This document contains 10 questions about various musical genres and terms. It asks the reader to identify genres like dhrupad, math rock, and Sufi rock. It also asks about terms like dirge, which comes from the Latin words meaning "direct my way", and filk music, which originated from a misspelling of "folk". The final questions ask about aleatoric music coming from the Latin word for "dice" and identify The Be Sharps as a barbershop quartet and Muzak as a logo containing oddly shaped pearls.

1. MetaQuizziks Meetings Topic: Musical Genres

2. What gets its name from two words meaning “fixed” and “words”? 1

3. And the answer is ….

4. Dhrupad

5. Whereas most rock music uses a basic 4/4 meter, ____ rock frequently uses asymmetrical time signatures such as 7/8, 11/8, or 13/8, or features constantly changing meters based on various groupings of 2 and 3. This rhythmic complexity, seen as “________” in character by many listeners and critics, is what gives the genre its name. 2

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7. Math rock, from mathermatical

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17. 6 What is ____? Ask five ____ers this question and you’re guaranteed to get fifteen answers…at least. The term itself came from a typo, an erroneous version of the word “____”, as in “____ music”. Another definition: “____ music is a musical movement among fans of science fiction and fantasy fandom and closely related activities, emphasizing content which is related to the genre or its fans, and promoting broad participation. ____ers are people who participate in this movement.”

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19. Filk, from folk

20. Aleatoric music is music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, and/or some primary element of a composed work's realization is left to the determination of its performer(s). Most of John Cage’s compositions for example, tend to be aleatoric in nature. So, what does ‘alea’ mean in Latin? 7

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22. Dice, as in alea jacta est

23. Though their story roughly mirrors that of The Beatles, what genre of music do The Be Sharps play? 8

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25. Barbershop

26. From the visual clue below, name a style of music. 9

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28. Baroque, which is the word for oddly shaped pearls

29. Logo of? 10

30. And the answer is ….

31. Muzak