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1. 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.
Ray Charles
Big Band
Bridge
cadence
2. Technique that involves the use of nonsense syllables as a vehicle for wordless vocal improvisation.
Texture
Ragtime
Herman Parker
Scat singing
3. 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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4. Process for recording sound in the pre-microphone era. Performers projected into a huge megaphone.
Acoustic recording
Melody
Scat singing
Jerry Lee Lewis
5. Describes a song where the stanzas are all sung to the same music
Acoustic recording
Beach Boys
Strophic
urban folk
6. 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.
Bluegrass
Form
Standards
Aretha Franklin
7. 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.
Elvis Presley
Syncopation
Glenn Miller
Sheet music
8. A British rock group who cultivated an image as 'bad boys' in deliberate contrast to the friendly public image projected by the Beatles.
The Rolling Stones
Syncopation
Melody
Crooning
9. A memorable musical phrase or riff.
Hook
Glenn Miller
Big Band
Scott Joplin
10. 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.
Berry Gordy - Jr.
Dick Clark
Cover version
Arranger
11. Describes a song where the stanzas are all sung to the same music
Jerry Lee Lewis
Strophic
Cole Porter
ASCAP
12. White rockabilly singer and pianist.
cadence
soul music
Beat
Jerry Lee Lewis
13. A person who writes the words for songs
Hank Williams
Nashville sound
Lyricist
Beach Boys
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.'
Bob Dylan
A cappella
Patsy Cline
Brian Wilson
15. 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
Refrain
R&B
Rock 'n' Roll
16. Repeating section within a song - consisting of a fixed melody and lyrics repeated exactly - typically following one or more verses.
Arranger
Chorus
R&B
Minstrel Show
17. The words of a song.
Cover version
Lyrics
Reverb
Verse
18. 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
Scat singing
R&B
Aretha Franklin
Motown
19. A person who writes the words for songs
The Supremes
Lyricist
Rhythm
Boogie Woogie
20. A style rooted in the venerable southern string band tradition. It combines the banjo - fiddle - mandolin - dobro - guitar - and acoustic bass with a vocal style often dubbed the 'high - lonesome sound.' The pioneer of bluegrass music was Bill Monroe
Hook
Cakewalk
Scott Joplin
Bluegrass
21. Black female vocal group who were featured artists with Motown Records in the 1960s. Their song 'You Can't Hurry Love' was a Number One hit in 1966.
The Supremes
Cole Porter
Chuck Berry
Concept album
22. A person who adapts (or arranges) the melody and chords to songs to exploit the capabilities and instrumental resources of a particular musical ensemble.
Syncopation
Arranger
Boogie Woogie
Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey
23. Style of folk music that grew in popularity in the burgeoning New York folk scene during the 1960s. It included artists such as Bob Dylan.
Acoustic recording
Rock 'n' Roll
urban folk
Bessie Smith
24. 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
Scott Joplin
The Beatles
Dick Clark
Banjo
25. Dubbed the 'first tycoon of teen -' his studio production techniques are known as the 'wall of sound' because of his utilization of dense orchestrations - multiple instruments - and heavy reverb.
sound
Gene Autry
Banjo
Phil Spector
26. Style of folk music that grew in popularity in the burgeoning New York folk scene during the 1960s. It included artists such as Bob Dylan.
urban folk
Producer
Chorus
A cappella
27. The first successful singing cowboy; born in Texas - He was a successful film star and a popular country and western musician. Helped establish the 'western' component of country and western music. Developed a style designed to reach out to a broader
Gene Autry
Rockabilly
Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey
AABA form
28. Album conceived as an integrated whole - with interrelated songs arranged in a deliberate sequence.
Concept album
Bel canto
Jerry Lee Lewis
Lyrics
29. The underlying pulse of a song or piece of music; a unit of rhythmic measure in music.
Beat
soul music
Frank Sinatra
Minstrel Show
30. Host of the popular teen-oriented television show American Bandstand
Tin Pan Alley
Dick Clark
The Beatles
Rock 'n' Roll
31. Album conceived as an integrated whole - with interrelated songs arranged in a deliberate sequence.
Concept album
Chorus
Verse
Crooning
32. 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.
AABA form
Cakewalk
Scott Joplin
12-bar Blues
33. Founder of Motown Records.
Berry Gordy - Jr.
Irving Berlin
Lyrics
Benny Goodman
34. 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
Louis Armstrong
Brian Wilson
Verse
Chuck Berry
35. A recurrent rhythmical series
George Gershwin
Berry Gordy - Jr.
cadence
Brian Wilson
36. 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
Texture
Electronic recording
Minstrel Show
Electric Guitar
37. Clarinetist and popular band leader; known as the 'King of Swing.' His popularity and the success of his band helped establish the swing era in the early 1930s. He was the first white bandleader to hire black musicians in his band
Benny Goodman
Electronic recording
Chorus
Verse
38. 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.'
12-bar Blues
Payola
Classic blues
Bob Dylan
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
Paul Whiteman
Banjo
Melody
Sheet music
40. Vocal singing without instrumental accompaniment.
Classic blues
Motown
Concept album
A cappella
41. A musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
Buddy Holly
Syncopation
Dick Clark
Countrypolitan
42. The principal medium for disseminating popular sings until the advent of recording in the 1890s.
Sheet music
Hook
Paul Whiteman
James Brown
43. A style rooted in the venerable southern string band tradition. It combines the banjo - fiddle - mandolin - dobro - guitar - and acoustic bass with a vocal style often dubbed the 'high - lonesome sound.' The pioneer of bluegrass music was Bill Monroe
Minstrel Show
Cover version
soul music
Bluegrass
44. 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
Herman Parker
Elvis Presley
Texture
Dick Clark
45. Founded in California in 1961 - they popularized the 'California sound' in the early 1960s. Their hit songs included 'Surfin' Safari -' 'Surfer Girl -' 'California Girls -' 'Surfin' USA' and 'Good Vibrations.'
Beach Boys
AABA form
The Beatles
Ray Charles
46. A short musical passage
R&B
phrase
Race Records
The Beatles
47. In the verse-refrain song - the refrain is the 'main part' of the song - usually constructed in AABA or ABAC form.
Bel canto
Banjo
Refrain
Major/Minor
48. 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.
Elvis Presley
Dick Clark
Chorus
Nashville sound
49. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Banjo
Ray Charles
ASCAP
Blues
50. Founded in 1914 in an attempt to force all business establishments that featured live music to pay fees ('royalties') for the public use of music.
Scott Joplin
ASCAP
Aretha Franklin
Cakewalk
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