| True or False
Instrumentation (the choice of instruments used) is a deciding factor in determining whether music is “true” folk music. |
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| b. The collective changing of a song. |
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| 3. What do Hornpipes, Jigs, Reels, and Strathpeys all have in common? |
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| b. They are all Celtic dance music styles |
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| 4. Through what famous singing group did America first learn of Spirituals? |
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| 5. Why did folklorists John and Alan Lomax first tour through America seeking to record folk and blues? |
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| d. They realized that the folk traditions in remote communities were in danger of being lost to the commercial reach of radio. |
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| 6. What 5 instruments usually comprise the average Bluegrass band? |
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| b. Fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, bass fiddle |
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| 7. What artist was called “America’s tuning fork” by poet Carl Sandburg; stayed on the forefront of music and politics through the 1960s; was blacklisted by the McCarthy era’s HUAC committee; and wrote 60s civil rights and folk anthems We Shall Overcome, If I Had A Hammer and Turn, Turn, Turn? |
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| 8. What is the traditional music of the black, French speaking country people of the bayou regions of central and southern Louisiana? |
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| 9. What East Coast folk artist openly opposed the Vietnam War by organizing the Institute of for the Study of Non-Violence, and also made the song We Shall Overcome, co-written by Pete Seeger, the 1960s anti-war anthem? |
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| 10. Bob Dylan traveled from his Minnesota home to New York City, allowing him to see what dying folk artist, who was also his most important single influence? |
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| 11. What was a Medicine Show? |
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| a. A traveling business selling “patent medicines” |
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| 12. Which radio station developed the most popular “barn dance” radio show, called “The Grand Ole Opry” in the 1920s? |
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| 13. Which singer learned the blues as a railroad laborer, later combining it with hillbilly music? |
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| 14. What early producer recorded both the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers for Victor in 1927? |
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| 15. What musical style became the predominant influence on popular music from the mid-1930s through the 1940s? |
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| 16. Rockabilly can be described as a blend of what two styles of music? (Two Answers) |
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| b. Hillbilly and d. R&B and |
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| 17. The West Coast style of country artists, whose roster includes Merle Haggard and Buck Owens, is best described as a blend of what two older country styles? (Two answers) |
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| Rockabilly and e. Honky-Tonk |
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| 18. What guitarist formed The Flying Burrito Brothers and “spread the gospel” of electric country guitar oriented music in the late 1960s? |
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| 19. What three cities are the major producers of country music in the USA? (Three answers) |
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| a. Dallas, TX c. Nashville, TN e. Austin, TX |
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| 20. What country movement/style is associated with the early 1980s that blends disco-ized country songs and electronic rodeos? |
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| 19. What three cities are the major producers of country music in the USA? (Three answers) |
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| a. Dallas, TX, c. Nashville, TN, e. Austin, TX |
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| 1. Who recorded Crazy Blues, the first recorded vocal blues song (1920)? |
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| 2. The first sales of blues music on records opened an entirely new market of black music for black consumers. What was this market called by the record industry before 1948? |
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| How was Down Home blues generally different than city blues in the 1920s? |
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| 4. What are the two largest cities in the Mississippi Delta region? (2 answers) |
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| e. Helena, Arkansas a. Memphis |
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| 5. Which of the following music style characteristics are commonly identified with Mississippi Delta Blues? (two answers) |
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| a. Percussive attack on and e. 12-string guitar |
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