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1. White rockabilly singer and pianist.
The Rolling Stones
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bridge
Rhythm
2. Africanized version of the European quadrille (a kind of square dance). The cakewalk was developed by slaves as a parody of the 'refined' dance movements of the white slave owners
Cakewalk
Lyricist
Payola
Bob Dylan
3. Founder of Motown Records.
Rock 'n' Roll
Standards
Rockabilly
Berry Gordy - Jr.
4. A technique used by opera singers that emphasizes breath control - a fluid and relaxed voice - and the use of subtle variations in pitch and rhythmic phrasing for dramatic effect.
Bel canto
Crooning
Phil Spector
Texture
5. The word derives from the African American term 'to rag -' meaning to enliven a piece of music by shifting melodic accents onto the offbeats (a technique known as syncopation). Ragtime music emerged in the 1880s - its popularity peaking in the decade
Ragtime
Jerry Lee Lewis
Acoustic recording
Timbre
6. The standard form of a blues song: a twelve-bar structure made up of three phrases of four bars each; a basic three-chord pattern; and a three-line AAB text.
12-bar Blues
James Brown
Chuck Berry
Beat
7. The most successful white blues singer of the 1960s. Born in Port Arthur - Texas - Joplin came to San Francisco in the mid-1960s and joined a band called Big Brother and the Holding Company.
Janis Joplin
Harmony
Jerry Lee Lewis
Motown
8. Pianist - composer - arranger - and bandleader; widely regarded as one of the most important American musicians of the twentieth century. As a composer and arranger - he devised unusual musical forms - combined instruments in unusual ways - and creat
Cover version
Payola
Major/Minor
Duke Ellington
9. Country music style involving polished arrangements and a sophisticated approach to vocal presentation. The recordings of Patsy Cline were among the most important manifestations of the Nashville sound.
Ray Charles
Ethel Merman
Cakewalk
Nashville sound
10. African American composer and pianist; the best-known composer of ragtime music. Between 1895 and 1915 - Joplin composed many of the classics of the ragtime repertoire and helped popularize the style through his piano arrangements - published as shee
Janis Joplin
Chuck Berry
Scott Joplin
Polyphonic
11. Introduced as a commercial and marketing term in the mid-1950s for the purpose of identifying a new target audience for musical products. Encompassed a variety of styles and artists from R&B - country - and pop music.
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12. The leader and guiding spirit of the Beach Boys during their first decade. He wrote and produced many of the Beach Boys' biggest hits - including 'Good Vibrations.'
Brian Wilson
Les Paul
Ethel Merman
Dick Clark
13. Rock group from Liverpool - England - who dominated American popular music during the mid-1960s and started the 'British Invasion.' The band included John Lennon and George Harrison on lead and rhythm guitars and vocals - Paul McCartney on bass and v
Brian Wilson
Ethel Merman
The Beatles
Buddy Holly
14. Urban folk singer and songwriter; he took his stage name from his favorite poet - Dylan Thomas. His songs include hits such as 'Blowin' in the Wind -' 'Mr. Tambourine Man -' and 'Like a Rolling Stone.'
Rockabilly
Bob Dylan
Rockabilly
Chorus
15. A type of song in which a series of verses telling a story - often about a historical event or personal tragedy - are sung to a repeating melody (this sort of musical form is called strophic).
Ballad
Tempo
Harmony
Standards
16. Beat - meter - syncopation
Paul Whiteman
Sheet music
Rhythm
Classic blues
17. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Bridge
urban folk
motive
Patsy Cline
18. The most successful white blues singer of the 1960s. Born in Port Arthur - Texas - Joplin came to San Francisco in the mid-1960s and joined a band called Big Brother and the Holding Company.
Sheet music
A cappella
Janis Joplin
Verse
19. Trombonist and bandleader; formed his own band in 1937. Miller developed a peppy - clean-sounding style that appealed to small-town Midwestern people as well as to the big-city - East and West Coast constituency.
Syncopation
Bob Dylan
Glenn Miller
George Gershwin
20. Motive - phrase - cadence
Disc Jockeys
Major/Minor
Melody
The Rolling Stones
21. A version of a previously recorded performance; often an adaptation of the original's style and sensibility - and usually aimed at cashing in on its success.
