Music in the World (Part Three) Quiz Quiz

7.

In the music of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, what is the name for the melodic framework for improvisation that is based on a given set of notes (usually five to seven) and characteristic rhythmic patterns?

Hindustani music

raga

Karnatak music

alapa

1.

Where in the West Indies was singer-songwriter Bob Marley born?

2.

What arranger formed a legendary musical partnership with singer Frank Sinatra?

3.

Which aristocrat of jazz is considered to have been rivaled only by Charles Ives as the greatest American composer?

4.

Who was the most important force in reestablishing the guitar as a concert instrument in the 20th century?

5.

With which field of music is Luciano Pavarotti associated?

6.

Which entertainer is associated with the song “Minnie the Moocher”?

7.

In the music of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, what is the name for the melodic framework for improvisation that is based on a given set of notes (usually five to seven) and characteristic rhythmic patterns?

8.

In a Japanese hayashi ensemble, percussion instruments are played in combination with what instrument?

9.

Which percussion instrument symbolizes prosperity and marks social status in China?

10.

Which family was the first group admitted to the Country Music Hall of Fame?

11.

Which rock group created the British punk movement of the 1970s?

12.

Which innovative 19th-century composer wrote more than 200 works for solo piano?

13.

What is Korea’s national instrument?

14.

What is the name of a sign used for one or more successive musical pitches (which is also the predecessor of the modern note on a musical staff)?

15.

Who composed “St. Louis Blues”?

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1. Where in the West Indies was singer-songwriter Bob Marley born?

2. What arranger formed a legendary musical partnership with singer Frank Sinatra?

3. Which aristocrat of jazz is considered to have been rivaled only by Charles Ives as the greatest American composer?

4. Who was the most important force in reestablishing the guitar as a concert instrument in the 20th century?

5. With which field of music is Luciano Pavarotti associated?

6. Which entertainer is associated with the song “Minnie the Moocher”?

7. In the music of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, what is the name for the melodic framework for improvisation that is based on a given set of notes (usually five to seven) and characteristic rhythmic patterns?

8. In a Japanese hayashi ensemble, percussion instruments are played in combination with what instrument?

9. Which percussion instrument symbolizes prosperity and marks social status in China?

10. Which family was the first group admitted to the Country Music Hall of Fame?

11. Which rock group created the British punk movement of the 1970s?

12. Which innovative 19th-century composer wrote more than 200 works for solo piano?

13. What is Korea’s national instrument?

14. What is the name of a sign used for one or more successive musical pitches (which is also the predecessor of the modern note on a musical staff)?

15. Who composed “St. Louis Blues”?

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1.

Where in the West Indies was singer-songwriter Bob Marley born?

2.

What arranger formed a legendary musical partnership with singer Frank Sinatra?

3.

Which aristocrat of jazz is considered to have been rivaled only by Charles Ives as the greatest American composer?

4.

Who was the most important force in reestablishing the guitar as a concert instrument in the 20th century?

5.

With which field of music is Luciano Pavarotti associated?

6.

Which entertainer is associated with the song “Minnie the Moocher”?

7.

In the music of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, what is the name for the melodic framework for improvisation that is based on a given set of notes (usually five to seven) and characteristic rhythmic patterns?

8.

In a Japanese hayashi ensemble, percussion instruments are played in combination with what instrument?

9.

Which percussion instrument symbolizes prosperity and marks social status in China?

10.

Which family was the first group admitted to the Country Music Hall of Fame?

11.

Which rock group created the British punk movement of the 1970s?

12.

Which innovative 19th-century composer wrote more than 200 works for solo piano?

13.

What is Korea’s national instrument?

14.

What is the name of a sign used for one or more successive musical pitches (which is also the predecessor of the modern note on a musical staff)?

15.

Who composed “St. Louis Blues”?