Test Bank For Rock Music Styles: A History, 9th Edition
Chapter 01 Roots of Rock Music
1) Which type of music popular in the United States during the late nineteenth century did not
directly influence the development of rock music?
A) Ragtime
B) Tin Pan Alley
C) Blues
D) Sousa marches
2) Which musical element is not characteristic of swing dance bands?
A) planned musical arrangements
B) walking bass
C) field hollers
D) crooning
3) In the 19th century, all of the following types of songs were sung by African-American slaves
except
A) call-and-response.
B) work songs.
C) country blues.
D) field hollers.
4) Which of the following characteristics is common in classic blues?
A) It features female singers.
B) It is always accompanied by solo guitar.
C) Its form includes freely added extra beats and measures.
D) It features bottleneck guitars.
5) Which of the following establishes and protects the ownership of a song, allowing the owner
to receive payment and control distribution?
A) publishing
B) copyright
C) recording
D) selling
6) When a musician decides what to play while they are playing it, it is known as
A) improvisation.
B) lip syncing.
C) arranging.
D) crooning.
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,Test Bank For Rock Music Styles: A History, 9th Edition
Chapter 01 Roots of Rock Music
7) Which style of music from the turn of the 20th century is known for syncopated rhythms that
are usually played by a pianist's right hand or on the banjo?
A) Ragtime
B) Blues
C) Gospel
D) Disco
8) One of the best known ragtime composers is
A) Irving Berlin.
B) Stephen Foster.
C) Glenn Miller.
D) Scott Joplin.
9) Which of the following instruments is not considered part of the "rhythm section"?
A) drums
B) trumpet
C) bass
D) piano
10) The music of the swing bands was based around
A) fully composed arrangements with little improvisation.
B) small ensembles improvising together.
C) bass lines played on the first and third beats of the bar.
D) horn melodies written using the pentatonic scale.
11) The famous Charleston style of jazz dancing emerged during________.
A) the 1920s.
B) the 1930s.
C) the 1940s.
D) the 1950s.
12) The style of swing bass playing in which the player moves form note to note by playing a
new note on every beat, and occasionally between the beats, is knows as
A) moving bass.
B) walking bass.
C) skipping bass.
D) figured bass.
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,Test Bank For Rock Music Styles: A History, 9th Edition
Chapter 01 Roots of Rock Music
13) The smoother, gentler style of singing which developed as the result of singers being able to
use microphones to amplify their voices is known as
A) crooning.
B) comping.
C) screaming.
D) cramming.
14) The ability to record sounds over previously recorded sounds, with the end result in thicker
sounds and echo effects, is called
A) overlaying.
B) lip syncing.
C) improvising.
D) overdubbing.
15) Which of the following is not a 1940s technological innovation that assisted in the early
popularization of rock music?
A) transistor radios
B) microphones
C) 33 1/3 rpm LP records
D) 45 rpm single record
16) What is the term used to refer to oral poets in many parts of Africa (such as Sierra Leone)?
A) griots
B) rappers
C) beat poets
D) grits
17) When a leader sings a phrase that it copied by a group immediately afterwards, it is called
A) a shout-out.
B) a holler.
C) call-and-response.
D) signifying.
18) The type of songs sung during slave work were called
A) work songs.
B) blues.
C) rock and roll.
D) toasting.
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, Test Bank For Rock Music Styles: A History, 9th Edition
Chapter 01 Roots of Rock Music
19) A solo work song in which the singer laments their assigned tasks is known as a
A) field holler.
B) call-and-response.
C) blues.
D) toast.
20) What term refers double meanings in a text?
A) call-and-response
B) field holler
C) rap
D) signifying
21) The earliest-known blues styles referred to as
A) country blues.
B) delta blues.
C) classic blues.
D) rhythm and blues.
22) The style of music that developed out of the Mississippi delta was known as
A) country blues.
B) delta blues.
C) classic blues.
D) rhythm and blues.
23) Which of the following were glass or steel object used to create a slide effect on guitars?
A) bottlenecks
B) overdubs
C) tube pulls
D) cotton rubs
24) The lowered 3rd and 7th notes in the blues scale are known as
A) sad notes.
B) blue notes.
