MUFHL 308 Final Studying | UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers

MUFHL 308 Final Studying | UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified
Answers

Question:
Scott Joplin's piano rags are in the form of ________,

Answer:
the march


Question:
"After the Ball" is best described as:

Answer:
a sentimental Tin Pan Alley song about lost love


Question:
T/F: In oral tradition, music is learned and transmitted from
memory instead of by a written score.

Answer:
True


Question:
What is this style of left-hand piano playing called in Scott
Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag?

Answer:
stride


Question:
During the nineteenth century, most American homes had
pianos for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Answer:
the competing publishers in Tin Pan Alley drove the price of sheet music down


Question:
T/F: Swing bands usually included a banjo and a tuba.

, Answer:
False


Question:
What is the musical or formal basis of this piece, Duke
Ellington's Cotton Tail?

Answer:
a contrafact of "I Got the Rhythm"


Question:
Benny Goodman frequently purchased big band
arrangements from:

Answer:
Flethcher Henderson


Question:
The first commercially successful Dixieland group was:

Answer:
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band


Question:
T/F: Vaudeville refers to a music publishing district in New York
City.

Answer:
False


Question:
T/F: Cootie Williams and Johnny Hodges were frequent
soloists in Duke Ellington's orchestra.

Answer:
True


Question:
Dixieland Jazz originated in: