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1

Which element is most predominant and important in West African music?
A)Melody
B)Harmony
C)Rhythm
D)Texture
2

The African rhythm that served as the basis for early jazz and ragtime, as well as Caribbean and Latin music:
A)Meringue
B)Flamenco
C)Habanera
D)Clave
3

This scale is used in African melodies:
A)Blues scale
B)Pentatonic scale
C)Chromatic
D)Octatonic
4

The New Orleans site where blacks were permitted to publicly sing and dance traditional African and African-American music
A)Congo Square
B)Central Park
C)Storyville
D)Main Street
5

The most influential and far-reaching early black vocal style in American music
A)Gospel
B)Blues
C)Ragtime
D)Minstrelsy
6

The famous Mississippi blues musician known as "King of the Delta Blues."
A)Bessie Smith
B)Sippie Wallace
C)Blind Lemon Jefferson
D)Robert Johnson
7

Who wrote St. Louis Blues?
A)Bessie Smith
B)King Oliver
C)Louis Armstrong
D)W.C. Handy
8

Ragtime preceded this closely related, but more improvised jazz piano style
A)Dixieland
B)Stride
C)Calk Walk
D)Tango
9

Accenting notes which are normally unaccented results in
A)Improvisation
B)Syncopation
C)Monophony
D)Rubato
10

This African musical device figures prominently in jazz performance practices
A)Polyphony
B)Call and Response
C)Fugue
D)Eurhythmics





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