MUCO 120 LECTURE QUIZZES- QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Rolling Stone Magazine doesn't consider "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan to be rock. - Answers
False
Though most people would call "Get Up for the Downstroke" by Parliament funk, it is related to rock
and funk has influenced rock, so we will study it in this class. - Answers True
Lucinda Williams has won Grammy awards in country, folk, and rock categories. - Answers True
All of the music that we study in this class has placed on the charts and sold many copies. - Answers
False
The small vinyl records with a big hole in the middle were called 45s because they cost 45 cents. -
Answers False
The video for OutLKast's "Hey Ya" was a spoof on early MTV videos. - Answers False
"Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first video played on MTV. - Answers True
Wilco's album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" saw them return to their alternative country roots. - Answers
False
Like has happened to many rock artists, Elvis Costello got in trouble for playing a song that the
network told him not to play on live TV. - Answers True
The loudness wars are related to reverb. - Answers False
The "Tennessee Waltz" has three beats per measure. - Answers True
Meters with an uneven number of beats in each measure (such as 5, 7, and 11) are uncommon. -
Answers True
In rock, the most common metrical feel is a quadruple meter with the accent on the 1 and 3. -
Answers False
The term for the interval between two adjacent notes is a whole step. - Answers False
The difference between a major and a minor scale is that they have different tonal centers. - Answers
False
Blues scales are only used in the blues. - Answers False
Harmony is the element of music related to two or more notes being played together. - Answers True
There are minor chords in a major scale. - Answers True
Most songs only have one chord. - Answers False
The "Devil's Interval" of the tritone is used commonly in the blues and rock. - Answers True
As Sean played along with the blues shuffle, he utilized both the major scale and the blues scale. -
Answers True
We spent a lot of time in this presentation examining how harmony shows up in the form of chord
progressions used to accompany the melody. I.e- in a rock song, the instruments often play chords
while the lead singer sings the melody. Of course harmony can show up in other ways as well. For
instance, if a backup singer sings different notes than lead singers to harmonize with the melodic line,
this is harmony. - Answers True
The banjo has roots in Africa. - Answers True
British Ballads, even as they were sung in America, were traditionally accompanied by guitar. -
Answers False
For decades, the fiddle was the most common rural American instrument. - Answers True
Call and response is always between two singers. - Answers False
The backbeat is an example of rhythmic syncopation. - Answers True
Along with sentimental ballads like the one that you are listening to, blackface minstrel songs were
also an important part of the early sheet music industry. - Answers True
Irving Berlin was a Tin Pan Alley Pop singer. - Answers False
Robert Johnson was called the King of the Chicago Blues. - Answers False
Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong was from Nashville, TN. - Answers False
This song is a 12-bar blues even though it doesn't have any lyrics. - Answers True
On which of the following songs did we hear Louis Armstrong play? - Answers -West End Blues
-Waitin' For A Train
-St. Louis Blues
The first guitar that Sean played in the video was a Fender Telecaster. - Answers False
Rolling Stone Magazine doesn't consider "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan to be rock. - Answers
False
Though most people would call "Get Up for the Downstroke" by Parliament funk, it is related to rock
and funk has influenced rock, so we will study it in this class. - Answers True
Lucinda Williams has won Grammy awards in country, folk, and rock categories. - Answers True
All of the music that we study in this class has placed on the charts and sold many copies. - Answers
False
The small vinyl records with a big hole in the middle were called 45s because they cost 45 cents. -
Answers False
The video for OutLKast's "Hey Ya" was a spoof on early MTV videos. - Answers False
"Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first video played on MTV. - Answers True
Wilco's album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" saw them return to their alternative country roots. - Answers
False
Like has happened to many rock artists, Elvis Costello got in trouble for playing a song that the
network told him not to play on live TV. - Answers True
The loudness wars are related to reverb. - Answers False
The "Tennessee Waltz" has three beats per measure. - Answers True
Meters with an uneven number of beats in each measure (such as 5, 7, and 11) are uncommon. -
Answers True
In rock, the most common metrical feel is a quadruple meter with the accent on the 1 and 3. -
Answers False
The term for the interval between two adjacent notes is a whole step. - Answers False
The difference between a major and a minor scale is that they have different tonal centers. - Answers
False
Blues scales are only used in the blues. - Answers False
Harmony is the element of music related to two or more notes being played together. - Answers True
There are minor chords in a major scale. - Answers True
Most songs only have one chord. - Answers False
The "Devil's Interval" of the tritone is used commonly in the blues and rock. - Answers True
As Sean played along with the blues shuffle, he utilized both the major scale and the blues scale. -
Answers True
We spent a lot of time in this presentation examining how harmony shows up in the form of chord
progressions used to accompany the melody. I.e- in a rock song, the instruments often play chords
while the lead singer sings the melody. Of course harmony can show up in other ways as well. For
instance, if a backup singer sings different notes than lead singers to harmonize with the melodic line,
this is harmony. - Answers True
The banjo has roots in Africa. - Answers True
British Ballads, even as they were sung in America, were traditionally accompanied by guitar. -
Answers False
For decades, the fiddle was the most common rural American instrument. - Answers True
Call and response is always between two singers. - Answers False
The backbeat is an example of rhythmic syncopation. - Answers True
Along with sentimental ballads like the one that you are listening to, blackface minstrel songs were
also an important part of the early sheet music industry. - Answers True
Irving Berlin was a Tin Pan Alley Pop singer. - Answers False
Robert Johnson was called the King of the Chicago Blues. - Answers False
Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong was from Nashville, TN. - Answers False
This song is a 12-bar blues even though it doesn't have any lyrics. - Answers True
On which of the following songs did we hear Louis Armstrong play? - Answers -West End Blues
-Waitin' For A Train
-St. Louis Blues
The first guitar that Sean played in the video was a Fender Telecaster. - Answers False
