America’s Musical Landscape 7th Edition By Jean Ferris – Test Bank

Chapter 11

Country Music

True/False

1. Modern country music has roots in many musical traditions.
ANS: T

2. Hillbilly music, originating in mountain communities, was never widely popular.
ANS: F

3. The oral tradition in the world of country music declined with commercialization of the music.
ANS: T

4. Country song topics often resembled ballad topics: disasters, murders, and other stories.
ANS: T

5. The yodel was created by the Carter family.
ANS: F

6. Country and western is an accurate alternative term for country music.
ANS: F
Feedback: Country and western is one category within the larger country music genre.

7. Gospel is exclusively an African American genre.
ANS: F

8. The Carter Family helped lay the foundation of modern country music by collecting, arranging, and recording hundreds of American songs.
ANS: T

9. Bluegrass shares some elements in common with jazz.
ANS: T

10. Country and western music evolved in part due to the Great Depression.
ANS: T

11. Country music rarely adopted regional trends.
ANS: F

12. Honky-tonk bands were electrified to project over their noisy performance setting.
ANS: T