
Syncopation
12. 'Father of the Blues'
B.B. King
Count Basie
Form
W.C. Handy
13. A larger jazz band characterized by ensemble and solo improvisation
Scott Jplin
Big Band
B.B. King
Choreography
14. Space - time - and force
Break
Scat
Three Things All Dance Involves
Scott Jplin
15. And easy-listening type of jazz
Louis Armstrong
Smooth Jazz
Break
Ostinato
16. A musical form distinguished by its reliance on improvisation and its rhythmic urgency; America's gift to the world
Harlem Renaissance
Benny Goodman
Billie Holliday
Jazz
17. An African American music that often expresses sadness - longing - or frustration
'Strange Fruit'
Bebop (bop)
Lindy Hop
The Blues
18. A spirit dancer
Lindy Hop
Harlem Renaissance
Egungun Dancer
Kente Cloth
19. Combination of jazz and rock
Three Things All Dance Involves
Choreography
Fusion
Polyrhythmic
20. Basic rhytmic pattern that forms the foundation for complex rhythms played by multiple drums.
Clave
Form
Louis Armstrong
Break
21. A steady - recurring pulse
Beat
Choreography
Three Things All Dance Involves
Kente Cloth
22. 'King of Swing'
Egungun Dancer
Harlem Renaissance
Benny Goodman
Scat
23. Jazz played by small band and characterized by ensemble and solo improvisation
Dixieland Jazz
Percussion
Lindy Hop
Bebop (bop)
24. Developed ragtime music
Savoy Ballroom
Smooth Jazz
Syncopation
Scott Jplin
25. Ballroom that both whites
Drum Censorship
Savoy Ballroom
Scott Jplin
Big Band
26. A measure or two where nobody plays except for the soloist.
Ostinato
Form
Drum Censorship
Break
27. A type of spontaneous musical invention
Improvisation
W.C. Handy
Drum Censorship
Egungun Dancer
28. First recorded anti-racial song; recorded by Billie Holliday
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29. If dancer messes up - then the drums stop
Smooth Jazz
Benny Goodman
Drum Censorship
Scat
30. One of America's most famous jazz musicians
Benny Goodman
Form
Louis Armstrong
Bebop (bop)
31. Rhythm characterized by syncopation in the melody and regularly accented accompaniment.
Duke Ellington
Dixieland Jazz
Ragtime
Ostinato
32. Big Band-first inter-racial music group
Louis Armstrong
Egungun Dancer
Ragtime
Count Basie
33. A musical figure repeated at the same pitch throughout the composition
Kente Cloth
Lindy Hop
Ostinato
Egungun Dancer
34. Structure and design of a musical composition incorporating unity - variety - content - and repitition.
Egungun Dancer
Lindy Hop
Savoy Ballroom
Form
35. One of the most famous male blues singers who helped R & B develop
Ostinato
B.B. King
Louis Armstrong
Improvisation