Download History of Rock and Roll Test 1 (Chapters 1-6) and more Exams History of Music in PDF only on Docsity! History of Rock and Roll Test 1 (Chapters 1-6)|| 65 QUESTIONS || CORRECT ANSWERS|| Popular music - ANSWER simple, catchy music that everyone likes Copyright - ANSWER the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same. What does syncopated mean? - ANSWER off the main beat (off-beats) What was Tin Pan Alley? - ANSWER street in NYC where simple, memorable, easy songs like "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" were published Vaudeville shows - ANSWER variety shows with dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts that often travelled around What's a crooner? - ANSWER falsetto singers that often amplify vocals Bo Diddley - the Bo Diddley beat - ANSWER playing of the chords in a rhythmic manner Spirituals - how they were different for whites/African Americans - ANSWER religious folk songs - - for blacks it originated with slave culture and contained signified messages Gospel music - ANSWER church music with roots in the folk spiritual tradition that utilized call and response and melisma Melisma - ANSWER use of many notes on one syllable of text, i.e. embellished melodies Falsetto - ANSWER high, airy, weak voice Doo-wop - ANSWER type of secular soul music that emerged in the 1950s as an outgrowth of gospel named for the nonsense syllables sung by backup singers Vocal groups - ANSWER groups that sang doo-wop A capella - ANSWER singing without instrumental accompaniment Country music - ANSWER commercialized hillbilly music with a twangy sound Cover songs - ANSWER a new performance or recording of a previously recorded song by someone other than the original artist Sam Phillips - ANSWER record company owner of Sun Records (Memphis) that recorded BOTH black and white artists, most notably Elvis Presley Elvis Presley - ANSWER "king of rock and roll" first signed to Sun Records in 1954, known for using echo in his recordings "Hound dog" covered from Big Mama Thornton Carl Perkins - ANSWER rockabilly artist of Sun Records who originally sang "Blue Suede Shoes" Jerry Lee Lewis - ANSWER rockabilly artist known for wild "boogie woogie" piano style and use of glissandos that signed with Sun Records Glissando - ANSWER sliding runs along a piano (often used in boogie woogie piano style) Buddy Holly - the Crickets - ANSWER rockabilly musician that differed from other artists with clean cut style (in suit and tie with glasses) and frequent "hiccup singing" Howlin' Wolf played the guitar and the blues harp, also called the ___________________ - ANSWER harmonica Why did many blues artists relocate to northern US cities like Chicago? - ANSWER war time, less discrimination Chess Records - ANSWER chicago-based independent label that recorded both races featuring Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Bo Didley Lyrics of rhythm and blues songs vs lyrics of blues songs - ANSWER blues = sad, slower tempo r&b= more upbeat, more sexualized Boogie-woogie piano style - ANSWER highly energetic piano style popularized by those like Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis Riffs - ANSWER small sections of a medley or main lines repeated in a song, often by the guitar part Fats Domino - ANSWER non-threatening R&B artist that was able to "cross-over" and become a pop artist (from New Orleans r&b) Chuck Berry - ANSWER country influenced "father of the rock guitar" that captured the teenage spirit of rock and popularized the duckwalk while performing DJ Dick Clark/American Bandstand - ANSWER also suffered during the Payola scandal but remained popular with American Bandstand Pat Boone - ANSWER wholesome teen idol pop that covered R&B songs (Tutti Frutti) and represented white censored version of songs Chubby Checker - ANSWER early rock artist known for kick starting dance craze "the Twist" The Brill Building - ANSWER the center of teen idol pop songwriting/producing in NYC (Broadway) that also popularized the girl group sound (The Shirelles) Songwriting pairs - ANSWER famous pairs that wrote many of the most famous pop songs Phil Spector's Wall of Sound - ANSWER specific sound created by overdubbing, a large array of instruments, and monaural sound - - produced for the Beatles and the Ramones The Surf Sound - ANSWER danceable west coast music in which musicians played their own instruments Instrumental hits - Rebel Rouser/Hawaii-5 0 - ANSWER surf sound also created famous songs without any vocals Beach Boys - ANSWER popularized the "surf sound" in the early 1960s with "Surfin' USA" and "Good
