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PRACTICE TEST I

Here's a sample of the types of questions I will ask on your first examination.  There will be more multiple choice, matching, and true/false questions for your first test.

Identify the beat in each example  (2,4,8,16)

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  9. _____
  10. _____

 

Outline the form of this next example in the space below.  You might want to use the back of the exam for scratch paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match each example with its title

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____

 

    1. At a Georgia Camp Meeting
    2. Gypsy Love Song
    3. Under the Bamboo Tree
    4. Yankee Doodle Boy
    5. Stars and Stripes Forever
    6. Maple Leaf Rag
    7. Old Joe Clark
    8. De Boatman’s Dance
    9. De Golden Wedding
    10. Castle House Rag

Match each example with its composer/performer

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  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____

 

    1. James Reese Europe
    2. Dan Emmett
    3. Rolling Stones
    4. Stephen Foster
    5. James Bland
    6. Charles Harris
    7. Scott Joplin
    8. George M. Cohan
    9. Henry Russell

Match each example with its style

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  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
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  7. _____
  8. _____
  9. _____
  10. _____

 

    1. Minstrel show song
    2. March song
    3. Cakewalk
    4. Parlor song
    5. Verse/chorus song
    6. Ragtime song
    7. Ragtime dance
    8. Waltz song
    9. Operetta song
    10. March

Definitions

  1. _____ Art music
  2. _____ Folk music
  3. _____ Riff
  4. _____ Syncopation
  5. _____ Timbre
  6. _____ Popular music
  7. _____ Tempo

 

    1. The speed of the beat
    2. Several notes sung on a single syllable
    3. A regular grouping of beats
    4. A short rhythmically interesting melodic idea
    5. Accents that come on weaker beats
    6. Tone color
    7. The relative loudness or softness of a sound
    8. Perspective taken from the point of view of a cultural ‘insider’
    9. Perspective taken from outside a culture
    10. Large Audience, author unknown
    11. Small Audience, author known
    12. Large Audience, author known

 

 

 

Which of the following families of instruments is typically part of the rhythm section?

            A. Yes             B. No

  1. _____ Brass instruments
  2. _____ Keyboard instruments
  3. _____ Bass instruments
  4. _____ Percussion instruments
  5. _____ Wind instruments
  6. _____ Strummed instruments

 

  1. _____ How many measures or bars are there in a blues?
    1. 16
    2. 8
    3. 32
    4. 12
    5. None of the above
  2. _____ How many melodic phrases are in a blues?
    1. 5
    2. 7
    3. 3
    4. 4
    5. None of the above
  3. _____ What is the name given to the form of a march?
    1. Sonata
    2. Minuet
    3. Verse/Chorus
    4. Multisectional
    5. None of the above
  4. _____ How many sections are in Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever?”
    1. 2
    2. 5
    3. 4
    4. 3
    5. None of the above
  5. _____ What famous ragtime composer also used the multisectional form?
    1. Henry Clay Work
    2. John Phillip Sousa
    3. Stephen Foster
    4. James Bland
    5. None of the above

 

True or false

            A. True            B. False

  1. _____ Early country blues musicians were known for their bands
  2. _____ The music of the minstrel show had no effect on popular music