Multiple Choice QuestionIdentify an accurate statement about Hawaiian music.Multiple choice question.Hawaiian music, rooted in old religious chants and hymns, absorbed rhythms, sounds, and instruments brought by missionaries and settlers.Hawaiian music is unique among country musics, which consist mostly of song, in being primarily an instrumental concept.Hawaiian music developed in the intimate bars and clubs of Texas along with the sounds of western swing bands.Hawaiian music, popular in its own right, has failed to significantly influence mainland country music and pop.

Which of the following statements is true of the form of dance music called waila?Multiple choice question.It is a blend of serious concert music and rock.Its sounds are derived from Spanish fiddle bands.It is a fusion of North American rock and African music.It is the music of the Tohono O’odham people of Arizona.

Select all that applyIdentify the Latin areas that have particularly influenced the popular, classical, and religious music of North America.Multiple select question.The Hawaiian IslandsBrazilThe CaribbeanMexicoEcuador

Which of the following is a true statement about Native American music?Multiple choice question.A song often consists simply of many repetitions of one or more phrases or partial phrases.Almost all Native American tribes produce the same music. In Native American music, women's voices lie an octave lower than men's.Melodic phrases generally begin on a relatively low pitch and descend with wide leaps.

In the context of the development of various styles of country music, identify an accurate statement.Multiple choice question.The typical radio program of the 1920s excluded sentimental parlor songs performed by country singers.Spiritual songs, well-loved from camp meeting days, lost its identity as part of the country music family.As rural music evolved across America, a great body of modern country and folk musics appeared, of seemingly endless variety.Dance songs, in which string bands alternated verses with a solo voice, were omitted by popular radio shows.

Brought to the island by Mexican cowboys in the 1800s, the accordion became a popular instrument in Hawaiian music.Group startsTrue or False