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Q: Capoeira is best described as a __________. (A) religious festival (B) button-box accordion (C) martial-arts dance (D) musical bow (E) popular music heard at Carnival

Q: Amazonian music tends to emphasize __________ performance. (A) polyrhythmic vocal (B) unison vocal (C) unison instrumental (D) polyrhytmic instrumental (E) call and response vocal

Q: The siku is a type of __________ common to Andea music traditions. (A) drum (B) fipple flute (C) plucked lute (D) panpipe (E) rattle

Q: __________ ensembles require the musicians to interlock pitches on their instruments in order to produce a complete melody. (A) Huayno (B) Sikuri (C) Charango (D) Bandoneon (E) Vihuela

Q: The __________ is a type of button-box accordion common to tango music. (A) sikuri (B) berimbau (C) charango (D) vihuela (E) bandoneon

Q: Tango originated among the ""people of the seaport"" area in __________. (A) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (B) Port of Spain, Trinidad (C) Buenos Aires, Argentina (D) Cusco, Peru (E) Jalisco, Mexico

Q: The __________, a common instrument in mariachi ensembles, is simliar to a guitar. (A) vihuela (B) bandoneon (C) sikuri (D) berimbau (E) charango

Q: Samba is a popular music associated with Carnival in __________. (A) Mexico (B) Argentina (C) Cuba (D) Brazil (E) Peru

Q: The berimbau is a type of __________ used in capoeria performance. (A) musical bow (B) panpipe (C) guitar (D) accordion (E) double bell

Q: The __________ Empire was a pre-Columbian civilization found in South America. (A) Inca (B) Aztec (C) Maya (D) Capoeira (E) Kayapo-Xikrin

Q: The original tango dance of Argentina included at least __________ dancers. (A) one (B) two (C) three (D) four (E) five

Q: The tango rhythm is characterized by the absence of the __________ pulse of a four-beat meter. (A) first (B) second (C) third (D) fourth (E) fifth

Q: The bombas and cajas are types of drums often used to accompany _________ ensembles from Peru. (A) sikuri (B) samba (C) capoeira (D) tango (E) mariachi

Q: __________ is a martial-arts performance accompanied by music instruments, such as the berimbau, from Brazil. (A) sikuri (B) samba (C) capoeira (D) tango (E) mariachi

Q: __________ is the major religion of Thailand. (A) Hinduism (B) Buddhism (C) Islam (D) Taoism (E) Animism

Q: Spirituals in the Christian faith tend to have themes associated with the __________. (A) Old Testament (B) New Testament (C) Psalms (D) Gospels (E) Sacred Harp

Q: ""Silk and Bamboo"" is a reference to __________. (A) the organological classification of instruments used in the Chinese sizhu ensemble (B) the materials used to make the scenery and figures in Japanese bunraku puppet theatre (C) the Chinese gu qin, which is made of these materials (D) a Japanese membranophone struck with bamboo beaters (E) a Korean narrative theatre, known as p'ansori

Q: What is artistic appropriation?

Q: What was the black Woodstock? _____________________

Q: What is ready made art?

Q: Progressive rock bands tried to attain classical music heights with rock. a. True b. False

Q: This music festival originally focused on jam bands, but its focus has broadened. ________________

Q: The early 1970s rock music press loved Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. a. True b. False

Q: This music festival was a traveling show, but is now located in Illinois. _______________.

Q: Led Zeppelin incorporated folk, funk, and reggae into their music a. True b. False

Q: This music festival provides opportunities for unsigned bands to play for label representatives. _______________.

Q: The Velvet Underground enjoyed great chart success. a. True b. False

Q: Music video games are not considered offshoots of remix culture. a. True b. False

Q: The Velvet Underground wanted to annoy people. a. True b. False

Q: The RIAA won a court judgment against a suburban mother for $222,000. a. True b. False

Q: In the 1970s, Motown Records and Philadelphia International were the most successful black-owned businesses in America. a. True b. False

Q: The RIAA sued 261 consumers who had shared music files online. a. True b. False

Q: Carly Simon won the Oscar for Best Original Song. a. True b. False

Q: Napster lost the lawsuit filed by the RIAA. a. True b. False

Q: Black Sabbaths songs deal with themes of a. rejection of Christian tenets. b. gloomy working-class realities. c. suicidal youths. d. murder.

Q: Sampling grew out of DJ sampling in club culture. a. True b. False

Q: Elton John bridged the gap between a. glam excess and heavy metal. b. sensitive singer-songwriters and theatrical excess. c. punk onstage antics and blues. d. sweet soul and British glam.

Q: Sampling is confined within the hip hop arena. a. True b. False

Q: Iggy Pop is considered by many to be the godfather of a. Pop rock. b. Heavy metal. c. Industrial metal. d. Punk.

