The blues is purely African, with no elements of European musical structure.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

Blues music incorporated some elements from European music that African Americans had heard in church. Most notably, recurring song forms gave structure to blues songs and soon the twelve-bar blues harmonic progression became standard.

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Identify the correct definition of "hocket". a. A canon in which two voices perform the same music at different rates ofspeed, the corresponding notes of which grow progressively distant fromone another

b. A combination of note symbols (for the fast moving upper part) and pitchletter names (for the lower part). c. It occurs when the sounds of two voices are staggered by the carefulplacement of rests, thereby creating a highly syncopated composition. d. Counterpoint carefully written so that the vertical position of two or morevoices can be switched without violating the rules of counterpoint or creatingundue dissonance.

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What often surprises an actor who is new to the process of putting together a play?

A. the collaborative efforts of all involved in the production B. the way tech rehearsals are run C. the enormous time commitment D. the competition audition and callbacks E. the networking and friendships that materialize

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For The Continuing Presence of the Past: Julie Green’s The Last Supper: Da Vinci’s Last Supper was installed at the end wall of the refectory of the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, where the monks would have had to contemplate it over every meal. What feelings might a contemporary viewer of Green’s plates, filling an entire wall in their installation, share with those Renaissance monks?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which composition is a motet-chanson?

a. Kyrie of the Missa L'Homme armé b. Lamentatio sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae c. Nuper rosarum flores d. Dueil angoisseus

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