All You Need Is Ears Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

George Martin
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All You Need Is Ears Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

George Martin
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three reasons does George Martin offer for some groups' desire not to work with a producer?
(a) They want the glory that comes with producing themselves; they may worry a producer will rewrite their songs; and they may feel a producer will inhibit their creativity.
(b) They want the glory that comes with producing themselves; they do not want to surrender a large percentage of the profits to an outsider; and they may feel a producer will inhibit their creativity.
(c) They want the glory that comes with producing themselves; they may fear a producer will steal their ideas; and they may worry a producer will rewrite their songs.
(d) They may fear a producer will steal their ideas; they do not want to surrender a large percentage of the profits to an outsider; and they may feel a producer will inhibit their creativity.

2. At EMI, what did engineer Charlie Anderson do when a photographer wanted to take pictures of a recording artist in the studio?
(a) Offer them standard publicity glossies.
(b) Rearrange the microphones in impossible ways so no one could study his techniques.
(c) Deny their request.
(d) Remove all microphones from the room.

3. George Martin wrote the musical score for which Michael Caine film, following the success of "Yellow Submarine"?
(a) "Alfie".
(b) "Pulp".
(c) "The Man Who Would Be King".
(d) "Gambit".

4. According to George Martin in Chapter 2, what was the great challenge faced by classical composers in the late twentieth century?
(a) They must create a new sound, or else risk being categorized by the style they emulate.
(b) Finding enough talented musicians to form an orchestra.
(c) Not being influenced by pop music.
(d) Making a living.

5. George Martin states, throughout "All You Need Is Ears", that major change comes to the recording industry at what general interval of time?
(a) Every fifteen years.
(b) Every twenty years.
(c) Every ten years.
(d) Every twenty-five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In filmmaking, what is a click track?

2. As explained by George Martin in Chapter 2, how is orchestration different from composition?

3. In Chapter 10, which Beatle does George Martin describe as an aural Salvador Dali?

4. George Martin guesses he was how old when his family got a piano?

5. Regarding orchestration, what does George Martin offer as the secret to good string writing?

(see the answer key)

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