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Folk music is typically played on instruments that are:
a) Small and portable
b) Loud
c) Difficult to play
d) Exotic
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot (yes, you have to look it up and listen to it) is an example of Atlantic Canadian folk music because:
a) It tells a story
b) The melody is singable and repetitive
c) It's a song about working on the sea
d) All of the above
In the song Tell My Ma by the Rankin Family, the girl being sung about is the belle of which city?
a) Kansas city
b) New York city
c) Belfast City
d) Salt Lake City
Why do Atlantic Canadian folk songs have so much in common with English, French, Scottish and Irish folk music?
a) Because English, French, Irish and Scottish folk music was popular worldwide
b) Because a lot of English, French, Irish and Scottish people settled in Atlantic Canada and their music came with them
c) Because King George III banned all other kinds of music
d) Don't click this, it isn't the answer
Which of these is NOT a common theme in Atlantic Canadian folk music?
a) Technology
b) Town gossip
c) Tall tales about life at sea
d) Work songs
Why is the sea and fishing such a frequent theme in Atlantic Canadian Folk music?
a) There's no reason, those are just the songs that became popular
b) Because fishing is a big part of the economy on the east coast and folk music captured day-to-day life
c) Because Stan Rogers made it popular
d) Don't click this, it's not the answer
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The difference between a fiddle and violin is that:
a) Fiddles are larger than violins
b) Fiddles are made in Ireland and violins are made in Italy
c) Fiddles are lighter in colour than violins
d) Fiddles are played differently than violins
The narrator of Barrett's Privateers by Stan Rogers ends up a broken man on a pier in which city?
a) Fredericton
b) Halifax
c) Dartmouth
d) Saint John
The Log Drivers' Waltz is a Canadian folk song about which trade?
a) Log driving
b) Fishing
c) Forestry
d) Farming
True of false: folk music came about as way to share information with people who couldn't read
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
Troubadours and minstrels were folk musicians who:
a) Traveled from town to town playing music
b) Were employees of the king
c) Those are just words Miss Ready made up
d)
In Catch the Wind by the Irish Descendants, the main voice is a:
a) male voice
b) female voice
c) there's no voice, the entire song is instrumental
d)
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