Music Quiz

Objective: answer 7 questions correctly. JavaScript required!


1. Samurai played the__________ after they lost their knighthood.

koto
kidi
shakuhachi
sitar

2. Which of the following terms is associated with a slight drop in pitch, sounding more sad?

blue notes
jazz
marches
none of the above

3. Who is most associated with developing Ragtime?

Miles Davis
Scott Joplin
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong

4. What is the shape and order of music?

measure
form
melody
tone color

5. What type of instrument is the mbira?

flute
type of harp
water drum
thumb piano

6. If you were to compose a song for the highest female voice, which label would you use?

bass
tenor
soprano
mezzo-soprano

7. Which of the following is a sound producer?

solid body
hollow body
string
frequency

8. What style of music originated as a war dance of the Ewe people?

Chimurenga
mbira
Agbekor
Mande

9. The BaAka people are located in what type of setting?

desert
island
snowy
jungle/forest

10. Jazz is based on what?

improvisation
marches
Gregorian chant
piano

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