C) angry notes.
D) red notes.
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Chapter 01 Roots of Rock Music
1) Which type of music popular in the United States during the late nineteenth century did not
directly influence the development of rock music?
A) Ragtime
B) Tin Pan Alley
C) Blues
D) Sousa marches
2) Which musical element is not characteristic of swing dance bands?
A) planned musical arrangements
B) walking bass
C) field hollers
D) crooning
3) In the 19th century, all of the following types of songs were sung by African-American slaves
except
A) call-and-response.
B) work songs.
C) country blues.
D) field hollers.
4) Which of the following characteristics is common in classic blues?
A) It features female singers.
B) It is always accompanied by solo guitar.
C) Its form includes freely added extra beats and measures.
D) It features bottleneck guitars.
5) Which of the following establishes and protects the ownership of a song, allowing the owner
to receive payment and control distribution?
A) publishing
B) copyright
C) recording
D) selling
6) When a musician decides what to play while they are playing it, it is known as
A) improvisation.
B) lip syncing.
C) arranging.
D) crooning.
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,Test Bank For Rock Music Styles: A History, 9th Edition
Chapter 01 Roots of Rock Music
7) Which style of music from the turn of the 20th century is known for syncopated rhythms that
are usually played by a pianist's right hand or on the banjo?
A) Ragtime
B) Blues
C) Gospel
D) Disco
8) One of the best known ragtime composers is
A) Irving Berlin.
B) Stephen Foster.
C) Glenn Miller.
D) Scott Joplin.
9) Which of the following instruments is not considered part of the "rhythm section"?
A) drums
B) trumpet
C) bass
D) piano
10) The music of the swing bands was based around
A) fully composed arrangements with little improvisation.
B) small ensembles improvising together.
C) bass lines played on the first and third beats of the bar.
D) horn melodies written using the pentatonic scale.
11) The famous Charleston style of jazz dancing emerged during________.
A) the 1920s.
B) the 1930s.
C) the 1940s.
D) the 1950s.
12) The style of swing bass playing in which the player moves form note to note by playing a
new note on every beat, and occasionally between the beats, is knows as
A) moving bass.
B) walking bass.
C) skipping bass.
D) figured bass.
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,Test Bank For Rock Music Styles: A History, 9th Edition
Chapter 01 Roots of Rock Music
13) The smoother, gentler style of singing which developed as the result of singers being able to
use microphones to amplify their voices is known as
A) crooning.
B) comping.
C) screaming.
D) cramming.
14) The ability to record sounds over previously recorded sounds, with the end result in thicker
sounds and echo effects, is called
A) overlaying.
B) lip syncing.
C) improvising.
D) overdubbing.
15) Which of the following is not a 1940s technological innovation that assisted in the early
popularization of rock music?
A) transistor radios
B) microphones
C) 33 1/3 rpm LP records
D) 45 rpm single record
16) What is the term used to refer to oral poets in many parts of Africa (such as Sierra Leone)?
A) griots
B) rappers
C) beat poets
D) grits
17) When a leader sings a phrase that it copied by a group immediately afterwards, it is called
A) a shout-out.
B) a holler.
C) call-and-response.
D) signifying.
18) The type of songs sung during slave work were called
A) work songs.
B) blues.
C) rock and roll.
D) toasting.
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, Test Bank For Rock Music Styles: A History, 9th Edition
Chapter 01 Roots of Rock Music
19) A solo work song in which the singer laments their assigned tasks is known as a
A) field holler.
B) call-and-response.
C) blues.
D) toast.
20) What term refers double meanings in a text?
A) call-and-response
B) field holler
C) rap
D) signifying
21) The earliest-known blues styles referred to as
A) country blues.
B) delta blues.
C) classic blues.
D) rhythm and blues.
22) The style of music that developed out of the Mississippi delta was known as
A) country blues.
B) delta blues.
C) classic blues.
D) rhythm and blues.
23) Which of the following were glass or steel object used to create a slide effect on guitars?
A) bottlenecks
B) overdubs
C) tube pulls
D) cotton rubs
24) The lowered 3rd and 7th notes in the blues scale are known as
A) sad notes.
B) blue notes.
C) angry notes.
D) red notes.
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