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gun whales
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Knoxville/Nashville, TN, USA, NA, E, S, LC, MW, Known Universe
Posts: 1,713
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Gender: Male
Age: 19
Do you play an instrument proficiently? -- Yes, I've been playing the piano for ten years.
Without consulting any sources, answer the following questions:
1. Do you know who Miles Davis is? (Just yes or no) Yes.
2. Can you name a Miles Davis number or album? On the Corner.
3. Do you know who Doc Watson is? I've only heard the name before.
4. Do you know who Bob Wills is? No.
5. Do you know who Duke Ellington is? Yes.
6. Can you name a Duke Ellington song? Solitude.
7. Do you know who Johnny Ace is? No.
8. Do you know who Howlin’ Wolf is? No.
9. Who was the driving force behind the band T. Rex? I don't know.
10. Name a T. Rex song: I can't.
11. Complete the following sentence: John Coltrane played the tenor sax.
12. Who was the Beatles’ drummer before Ringo Starr? Don't know.
13. Ringo Starr’s real name is: Don't know.
14. The Supremes recorded for what label? Atlantic?
15. Do you know who Big Joe Turner is? No.
16. Name a Big Joe Turner song: Don't know.
17. Complete the following sentence: Johan Sebastian Bach was a classical composer during the baroque period.
18. Name an early form of European liturgical music: Gregorian Chant
19. Name a Holland-Dozier-Holland song: I can't.
20. Richard Strauss composed which piece? A. Blue Danube, B. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, C. Rite of Spring, D. Also Sprach Zarathustra, E. None of the above, F. All of the above
Blue Danube
21. Name a Cole Porter song: De-lovely
22. Complete the following sentence: Yo-Yo Ma plays the cello.
23. What is “the Carter lick”? Don't know.
24. Antonio Salieri is important because: A. He invented many of the principles of modern music theory, B. He was the teacher of Franz Schubert, C. He murdered Mozart, D. He wrote many pieces for the pipe organ.
I don't much care for Salieri, so I'd guess he taught Schubert, but him murdering Mozart was a fictionalization.
25. What was Mozart’s full name? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
26. Beethoven’s teacher was: A. Johan Bach, B. George Frideric Handel, C. Antonio Salieri, D. Josef Haydn, E. None of the above.
Haydn.
27. Beethoven is credited with starting what period of classical music?
The Romantic period.
28. Name a Scott Joplin piece:
Maple Leaf Rag
29. Most of Joplin’s pieces were written in which decade? A. 1890-1900, B. 1900-1910, C. 1910-1920, D. 1920-1930.
I'd surmise the twenties.
30. Who was “the King of the Mississippi Delta Bluesmen”: A. Charley Patton, B. Blind Willie McTell, C. Lightnin’ Hopkins, D. Mississippi Fred McDowell.
No clue.
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