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Music
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person who adapts (or arranges) the melody and chords to songs to exploit the capabilities and instrumental resources of a particular musical ensemble.
Janis Joplin
Melody
Arranger
motive
2. 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
Classic blues
Rhythm
Herman Parker
Banjo
3. 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.
Beat
Acoustic recording
The Supremes
soul music
4. 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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5. 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
Buddy Holly
Producer
Arranger
6. 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
AABA form
phrase
Harmony
7. Blues piano tradition that sprang up during the early twentieth century in the 'southwest territory' states of Texas - Arkansas - Missouri - and Oklahoma. In boogie-woogie performances - the pianist typically plays a repeated pattern with his left ha
Boogie Woogie
Concept album
Polyphonic
Texture
8. 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
Electric Guitar
Ray Charles
Hank Williams
The Beatles
9. 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
Ethel Merman
Race Records
Herman Parker
10. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Countrypolitan
Ballad
Standards
Electronic recording
11. 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
Big Band
Polyphonic
Producer
ASCAP
12. 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
Banjo
Texture
Banjo
13. Teen-oriented rock 'n' roll song using a twelve-bar blues structure; it celebrated a simple - hip-swiveling dance step.
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14. 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
Big Band
Chorus
Elvis Presley
Texture
15. 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
Electric Guitar
Bridge
Chuck Berry
Gene Autry
16. 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
Beach Boys
R&B
Polyphonic
Phil Spector
17. 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
Scott Joplin
Buddy Holly
Hank Williams
Beat
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.
Acoustic recording
Janis Joplin
Electronic recording
Refrain
19. 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
Bluegrass
Verse
Nashville sound
Elvis Presley
20. Developed in 1925 using a new device - the microphone. Electric recording converts sounds into electrical signals.
phrase
Electronic recording
Blues
Benny Goodman
21. The underlying pulse of a song or piece of music; a unit of rhythmic measure in music.
ASCAP
Producer
AABA form
Beat
22. Vigorous form of country and western music informed by the rhythms of black R&B and electric blues. Exemplified by artists such as Carl Perkins and the young Elvis Presley.
Frank Sinatra
Rockabilly
Big Band
Chorus
23. 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
Gene Autry
The Beatles
Crooning
Ethel Merman
24. Vocal singing without instrumental accompaniment.
Big Band
Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey
A cappella
Timbre
25. 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
Duke Ellington
The Rolling Stones
Bluegrass
26. Describes a song where the stanzas are all sung to the same music
Beat
Nashville sound
Arranger
Strophic
27. 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.
Cover version
Disc Jockeys
Rhythm
Dick Clark
28. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
Polyphonic
urban folk
Scat singing
soul music
29. The most significant single figure to emerge in country music during the immediate post-World War II period. Williams wrote and sang many songs in the course of his brief career that were enormously popular with country audiences at the time; between
Hank Williams
Buddy Holly
James Brown
Scott Joplin
30. A style of singing made possible by the invention of the microphone. It involves an intimate approach to vocal timbre.
Crooning
Refrain
Rhythm
Herman Parker
31. 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
Les Paul
Cakewalk
A cappella
32. Recordings of performances by African American musicians produced mainly for sale to African American listeners.
Cakewalk
Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey
ASCAP
Race Records
33. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
cadence
soul music
Form
Concept album
34. A British rock group who cultivated an image as 'bad boys' in deliberate contrast to the friendly public image projected by the Beatles.
Beat
The Rolling Stones
Boogie Woogie
Beach Boys
35. Repeating section within a song - consisting of a fixed melody and lyrics repeated exactly - typically following one or more verses.
Cakewalk
Chorus
Payola
Harmony
36. 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
Strophic
Bluegrass
Duke Ellington
Syncopation
37. Musical texture with interlocking melodies and rhythms.
Elvis Presley
Polyphonic
Gene Autry
Payola
38. 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.
Producer
Bel canto
Electronic recording
James Brown
39. Called the 'Empress of the Blues -' She was born in Chattanooga - Tennessee - and performed in traveling shows and vaudeville before embarking on a recording career with Columbia Records. Her recordings include W. C. Handy's 'St. Louis Blues' and Irv
Les Paul
Countrypolitan
Motown
Bessie Smith
40. White rockabilly singer and pianist.
Phil Spector
Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey
Jerry Lee Lewis
Scat singing
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.
Crooning
Bridge
Boogie Woogie
Tempo
42. Host of the popular teen-oriented television show American Bandstand
Elvis Presley
Texture
R&B
Dick Clark
43. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Blues
The Beatles
Patsy Cline
cadence
44. 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.'
ASCAP
Elvis Presley
Aretha Franklin
Brian Wilson
45. Popular dance ensemble during the swing era - consisting of brass - reeds - and rhythm sections.
Standards
Big Band
Frank Sinatra
12-bar Blues
46. 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
soul music
Jerry Lee Lewis
R&B
Tempo
47. Album conceived as an integrated whole - with interrelated songs arranged in a deliberate sequence.
Lyricist
Tin Pan Alley
Concept album
Cole Porter
48. A guitarist and inventor - designed his own eight-track tape recorder and began in 1948 to release a series of popular recordings featuring his own playing - overdubbed to sound like an ensemble of six or more guitars.
Syncopation
Ballad
Les Paul
Nashville sound
49. 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
Bluegrass
Form
Arranger
Elvis Presley
50. Pitched/unpitched - dynamic - timbre or tone color
sound
Hank Williams
Janis Joplin
Irving Berlin