Author Question: Which of the following does not describe Billie Holiday's singing style? a. a pretty sounding ... (Read 79 times)

Mr. Wonderful · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Which of the following does not describe Billie Holiday's singing style?

a. a pretty sounding classically trained voice
b. a loose sense of timing and phrasing based on Louis Armstrong's model
c. an uncanny ability to project the meaning and emotion of a lyric
d. a conversational, intimate tone with frequent back phrasing

Question 2

In what way was German musical tradition different from that of Italy?

a. A preference for intensely contrapuntal pieces and compositions based onsacred melodies were especially favored. b. Timbre preference for wind and keyboard instruments instead of strings.
c. Preference for intensely contrapuntal pieces, timbre preference for wind andkeyboard instruments instead of strings and compositions based on sacredmelodies were especially favored. d. Preference for intensely contrapuntal pieces.
e.Compositions based on sacred melodies were especially favored.