What did the typical R n B ensemble of the 1950s consist of?

What will be an ideal response?

ANS: Rhythm and blues bands grew to include not only backup singers but
also a big-band-like ensemble of wind instruments, which often played a responsorial role
similar to that of the back up singers.

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The flowing fountains in Eisenstein’s Old and New are an example of which

technique?

a. the iris b. the wipe c. the nondiegetic insert d. the fade

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What instrument is most closely associated with Louis Armstrong, who formed two studio bands, The Hot Five and The Hot Seven, and recorded Hotter Than That, which features "scat"?

A. flute B. saxophone C. trumpet D. drums

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