Gender: Female
Age: 18
Do you play an instrument proficiently? Only if "proficiently" means "badly"
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? Bitches Brew
3. Do you know who Doc Watson is? No
4. Do you know who Bob Wills is? No
5. Do you know who Duke Ellington is? No
6. Can you name a Duke Ellington song? No
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? Marc Bolan
10. Name a T. Rex song: Children of the Revolution
11. Complete the following sentence: John Coltrane played the Saxaphone?
12. Who was the Beatles’ drummer before Ringo Starr? No idea
13. Ringo Starr’s real name is: Richard Starkey
14. The Supremes recorded for what label? Motown
15. Do you know who Big Joe Turner is? The namesake of a boy that went to my secondary school
16. Name a Big Joe Turner song: Uh...
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: ...Gospel?
19. Name a Holland-Dozier-Holland song: Nope.avi
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 F probably
21. Name a Cole Porter song: Not a clue
22. Complete the following sentence: Yo-Yo Ma plays the so fat
23. What is “the Carter lick”? Probably an instrumental technique
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'll go with A
25. What was Mozart’s full name? I'm supposed to say Wolfgang Amadeus here but I know it was actually Something Wolfgang and the most well-known name is a misconception so...
26. Beethoven’s teacher was: A. Johan Bach, B. George Frideric Handel, C. Antonio Salieri, D. Josef Haydn, E. None of the above. I'll go with B just cause his name sounds like Georg Hegel
27. Beethoven is credited with starting what period of classical music? Romantic?
28. Name a Scott Joplin piece: Me and Bobby McGee, har har har
29. Most of Joplin’s pieces were written in which decade? A. 1890-1900, B. 1900-1910, C. 1910-1920, D. 1920-1930. C or something, I have no idea
30. Who was “the King of the Mississippi Delta Bluesmen”: A. Charley Patton, B. Blind Willie McTell, C. Lightnin’ Hopkins, D. Mississippi Fred McDowell. I've only heard of B so I'll just go with him
And this is probably a shining example of why I only have a couple of hundred posts and all of them in the modern music sections.
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