History Of Rock Chp 1

In oral tradition, music is learned and transmitted from memory instead of by a written score.

Benny Goodman frequently purchased big band arrangements from:

Swing bands usually included a banjo and a tuba.

Which song was the first major Tin Pan Alley hit?

Dixieland jazz originated in:

Scott Joplin's piano rags are in the form of

The form AABBACCDD best describes

The first commercially successful Tin Pan Alley song was written in

Ragtime features a steady right hand melody and a syncopated left hand accompaniment

Maple Leaf Rag featured what style for the left hand on the piano?

"After the Ball" is best described as:

Songs in 32-bar song form follow an AABA form for the melody.

The first commercially successful Dixieland group was:

All of the following were promotional tactics of Tin Pan Alley song pluggers EXCEPT:

Dixieland jazz included tenor and alto saxophones.

"I Got Rhythm" was more famous than the musical in which it first appeared.

During the nineteenth century, most American homes had pianos for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Cotton Tail has the musical basis of

Cootie Williams and Johnny Hodges were frequent soloists in Duke Ellington's orchestra.

Vaudeville refers to a music publishing district in New York City.