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America’s Musical Landscape 8th Edition By Jean Ferris -Test Bank
Chapter 11 Country Music
1) Modern country music has roots in many musical traditions.
Answer: TRUE
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2) Hillbilly music, originating in mountain communities, was never widely popular.
Answer: FALSE
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3) The oral tradition in the world of country music declined with commercialization of the music.
Answer: TRUE
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4) Country song topics often resembled ballad topics: disasters, murders, and other stories.
Answer: TRUE
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5) The yodel was created by the Carter family.
Answer: FALSE
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6) Country and western is an accurate alternative term for country music.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Country and western is one category within the larger country music genre.
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7) Gospel is exclusively an African American genre.
Answer: FALSE
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8) The Carter Family helped lay the foundation of modern country music by collecting, arranging, and recording hundreds of American songs.
Answer: TRUE
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9) Bluegrass shares some elements in common with jazz.
Answer: TRUE
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10) Country and western music evolved in part due to the Great Depression.
Answer: TRUE
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11) Country music rarely adopted regional trends.
Answer: FALSE
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12) Honky-tonk bands were electrified to project over their noisy performance setting.
Answer: TRUE
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13) Today’s country music centers are located in California as well as Nashville.
Answer: TRUE
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14) Most topical songs remembered today are more than one hundred years old.
Answer: FALSE
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15) One of zydeco’s influences on country music is the use of the accordion.
Answer: TRUE
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