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Select the four statements that best describe this musical example. Click here if you can’t play the audio.

The music that your ancestors sought and enjoyed can be considered________and our understanding of it can provide insights into their lives.

In African society, the performance of music was:

In the origins of jazz the practice of taking liberties with melody lines provided a beginning for the tradition of

The technique of briefly taking a melody out of proper pitch in order to add emotion is called:

A component in the uniqueness of the Miles Davis trumpet style is his use of the

Mamie (Robinson) Smith, Ma Rainey, and Bessie Smith were

What does it mean to have no chording instrument?

Art Tatum influenced

Some songs sung by slaves contained