Why is African-American music important? (Answers may vary.)
What will be an ideal response?
• It is significant in its own right
• It makes an important American contribution to international music
• It has transformed popular music throughout the world
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The section in sonata–allegro form that presents the main thematic material of
the movement is the:
a. retransition b. coda c. development d. recapitulation e. exposition
Which of the following first provided rock ‘n’ roll its distinctiveness from rhythm and blues in the early-mid 1950s?
A. gospel B. country music C. the addition of the saxophone D. amplified instruments
Which statement best describes Palestrina's use of dissonance in the "Gloria"?
a) A dash of dissonance now and then enhances the overall flavor. b) The more dissonance the better. c) Dissonance is evil and is to be avoided at all costs. d) A composition should consists of equal parts consonance and dissonance.
What are embellishments?
A. Ornamental tones not printed in the music that seventeenth- and eighteenth-century performers were expected to add to the melody. B. Obsolete in contemporary performances. C. Music created at the same time it is performed. D. Notes printed in the music that ornament the melody.