READING. UNIT 4. 8F

When the word 'music' is heard, the common associations include both abstract concepts like musical notation and concrete concepts related to a person's life or work.

The text explicitly links listener's desired feeling to their music choice, citing energy, power, happiness, and relaxation as examples of resultant emotional states.

The two principal identifying characteristics of Jazz music are its capacity to relax the listener and its origin with African Americans.

Jazz and Rap are connected by the shared historical element of being musical styles that were initially developed by African Americans.

Based on the text's description, the employment of electric guitars is a characteristic element associated with the loud and fast execution of heavy metal music.

A listener's preference for a specific musical genre is determined solely by the particular emotional state they currently wish to achieve.

The text distinguishes between the external perception of heavy metal as aggressive and the internal feeling of power experienced by some listeners.

The main features of Jazz, distinct from other genres, are specifically identified by the text as blue notes and complex chords.

The only way musicians effectively give their listeners great emotions is by simultaneously engaging in singing, dancing, and playing musical instruments.

A central distinction of the Rap genre, as defined in the text, is the delivery of words which are spoken quickly over instrumental backing tracks rather than sung.

Since DJ Kool Herc is identified as the father of hip-hop, he is therefore responsible for introducing the cultural elements of both rap music and breakdancing in the early 1970s.

Ella Fitzgerald's unique contribution to Jazz was her ability to make her vocal cords literally replicate the timbre and resonance of a manufactured musical device.