Q&A: Help with music questions?!?
Question by Chronos: Help with music questions?!?
1: What is Brian Eno considered the father of?
dance music
trance music
ambient music
none of the above
2: The name of the deck of cards that offers musicians, engineers and producers suggestions on how to write or play a piece of music is:
obtuse angles
oblique strategies
obtuse stragegies
angular ideas
3: Which famous piano player is also associated with the origin of ambient music?
Art Tatum
Thelonious Monk
Horrace Silver
Erik Satie
4: Which style of ambient music is more closely associated with nature?
organic
isolationist
spiritual
none of the above
5: The genre of music that draws freely from religious traditions around the world with very little deference to the clarity of the traditions’ histories is:
flamenco
new age
hymnal
rock
6: What was the famous John Lennon quote from 1966 that caused many people to burn their Beatles albums?
“The Beatles are more popular than Jesus”
“All you need is Love”
“I am the Walrus”
None of the above
7: Which genre of music had a heavy influence on the Rolling Stones?
blues
gypsy rock
Indian Classical
funk
8: Which of the following is the most common name given to James Brown?
Soul Brother Number One
Mr. Dynamite
The Godfather of Soul
Universal James
9: Which of the following genres is characterized by its syncopated rhythms and razor-sharp rhythm guitars?
soul
blues
funk
rock
10: Which of the following musicans/bands originated in New Orleans?
James Brown
Funkadelic
The Meters
Parlimant
11: What stye of music is the combination of rhythm & blues and gospel music?
funk
hip-hop
jazz
soul
12: Which of the following sub-genres is associated with White artists performing “Black” music?
Motown
Philadelphia Soul
Blue-eyed Soul
Neo Soul
13: Which of the following statements are TRUE?
Ray Charles was never blind.
Ray Charles began going blind at age five and was totally blind by age seven.
Ray Charles went totally blind when he turned 60.
Ray Charles was born blind.
14: The soul singer who is known as “The Queen of Soul” and “Lady Soul” is:
Ray Charles
Diana Ross
Beyonce
Aretha Franklin
15: The Soul singer who later became a Reverend after a near-death experience is:
Miles Davis
Al Green
Luther Vandross
none of the above
16: What styles of music merged together to form The Nashville Sound?
pop and country
jazz and country
pop and jazz
none of the above
17: Patsy Cline began her singing career in:
a traveling carnival
a Baptist Church choir
a house band in a small town bar
none of the above
18: Which of the following singers was known as a “smooth crooner”?
Patsy Cline
Chet Atkins
Eddy Arnold
all of the above
19: The punk band that incorporated reggae and rockabilly into their sound was:
The Ramones
The Talking Heads
The Clash
Green Day
20: The roots of Christian Punk music can be found in:
Church talent shows during the late 1970’s.
The Jesus Movement
Marketing ploy by CCM magazine
none of the above
Best answer:
Answer by Kɪŋ Bʌɡs
1) ambient music
2) oblique strategies (?)
3) Erik Satie (Erik Satie created an early form of ambient music that he referred to as “furniture music” (Musique d’ameublement))
4) Organic (Organic ambient is intended to be more harmonious with nature than with the disco.)
5) New Age (often associated with environmentalism and New Age Spirituality.)
6) “The Beatles are more popular than Jesus” (On 4 March 1966, when Lennon was interviewed for the London Evening Standard by Maureen Cleave, and talked about Christianity by saying: “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I do not know what will go first, rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity…We’re more popular than Jesus now.”)
7) Blues
8) Mr. Dynamite (Brown was recognized by numerous titles, including Soul Brother Number One, Sex Machine, Mr. Dynamite, The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, The King of Funk, Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk, Mr. Please Please Please Please Her, The Boss and foremost the Godfather of Soul.)
9) Funk (Funk best can be recognized by its syncopated rhythms; thick bass line; razor-sharp rhythm guitars; chanted or hollered vocals; strong, rhythm-oriented horn sections; prominent percussion; an upbeat attitude; African tones; danceability; and strong jazzy influences)
10) The Meters (The Meters were an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. )
Note: James Brown followed the success of Live at the Apollo with a string of singles that, along with the work of Allen Toussaint in New Orleans, essentially defined the foundation of funk music.
11) Soul
12) Blue-eyed soul (Blue-eyed soul (also known as white soul) is rhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists.)
13) Ray Charles began going blind at age five and was totally blind by age seven.
14) Aretha Franklin
15) Al Green (He is also known as The Reverend Al Green)
16) pop and country (It’s a sub-genre of American country music, replacing the chart dominance of honky tonk music which was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. With country’s youth market and radio clout disappearing, Nashville began mixing pop music elements into country productions to attract the adult audience. )
17) a Baptist Church choir
18) Patsy Cline (Singers Pasty Cline and Jim Reevers, along with pianist Floyd Cramer, were among the most famous of the artists leading the way to the smooth crooning style of the Nashville sound’s original era.) —> But not 100% sure of the answer!!
19) The Clash (Along with punk rock, they experimented with reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap and rockabilly.)
20) No idea! :o(
Hope I’ve helped you! =)
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