Cakewalk
Sheet music
The Supremes
Cover version
22. The first form of musical and theatrical entertainment to be regarded by European audiences as distinctively American in character. Featured mainly white performers who artificially blackened their skin and carried out parodies of African American mu
Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley
Minstrel Show
Reverb
23. Behind-the-scenes role at a record company. Can be responsible for booking time in the recording studio - hiring backup singers and instrumentalists - assisting with the engineering process - and imprinting the characteristic sound of the finished re
Cover version
Banjo
Glenn Miller
Producer
24. A memorable musical phrase or riff.
Tin Pan Alley
Bessie Smith
Hook
Beat
25. A short musical passage
Chuck Berry
Benny Goodman
phrase
Concept album
26. Born in New Orleans; a cornetist and singer - he established certain core features of jazz - particularly its rhythmic drive and its emphasis on solo instrumental virtuosity. Armstrong also profoundly influenced the development of mainstream popular
urban folk
Tin Pan Alley
Scott Joplin
Louis Armstrong
27. A person who writes the words for songs
Lyricist
Louis Armstrong
Reverb
Irving Berlin
28. Popularly known as the 'Mother of the Blues -' was the first of the great women blues singers and had a direct influence on Bessie Smith.
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29. A British rock group who cultivated an image as 'bad boys' in deliberate contrast to the friendly public image projected by the Beatles.
Standards
The Rolling Stones
Motown
Acoustic recording
30. Illegal practice - common throughout the music industry - of paying bribes to radio disc jockeys to get certain artists' records played more frequently.
Payola
Texture
Tin Pan Alley
Rockabilly
31. Repeating section within a song - consisting of a fixed melody and lyrics repeated exactly - typically following one or more verses.
Berry Gordy - Jr.
Chorus
Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey
Duke Ellington
32. Repeating section within a song - consisting of a fixed melody and lyrics repeated exactly - typically following one or more verses.
Beach Boys
ASCAP
Ballad
Chorus
33. American popular songs from the Tin Pan Alley style of songwriting that remain an essential part of the repertoire of today's jazz musicians and pop singers.
AABA form
AABA form
Harmony
Standards
34. Pitched/unpitched - dynamic - timbre or tone color
sound
Benny Goodman
Les Paul
Bob Dylan
35. Musical texture with interlocking melodies and rhythms.
Chorus
James Brown
Gene Autry
Polyphonic
36. Teen-oriented rock 'n' roll song using a twelve-bar blues structure; it celebrated a simple - hip-swiveling dance step.
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37. Teen-oriented rock 'n' roll song using a twelve-bar blues structure; it celebrated a simple - hip-swiveling dance step.
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38. The lead singer for the Supremes. After leaving the Supremes in 1970 - she became a successful solo artist.
Beach Boys
Ragtime
Diana Ross
Rockabilly
39. Four- or five-stringed instrument with a membrane stretched over a wooden or metal hoop that is strummed or plucked. It was developed by slave musicians from African prototypes during the early colonial period. The banjo was used in the music of the
Banjo
Janis Joplin
soul music
Arranger
40. Singer - songwriter - and harmonica player who achieved some success with his R&B band - Little Junior's Blue Flames; recorded 'Mystery Train' for Sam Phillips's Sun label.
Beat
Beach Boys
Herman Parker
Les Paul
41. The B section of AABA song form found in the refrain of a Tin Pan Alley song. The bridge presents new material: a new melody - chord changes - and lyrics.
Glenn Miller
Bridge
Acoustic recording
The Beatles
42. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Countrypolitan
Beach Boys
Ballad
Hook
43. Four- or five-stringed instrument with a membrane stretched over a wooden or metal hoop that is strummed or plucked. It was developed by slave musicians from African prototypes during the early colonial period. The banjo was used in the music of the
Banjo
cadence
James Brown
Ray Charles
44. African American musical genre that emerged after World War II. Consisted of a loose cluster of styles derived from black musical traditions - characterized by energetic and hard-swinging rhythms. At first performed exclusively by black musicians for
Berry Gordy - Jr.
R&B
Reverb
Motown
45. Host of the popular teen-oriented television show American Bandstand
Dick Clark
Janis Joplin
Polyphonic
Scott Joplin
46. Known as 'The King of Rock 'n' Roll -' the biggest star to come from the country side of the music world. Born in Tupelo - Mississippi - made his first recordings in Memphis at Sun Records - and later recorded for RCA and became a Hollywood film star
Irving Berlin
Elvis Presley
12-bar Blues
Glenn Miller
47. The underlying pulse of a song or piece of music; a unit of rhythmic measure in music.
Payola
A cappella
James Brown
Beat
48. Recordings of performances by African American musicians produced mainly for sale to African American listeners.
Race Records
Janis Joplin
Classic blues
Melody
49. A type of song in which a series of verses telling a story - often about a historical event or personal tragedy - are sung to a repeating melody (this sort of musical form is called strophic).
Ballad
Harmony
Scat singing
Producer
50. The scale systems central to Western music; a series of pitches organized in a specific order of whole- and half-step intervals. The major scale can give music a feeling of openness and brightness - whereas a minor scale can give music the feeling of
Buddy Holly
Minstrel Show
Jerry Lee Lewis
Major/Minor
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