Soul Music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues.According to the Rock and Role Hall of Fame soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying." Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and extemporaneous body moves, are an important feature of soul music. Other characteristics are a call and response between the soloist and the chorus, and an especially tense vocal sound. The genre also occasionally uses improvisational additions, twirls and auxiliary sounds. Ray Charles is often cited as inventing the soul genre with his string of hits starting with 1954's "I Got a Woman". Charles was open in acknowledging the influence of Pilgrim Travelers vocalist Jesse Whitaker on his singing style. Another view has it that a decade would transpire until Solomon Burke's early recordings for Atlantic Records codified the soul style; his early 1960s songs "Cry to Me", "Just Out of Reach" and "Down in the Valley" are considered classics of the genre. By the 1970s, soul music tried to incorporate more message-based music and also some of the styling of psychedelic rock. Marvin Gayes "Whats Going On" is one of the eye-catching albums at that time. The album discussed the continued strife between races in America and the beginning of the Vietnam war. Soul music also jumped to funk and disco styles. While singing styles remained similar, the more syncopated danceable beats of disco and funk left an indelible mark on soul. The Commodores and Earth, Wind and Fire were two extremely popular bands of the disco movement, bringing soul music to the forefront of public attention and creating many mainstream hits. White singers also began to capitalize on the popular soul style. Their music was named as blue-eyed soul". Many 1970-1980s bands were influenced by soul music and included full horn sections in their band ensembles. Soul music continues to exist in numerous forms, and old soul songs may be incorporated into hip-hop music or rap.Vocal tracks by hip-hop artists like Mary J. Blige continue to combine gospel singing roots with contemporary music. Since soul music continues to be a dominant singing form, it may be broken down into several soul music genres.

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Q1. According to the text, which of the following statements about soul music is false? Soul music was created by black people in America. The first soul music genre was a combination of gospel music, rhythm and blues. Soul music is easy to learn and sing. The original soul music was sung by one person silently.

Q2. Which of the following statements is incorrect? It was Solomon Burke who brought soul music to the forefront of public attention. Blue-eyed soul refers to the soul music sang by white singers. Whats Going On was an attempt to include more serious messages into soul music. Charles was influenced by Jesse Whitaker, a Pilgrim Travellers vocalist.

Q3. According to the text, which of the following singers have the earliest impact on soul music? Ray Charles Marvin Gaye The Commodores Mary J. Blige

Q4. What are the characteristics of soul music? i. It is stressed by hand claps. ii. It is often impromptu. iii. It is usually played with one or two electric guitars. iv. The beat is essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat. v. It often requires extremely tense vocal sound. i. ii. iii. iv. v. i. ii. iv. v. i. ii. v. i. iv. v.

Answer the following questions by choosing the best answers.

Q1. According to the text, which of the following statements about soul music is false? Soul music was created by black people in America. The first soul music genre was a combination of gospel music, rhythm and blues. Soul music is easy to learn and sing. The original soul music was sung by one person silently. Answer: The original soul music was sung by one person silently. Explanation: This is a factual question. Refer to the text: soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues. Catchy rhythmsare an important feature of soul music. Catchy means easy to remember. Other characteristics are a call and response between the soloist and the chorus,

Q2. Which of the following statements is incorrect? It was Solomon Burke who brought soul music to the forefront of public attention. Blue-eyed soul refers to the soul music sang by white singers. Whats Going On was an attempt to include more serious messages into soul music. Charles was influenced by Jesse Whitaker, a Pilgrim Travellers vocalist. Answer: It was Solomon Burke who brought soul music to

the forefront of public attention. Explanation: This is a factual question. Refer to the text, The Commodores and Earth, Wind and Fire were two extremely popular bands of the disco movement, bringing soul music to the forefront of public attention and creating many mainstream hits.

Q3. According to the text, which of the following singers have the earliest impact on soul music? Ray Charles Marvin Gaye The Commodores Mary J. Blige Answer: Ray Charles

Explanation: This is a factual question that requires student to understand the flow of ideas in the text. Mary J. Blige, The Commodores and Marvin Gaye cannot be the answer since they only have influence on soul music after the 1970s.

Q4. What are the characteristics of soul music? i. It is stressed by hand claps. ii. It is often impromptu. iii. It is usually played with one or two electric guitars. iv. The beat is essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat. v. It often requires extremely tense vocal sound. i. ii. iii. iv. v.

i. ii. iv. v. i. ii. v. i. iv. v. Answer: i. ii. v. stressed by handclaps and extemporaneous body moves, are an important feature of soul music. Other characteristics are and an especially tense vocal sound. The third and fourth are characteristics of rock and roll.

Explanation: This is a factual question. Refer to the text

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Q1. The main problem remains the same: how to complex frame of reference. Answer: codify

Explanation: Codify means to arrange something, such as laws or rules, into a system.

Q2. It may yet admitting at the moment. Answer: transpire

that ministers knew more than they are

Explanation: Transpire means if it transpires that something has happened, this previously secret or unknown fact becomes known.

Q3. The blood had left an Answer: indelible

mark on her shirt.

Explanation: Indelibedescribes a mark or substance that is impossible to remove by washing or in any other way.

Q4. We live in an increasingly has less and less influence on our daily lives. Answer: secular

society, in which religion

Explanation: Secular means not having any connection with religion.

Q5. Twenty years of civil economy in ruins. Answer: strife

have left the country's

Explanation: strife means violent or angry disagreement.

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Q1. What information cant we get from the text? Soul music should be developed into various genres, or else, it will become extinct. Soul music was very popular in 1970-1980s. Artists have been trying to diversify soul music genres. The core elements of soul music come from gospel.

Q2. In which of the following sentence does hit has the same meaning as it in -- Ray Charles is often cited as inventing the soul genre with his string of hits starting with 1954's "I Got a Woman"? He was the victim of a mafia hit. Our web page had 243 hits this week. I scored a hit with my first shot. Your cake was a real hit at the party - everyone commented.

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Q1. What information cant we get from the text? Soul music should be developed into various genres, or else, it will become extinct. Soul music was very popular in 1970-1980s. Artists have been trying to diversify soul music genres. The core elements of soul music come from gospel. Answer: Soul music should be developed into various genres, or else, it will become extinct. Explanation: It is a summarising question. The text gives several examples of combining soul music with other kinds of music. Many 1970-1980s bands were influenced by soul music. popular in 1970-1980s Soul music is a music genre combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. . Blige continue to combine gospel singing roots with contemporary music. Core elements are from gospel. The text doesn't mention the extinction of soul music.

Q2. In which of the following sentence does hit has the same meaning as it in -- Ray Charles is often cited as inventing the soul genre with his string of hits starting with 1954's "I Got a Woman"? He was the victim of a mafia hit. Our web page had 243 hits this week. I scored a hit with my first shot.

Your cake was a real hit at the party - everyone commented. Answer: Your cake was a real hit at the party - everyone commented. Explanation: It is a vocabulary question. hit in string of hits and a real hit means a thing or person that is very popular or successful .

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Q4. The winter of 1990 was extremely bad.______ most people say it was the worst winter of their lives. In a word

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Q1. ______ the weather is fine, we'll have a picnic on Saturday. In fact Provided that After all Giving Answer: Provided that

Explanation: 'Provided that' is the only suitable answer. It means to 'on condition that'.

Q2. Your performance in the driving test didnt reach the required standard _____ you failed. in other words at the same time in the end after all Answer: in other words

Explanation: 'In other words means to put it in some different words.

Q3. _____ the general state of his healthit may take him a while to recover from the operation. Given Giving Having given To give

Answer:

Given means knowing about or considering a particular thing.

Explanation: 'Given is used as an preposition here, and it

Q4. The winter of 1990 was extremely bad.______ most people say it was the worst winter of their lives. In a word As usual In fact At last Answer: In fact

Explanation: 'In fact is the only suitable answer. It means to state something as fact.