MUSC 2150 Final Test Bank questions
with verified answers
A bar or measure in music is - correct answer ✔✔a section of music that contains the number
of beats indicated by the song's meter
In a compound meter - correct answer ✔✔the beat is subdivided into three equal parts
Timbre in music refers to - correct answer ✔✔the colour of a sound
The term "rhythm" refers to - correct answer ✔✔the ways musical sounds are organized in time
Why is the "fan mentality" detrimental to the scholarly study of popular music - correct answer
✔✔Because it leads one to ignore some music while skewing evidence in favour of other music
The "popularity arc" refers to - correct answer ✔✔The rise of a musical style from a subculture
into the mainstream and then its decline back into a subculture
When did the "Baby Boom" begin in the US - correct answer ✔✔Immediately after WWII
What year did coast-to-coast radio broadcasts begin/ - correct answer ✔✔1928
In Tin Pan Alley style, the singer is usually accompanied by - correct answer ✔✔A full band or
orchestra
In music a bridge is - correct answer ✔✔a section in a song that contrasts with the verses
,A subtype of country/western music that features, virtuosic instrumentals is called - correct
answer ✔✔Bluegrass
Yodelling is a feature of what style of music - correct answer ✔✔Country/western
Which of the following is a normal feature of rural or delta blues - correct answer ✔✔The use of
a slide on the guitar neck
Which of the following is true? - correct answer ✔✔Doo-wop features "a cappella" singing and
nonsense syllables
What is the immediate result of Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education? -
correct answer ✔✔Racial segregation in schools was ruled unconstitutional
Which war was first being fought by Americans in the 1950s? - correct answer ✔✔The cold war
Where did most white kids discover rhythm and blues in the 1950s? - correct answer ✔✔On
local, black radio stations
How does Fat Domino's stage image contrast with Little Richard's stage image? - correct answer
✔✔Domino is clean-cut and conservatively dressed, while Richard wears make up and is
flamboyantly dressed
What sensible reason would Sam Phillips have had to sell Elvis Presley's contract? - correct
answer ✔✔It was difficult and expensive for Phillip's independent label to distribute hit records
effectively
, What was the effect of Sam Phillip's "tape delay" recording technique? - correct answer ✔✔It
creates an echo
What do Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry have in common - correct answer ✔✔They both wrote
many of their own songs
Which of the following organization was/were involved in the payola scandal? - correct answer
✔✔ASCAP, FCC, and BMI
Which of the following is true about American Bandstand? - correct answer ✔✔It helped
promote the Twist and other named dances
What was the larger significance of the success of American Bandstand? - correct answer ✔✔It
created a national youth culture and made rock and roll more acceptable to adults
The Brill Building manufactured teen idols to sell records. It was important that these idols: -
correct answer ✔✔looked and acted like ideal girlfriends/boyfriends
In the Brill building approach to popular production, control was in the hands of the: - correct
answer ✔✔Publisher
Folk music became less political over the course of the 1960s - correct answer ✔✔False
a "tag" usually occurs at the end of a song - correct answer ✔✔True
The producers roll is to shape the sound of a record - correct answer ✔✔True
Most members of the girl groups in the 1960s were white sand professionally trained - correct
answer ✔✔False
with verified answers
A bar or measure in music is - correct answer ✔✔a section of music that contains the number
of beats indicated by the song's meter
In a compound meter - correct answer ✔✔the beat is subdivided into three equal parts
Timbre in music refers to - correct answer ✔✔the colour of a sound
The term "rhythm" refers to - correct answer ✔✔the ways musical sounds are organized in time
Why is the "fan mentality" detrimental to the scholarly study of popular music - correct answer
✔✔Because it leads one to ignore some music while skewing evidence in favour of other music
The "popularity arc" refers to - correct answer ✔✔The rise of a musical style from a subculture
into the mainstream and then its decline back into a subculture
When did the "Baby Boom" begin in the US - correct answer ✔✔Immediately after WWII
What year did coast-to-coast radio broadcasts begin/ - correct answer ✔✔1928
In Tin Pan Alley style, the singer is usually accompanied by - correct answer ✔✔A full band or
orchestra
In music a bridge is - correct answer ✔✔a section in a song that contrasts with the verses
,A subtype of country/western music that features, virtuosic instrumentals is called - correct
answer ✔✔Bluegrass
Yodelling is a feature of what style of music - correct answer ✔✔Country/western
Which of the following is a normal feature of rural or delta blues - correct answer ✔✔The use of
a slide on the guitar neck
Which of the following is true? - correct answer ✔✔Doo-wop features "a cappella" singing and
nonsense syllables
What is the immediate result of Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education? -
correct answer ✔✔Racial segregation in schools was ruled unconstitutional
Which war was first being fought by Americans in the 1950s? - correct answer ✔✔The cold war
Where did most white kids discover rhythm and blues in the 1950s? - correct answer ✔✔On
local, black radio stations
How does Fat Domino's stage image contrast with Little Richard's stage image? - correct answer
✔✔Domino is clean-cut and conservatively dressed, while Richard wears make up and is
flamboyantly dressed
What sensible reason would Sam Phillips have had to sell Elvis Presley's contract? - correct
answer ✔✔It was difficult and expensive for Phillip's independent label to distribute hit records
effectively
, What was the effect of Sam Phillip's "tape delay" recording technique? - correct answer ✔✔It
creates an echo
What do Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry have in common - correct answer ✔✔They both wrote
many of their own songs
Which of the following organization was/were involved in the payola scandal? - correct answer
✔✔ASCAP, FCC, and BMI
Which of the following is true about American Bandstand? - correct answer ✔✔It helped
promote the Twist and other named dances
What was the larger significance of the success of American Bandstand? - correct answer ✔✔It
created a national youth culture and made rock and roll more acceptable to adults
The Brill Building manufactured teen idols to sell records. It was important that these idols: -
correct answer ✔✔looked and acted like ideal girlfriends/boyfriends
In the Brill building approach to popular production, control was in the hands of the: - correct
answer ✔✔Publisher
Folk music became less political over the course of the 1960s - correct answer ✔✔False
a "tag" usually occurs at the end of a song - correct answer ✔✔True
The producers roll is to shape the sound of a record - correct answer ✔✔True
Most members of the girl groups in the 1960s were white sand professionally trained - correct
answer ✔✔False