Q: Moby used samples of folk music archives, added a dance beat backdrop, and then licensed the music for use outside traditional distribution channels. a. True b. False

Q: Mott the Hooples songs and image were caught up in the a. Civil Rights Movement. b. anti war effort. c. Gay Activist Alliance. d. Greenwich Village folk scene.

Q: Radiohead made more money on an album they sold online, which permitted buyers to set the price, than on all their other albums combined. a. True b. False

Q: Queen singer Freddie Mercury modeled his visual image after a. Elvis Presley. b. Elton John. c. Little Richard. d. Liza Minelli.

Q: On DJ Shadows Endtroducing. . . . album, every sound comes from someone elses work. a. True b. False

Q: For David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust provided a. a marketing strategy for a world tour. b. a canvas for melodic exploration. c. an alter ego. d. a model for a blue-eyed soul genre.

Q: The most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music is a. Danger Mouse. b. Industrial. c. N Metal. d. Hip hop.

Q: On what record label did Aretha Franklin finally achieve success? a. Motown b. Atlantic c. Columbia d. RCA

Q: DJ Danger Mouses The Grey Album is a mashup that uses samples from a. over 300 different sources. b. Jay-Z and the Beatles. c. classical orchestras and soul artists. d. ten of the top hip hop artists of 2002.

Q: According to the RIAA, the best-selling album in US history is: a. BeatlesSgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band b. Pink FloydThe Wall c. EaglesGreatest Hits: 1971-1975 d. John DenverTake Me Home Country Roads

Q: Girl Talk releases music on the Illegal Art label, which a. provides legal protection against lawsuits. b. provides research to prevent lawsuits. d. provides a library of legal samples.

Q: The Eagles embraced a. the hedonism of 1970s California. b. the psychedelic philosophy of the 1960s. c. heavy metal guitar sounds. d. improvised instrumental jams.

Q: A symbol that invites copying is called b. registered trademark. c. kopimi. d. patent.

Q: The Carole King album that stayed on the charts and sold 20 million copies: a. Youve Got a Friend b. Tapestry c. Youre So Vain d. Pearls

Q: The RIAA sued to stop distribution of a. samples. b. records containing samples. c. the MP3 player. d. the iPod.

Q: Many of James Taylors biggest hits were a. introspective. b. cover versions of R&B hits. c. progressive rock. d. Beatles collaborations.

Q: In Grand Upright Music, Ltd vs. Warner Brothers, Biz Markie lost because a. they would not admit that sampling had occurred b. their assertion that everybody does it and, therefore, we can too, was rejected by the court. c. principles in the trial lied under oath.

Q: Singer songwriters focused on themes of a. war and peace. b. protest. c. personal experiences. d. psychedelic experiences.

Q: In 2Live Crew vs. Acuff-Rose, the court found in favor of 2Live Crew because a. use was artistic. b. no sampling had occurred. c. the intent was parody. d. the sample was very brief.

Q: How did young British blues musicians revive American blues in the 1960s?

Q: Legal entanglements over sampling have resulted in a. simplified methods for obtaining permission. b. simplified methods for adjudicating disputes. d. far less reliance on samples by artists.

Q: In what way did Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band allow the Beatles to experiment beyond the bounds of Beatlemania?

Q: What was missing in 1990s progressive rock musical performances that had been a feature of 1970s progressive rock?

Q: Why was the festival at Altamont a failure?

Q: How did the new progressive rock of the mid-1990s connect with that of the 1970s?

Q: Why is the Woodstock festival considered the iconic counterculture event?

Q: Shock rocker who blazed a new trail in the realm of the disturbing: _________.

Q: What were the defining musical elements in the songs of the Grateful Dead?

Q: Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello devised an effect that made his guitar sound like ________________________

Q: What were the defining characteristics of the 1960s counter culture?

Q: Emocore refers to music that is __________________________.

Q: What were the defining characteristics of a 1960s hippie?

Q: The leading group in the area of 1990s experimental rock was and continues to be, _____________.

Q: Brian Wilson modeled his approach to studio production on the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album as a response to which Beatles album? ___________________________.

Q: The music of Tool expressed aggressive anger both musically and vocally. a. True b. False

Q: Which music festival was described as Woodstock West? ____________________

Q: Neo-psychedelic music is less pretentious than progressive rock. a. True b. False

Q: Name the two hits from Jefferson Airplane that defined the hippie culture of San Francisco. ________________and __________________________(Answer: )

Q: The songs of this UK garage band often make canny, snide observations of working-class England. a. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs b. The Strokes c. The Arctic Monkeys d. The Hives

Q: There were no hit singles taken from Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. a. True b. False

Q: This garage rock band recorded an album using only analogue equipment rather than a digital recording facility. a. The Strokes b. The White Stripes c. Babyshambles d. The Arctic Monkeys