Exam 24: Music in America: Jazz and Beyond

What characterizes bebop?

Briefly describe the change in musicals after World War II.

Which musical styles were combined to form fusion jazz?

Name four instruments most likely to have played the melody in an early jazz ensemble.

The growth of technology and music has encouraged two opposing tendencies.The first is a tendency toward ________,and the second is a tendency toward ________.

Traditional African music,particularly drumming,is the source for the:

The white rural style derived from southern and southwestern folk song is:

Define cultivated music and vernacular music.Give an example of each.

Name two composers of early American popular music.Briefly describe their musical styles and musical activities.

In a typical early jazz band,which instrument was not part of the rhythm section?

Name the typical instruments in the rhythm section of an early jazz ensemble.

American musicals after 1940 became:

What happens between lines of text in "If You Ever Been Down" Blues?

When the main drum and the other drums are playing together in the drum ensemble from Benin,more complex and varied rhythms result,including:

The first recording stars of the local Zulu singing scene were Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds.Their greatest hit,"Mbube," is known to most English-speaking listeners as:

The technique that makes music "swing" is:

Briefly describe the state of concert music in America in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Early jazz players developed the art of "jamming," or: