Describe some characteristics of ska music.

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Developed as a Jamaican version of rhythm and blues, also influenced by Mexican and Cuban brass playing, rhythm and blues saxophone playing, and forties swing-style jazz; Ska groups accented a subdivision after the main beats (even or uneven subdivision, both were used), called a "hesitation beat".

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What is represented by the eagle on a cactus painted on the frontispiece of the Aztec Codex Mendoza from Mexico City?

A codex page includes the image of an eagle standing on a cactus. The page has a geometric turquoise border. The eagle image is enclosed in a rectangle with a solid turquoise border intersected by an X. Within the quadrants formed by the X, additional images feature Native Americans, various plants, and a human skull suspended on a rack. Below this rectangle, a panel shows four men with shields and clubs.

a. A symbol of the warrior culture
b. The legend of the founding of Tenochtitlán
c. The emblem of the king of Spain
d. The centrality of animals in Aztec belief

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In an early jazz ensemble, the main melody was generally played by the

a. piano. b. trumpet. c. clarinet. d. trombone.

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