Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Rock music had its origins in:
a. | the UK blues bands of the early 1960s | b. | the US blues bands of the early
1960s | c. | the UK blues bands of the 1970s | d. | the Australian blues bands of the
1960s |
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1960s blues rock featured:
a. | riff-based guitar melodies with backbeat and distortion | b. | long guitar melodies
with backbeat and distortion | c. | riff-based guitar melodies with backbeat and
little distortion | d. | riff-based guitar melodies with little backbeat
or distortion |
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Rock featured lyrics:
a. | with romantic and/or sexual connotations | b. | with rebellious
and/or fun connotations | c. | with rebellious and/or sexual
connotations | d. | with rebellious and/or romantic connotations |
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Rock in the 1960s produced guitar heroes including:
a. | Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger | b. | Eric Clapton, Mick
Jagger and Keith Richards | c. | Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendix and Jimmy
Page | d. | Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Keith Richards |
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The Rolling Stones song ‘(I Can’t Get No)
Satisfaction’:
a. | contains lyrics about the frustrations of modern life | b. | contains lyrics
about the frustrations of relationships | c. | contains lyrics about the frustrations of being
a rock star | d. | contains lyrics about the frustrations of travelling |
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A rock riff is:
a. | a short catchy melody frequently based around notes of the dorian
mode | b. | a short, catchy melody frequently based around notes of the blues
scale | c. | a short catchy melody frequently based around notes of the minor
scale | d. | a short catchy melody frequently based around notes of the major
scale |
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The C blues scale comprises:
a. | the notes C, Eb, F, Gb, G, Bb and C | b. | the notes C, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb and
C | c. | the notes C, E, F, F#, G, A and C | d. | the notes C, D, E, G, A and
C |
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The song ‘Smoke on the Water’ starts:
a. | with the instruments entering one at a time in a technique called
lurching | b. | with the instruments entering one at a time in a technique called
layering | c. | with the instruments entering one at a time in a technique called
staggering | d. | with the instruments entering one at a time in a technique called
leaning |
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Heavy rock in the 1970s fell out of favour because:
a. | the audience grew tired of the distortion and volume of concerts | b. | the audience
discovered country rock instead | c. | the audience grew tired of the backbeat and
endless guitar solos | d. | the audience grew tired of elaborate stage acts
and endless guitar solos |
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Heavy metal originated in the 1980s and featured:
a. | aggression, speed, blues riffs and messages of social commentary | b. | aggression, speed,
blues riffs and supernatural themes | c. | aggression, speed, brute force and messages of
social commentary | d. | aggression, speed, brute force and supernatural
themes |
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Three distinctive metal styles from the 1980s were:
a. | black, thrash and fast metal | b. | black, thrash and death
metal | c. | thrash, death and rap metal | d. | death, rap and fast
metal |
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Soul music took its vocal techniques from:
a. | teen pop | b. | rock music | c. | gospel | d. | Motown |
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The early development of soul took place at:
a. | Stax Records in Memphis | b. | Festival records in New
York | c. | Motown Records in Detroit | d. | Sun Records in
Memphis |
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James Brown’s vocal delivery was known as:
a. | the ‘godfather feel’ factor | b. | the ‘good
time’ factor | c. | the ‘feel-fine’
factor | d. | the ‘feel good’ factor |
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The notes of the C7 chord include:
a. | C, Eb, G, Bb | b. | C, E, G, B | c. | C, E, G,
Bb | d. | C, Eb, G, B |
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Soul and funk bass lines:
a. | tend to emphasise the first beat in the bar and use wider
intervals | b. | tend to emphasise beats one and three and use wider intervals | c. | tend to emphasise
beats two and four and use wider intervals | d. | tend to emphasise all four beats in the bar and
use wider intervals |
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Berry Gordy, Motown President, hated Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s
Going On’:
a. | because it used a 16-beat funk feel | b. | because it was too long for radio
play | c. | because it used orchestral instruments in the backing | d. | because it used jazz
flavoured chords |
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The term ‘funk’ is believed to originate:
a. | from a central African term meaning ‘move and have
fun’ | b. | from a central African term meaning ‘healthy sweat’ | c. | from a variation on
the word ‘fun’ | d. | from an African American slave term meaning
‘to dance’ |
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Disco differed from funk in that:
a. | it was simpler, steadier and lacked the passion of funk | b. | it was simpler,
steadier and more rhythmic than funk | c. | it was simpler, steadier and more melodic than
funk | d. | it was simpler, steadier and faster than funk |
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Funk was pioneered by George Clinton and his band:
a. | Funkmaesters | b. | Funkadelic | c. | Funkarama | d. | Funkarelli |
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