HCM Exam 1 Prep Questions & Answers 2024/2025

HCM Exam 1 Prep Questions & Answers
2024/2025

S Maybelline (6) - ANSWERSSTYLE:

FORM:

ARTIST: Chuck Berry



-3 different distinct sections

-electronics being advancement

-Roman numeral ???

-12 Bar Blues

*EG Guitar Solos are okay

*Performing and having fun was okay



S Old Folks at Home (4) - ANSWERSSTYLE:

FORM:

ARTIST: Paul Robeson (popular) written by Stephen Foster



-sold over 100k copies

*nice fit between words and melody

*Swanee Surprise: dramatic upward leap

*predictability of form: frequent repetition and regular punctuation of melody



S Old Joe Clark (21) - ANSWERSSTYLE:

FORM: Verse/Chorus

ARTIST: John Carson

, *One of the first country music recordings

*Unlike most fiddle tunes, there is vocal and instr.

-Maybe influenced by minstrel show songs

-Story of the song includes everyday language

-down-home good-humored attitude

-melody set to a danceable beat



S Woodman, Spare that Tree (22) - ANSWERSSTYLE:

FORM:

ARTIST: Henry Russell



-influence from Italian opera style

-moderately slow tempo, arpeggiated accomp

*chords + chord progressions

*AB-like form

*Piano is a distinguishing feature



S Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (25) - ANSWERSSTYLE:

FORM:

ARTIST: Stephen Foster



S After the Ball (30) - ANSWERSSTYLE: Waltz

FORM:

ARTIST: Charles Harris



-slow tempo waltz

-very sentimental lyrics

-melody features leaps, especially in the refrain