Briefly describe some common traits that can be found in much African American music in America?

What will be an ideal response?


dominance of rhythm
metronomic rhythm
pentatonic scale
improvisation
call-and-response

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A. Tomb of the Julii B. Mausoleum of Galla Placidia C. Pantheon D. Sant'Apollinare Nuovo

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God wants us to give of both our ____________ and _____________ to Him and His work.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary is at its core an attack on __________.

A. Romantic sensibility B. the working class C. the wealthy D. utopian idealism

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The rhythmic movement of the cattle and the plowmen in Plowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines suggests struggle and the natural ebb and flow of nature by using ________ rhythm.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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