Download The History of Rock and Roll and more Exams History of Music in PDF only on Docsity! History of Rock and Roll (Test 1 UNL) ACCURATE Tin Pan Alley - ANSWER The name of the music publishing industry in the first half of the 20th century Irving Berlin - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer George and Ira Gershwin - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer Richard Rodgers - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer Lorenz Hart - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer Oscar Hammerstein II - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer Cole Porter - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer The first pop singer to create a unique personal style and image - ANSWER Frank Sinatra Swing Era - ANSWER The period from 1935-1946 when big band jazz was the most popular music in America Who was the first star of the "Swing Era?" - ANSWER Benny Goodman Race Music - ANSWER A catchall term to describe any records or songs by black artists, including "The Blues" and "R&B" Hillbilly Music - ANSWER The traditional old time music of the rural southern United States with origins in English folk music Cover - ANSWER A new recording of a charting song Blues - ANSWER The form music form developed in the Mississippi Delta and other Southern locales in the late 19th century that incorporates a 12-bar verse, AAB lyric form, and tonalities from the blues scale. Work songs, shouts, and field hollers - ANSWER African song forms used to accompany work and other aspects of everyday life that were adapted by slaves on plantations and southern work camps Mississippi Delta - ANSWER The 250 mile long area of Mississippi stretching from Memphis south to Vicksburg. Widely considered the birthplace of the blues Country Blues - ANSWER The earliest form of the blues, performed by solo male singers accompanying themselves on guitar AAB lyric form - ANSWER The format of most blues poetry, in which each verse is comprised of three lines, the second of which is a repeat of the first. In 1929, the Depression almost killed the record industry but did kill... - ANSWER The classic blues era Classic Blues - ANSWER An early form of the blues from the 1920s, sung by female vocalists with small group backing. Jazz - ANSWER The music of individual expression whose main characteristics are improvisation and swing rhythm Blues Characteristics - ANSWER Emotional, personal lyrics convey feelings of lust, lost love, jealousy, suffering, hard times, etc. Top 40 - ANSWER Radio format that plays the top 40 in repetition, developed by Todd Storz at KOWH in Omaha The Carter Family - ANSWER Discovered at Bristol (Family) Grand Ole Opry - ANSWER The radio program that began broadcasting in 1925 from WSM in Nashville, making it the center of country .Cowboy Songs - ANSWER Traditional country and hillbilly songs used in Hollywood films that were orchestrated to create a more commercial pop sound. Western Swing - ANSWER A form of country music that incorporates jazz swing rhythm and instruments associated with jazz swing band Bluegrass - ANSWER A fast paced acoustic music that incorporated virtuoso improvised solos similar to those found in jazz Honky-tonk - ANSWER A country-oriented predecessor to rock and roll that used a rhythm section, electric guitar, and electric pedal steel guitar to create a louder and hard driving sound. Honky-tonk lyrics often dealt with drinking, cheating, etc Southern Gospel - ANSWER A Christian-based genre of music that first became popularized in the Southern United States in the early 20th century by male vocal quartets singing with piano or small group accompaniment First White band to crack the top 20 with an R&B song - ANSWER Bill Haley and his Comets Tape-Delay Echo - ANSWER Sam Phillips created his tape-delay echo by feeding a sound source, such as vocal, into the record head of a separate tape machine and back into the mix after is passed the playback head a split second late Rockabilly - ANSWER The first style of rock and roll, characterized by merging elements of R&B and country, slap bass, hiccuping vocals and a fast nervous beat Who sold over 500 million copies world wide? - ANSWER Elvis Presley Crossover - ANSWER Refers to a record or an artist who has appeal in more than one audience segment Stop Time - ANSWER The interruption of a regular beat pattern in the rhythm section Who was the first great lyricist in rock? - ANSWER Chuck Berry
