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1: John Coltrane spent most of his professional career playing the:
alto saxophone
tenor saxophone
soprano saxophone
baritone saxophone
2: Which of the following instruments is considered to be popularized in Jazz by Eric Dolphy?
alto saxophone
flute
bass clarinet
tuba
3: The style of music that Paco Pena plays is:
Mariachi
Flamenco
Jazz
Fusion
4: Paco Pena is from:
the southern part of Spain, known as Andalusia
the northern tip of Italy
Switzerland
Poland
5: Grant Green and Sonny Sharrock both play:
the piano
saxophones
flutes
electric guitar
6: The term Minimalism, as it applies to music, was first used in reference to:
literature
visual arts
sports
none of the above
7: Which of the following is considered to be Terry Riley’s most well-known work?
In C
In D
Midnight on the Plain Cadenza
none of the above
8: La Monte Young was involved with the ___ movement in 1960.
Surrealist
Fluxus
Serialist
Maximalist
9: The name of Pauline Oliveros’ organization for educating people on active music listening is:
new music now
quiet study
deep listening
none of the above
10: Which of the following composers uses strange symbols to notate music that is interpreted by the performers:
John Cage
George Crumb
John Adams
all of the above
11: John Cage is the originator of:
chance music
aleatory music
using long periods of silence in a composition
all of the above
12: Which of the following composers created some of the earliest musique concrete pieces?
John Cage
John Adams
Don Buchla
Pierre Schaeffer
13: The earliest purely electronic instrument was the:
Teleharmonium
Synthesizer
Modular Sythesizer
none of the above
14: Which of the following names is NOT associated with early synthesizer development?
Raymond Scott
Don Buchla
Bob Moog
John Cage
15: What does MIDI stand for?
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Musical Instrument Data Interface
Musical Interface Digital Instrument
Messenger Interface Data Interpreter
16: What significant historical event is closely related with the origins of reggae music?
Abolition of Slavery
The invention of the electric guitar
Jamaica’s independence from foreign rule
none of the above
17: What religion is closely associated with reggae music?
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Rastafari
18: What did sound systems replace in Jamaican dancehalls?
Speakers
Live musical performance
dancers
all of the above
19: The style of dub is closely related to:
mixing
scratching
composing
none of the above
20: Roots music often deals with:
social problems
religion
politics
all of the above
21: Tropicalia is also related to:
poetry
film
theatre
all of the above
22: Bossa Nova can be translated to mean:
The new beat
The new wave
Intense beats
none of the above
23: Samba is said to have originated from:
purely Brazilian roots
African roots
American roots
Asian roots
24: What can the origin of J-pop be traced to?
Rock n’ Roll
Jazz music
Rockabilly
none of the above
25: What was the name of Japan’s first “country” music band?
The Hillbillies
The Lone Gunmen
Kosaka Kazuya and the Wagon Masters
none of the above
26: The term, “world music” is used as:
a way to label a style of music with diverse influences
a marketing device
a classificatory device
all of the above
27: The phenomenon of the “cross-over” musician is largely the result of:
common access to global communication
better label distribution
musicians working harder
none of the above
28: What is considered to be the first “world music” album?
Paul Simon’s Graceland
Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s debut
Peter Gabriel’s debut
the collaboration between Brian Jones and The Master Musicians of Joujouka
29: Ali Farka Toure is from:
Ghana
Nigeria
Burkino Faso
Mali
30: In 1997, what did Toure do that shocked the music world?
he put out an album with Cher
he formed a rock band
he retired from music and became a farmer
none of the above
31: A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem in a finite number of steps is called a:
theory
algorithm
logorithm
none of the above
32: The two different types of computer music are:
algorithmic AND logorithmic
abstract AND concrete
music generated by computer, performed by humans AND music which is both composed and performed by computers
none of the above
33: What is Brian Eno considered the father of?
dance music
trance music
ambient music
none of the above
34: Which famous piano player is also associated with the origin of ambient music?
Art Tatum
Thelonious Monk
Horrace Silver
AErik Satie
35: The genre of music that draws freely from religious traditions around the world with very little deference
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