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torybrooks

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Which trait is not characteristic of country music?
 
 

a. melodies mostly folk ballades
  b. originally sung by a solo voice or voice accompanied by a fiddle, dulcimer, or banjo
  c. texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life
  d. singing style slides between pitches in a manner evocative of a southern drawl
  e. a rich variety of chromatic chords provide colorful accompaniment to the mournful texts



Question 2

Which statement is the correct definition for country music?
 
 

a. an expressive, soulful style of singing that emerged from the African-American spiritual and work song at the
  end of the nineteenth century


 

b. a mixture of jazz and rock cultivated early twentieth-century pianists
  c. a lively, energetic music with pulsating rhythms and scintillating syncopations, usually played by a small
  instrumental ensemble
  d. a repertoire of songs about love and lifes disappointments that emerged from the music of Anglo-Irish settlers
  in the Appalachia region of the United States
  e. a musical style that emerged in the 1890s and characterized by a steady bass and a syncopated, jazzy treble




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olderstudent

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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: e

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: d




torybrooks

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Reply 2 on: Jul 25, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


dyrone

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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