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Music Appreciation
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
Patsy Cline
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
MIDI
RIAA
2. -one of the forerunners of the Grunge genre - originally part of the 'no wave' scene in NY -Many alternative bands such as Nirvana looked up to them -album 'Daydream Nation' was well-received by critics - and then they were signed to Geffen Records -
heavy metal
alternative rock
Sonic Youth
pop rock
3. 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.
RIAA
nashville sound
rave
Michael Jackson
4. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
world music
Beastie Boys
sequencer
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
5. Centered on the creation of a strong rhythmic momentum or groove - with the electric bass and bass drum often playing on all four main beats of the measure - the snare drum and other instruments playing equally strongly on the second and fourth beats
The Ramones
soft soul
Carlos Santana
funk music
6. Named after the Warehouse - a popular gay dance club in Chicago - it was a style of techno dance music. Many house recordings were purely instrumental - with elements of European synth-pop - Latin soul - reggae - rap - and jazz grafted over an insist
art rock
Willie Nelson
house music
countrypolitan
7. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
hip-hop
Jimi Hendrix
MIDI
gangsta rap
8. Singer-songwriter Who wrote many hits in the 1960s with Gerry Goffin. In 1971 - the success of her album Tapestry made her a major recording star.
Clear channel
Carole King
house music
sampling
9. From the late 1980s through the 1990s - Madonna's popularity was second only to Michael Jackson's. She created controversial songs and music videos - including 'Papa Don't Preach' (1986) - 'Express Yourself' (1989) - and 'Like a Prayer' (1989).
synthesizer
grunge rock
Madonna
Michael Jackson
10. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Peter Gabriel
Ray Charles
Nirvana
Led Zeppelin
11. Named after the Warehouse - a popular gay dance club in Chicago - it was a style of techno dance music. Many house recordings were purely instrumental - with elements of European synth-pop - Latin soul - reggae - rap - and jazz grafted over an insist
house music
world music
MP3
sequencer
12. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
heavy metal
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
country pop
Jimi Hendrix
13. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
world music
Prince
art rock
Grandmaster Flash
14. The most outrageous—and therefore famous—punk band - formed in 1975 in London. They were the creation of Malcolm McAllen - owner of a London boutique called Sex - which specialized in leather and rubber clothing.
Lauryn Hill
Bob Marley
N.W.A.
The Sex Pistols
15. Marketing category that emerged around 1990; it is most often used to describe bands like are.E.M. - Sonic Youth - the Dead Kennedys - and Nirvana.
sampling
alternative rock
Bruce Springsteen
Napster
16. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Carole King
Led Zeppelin
house music
soft soul
17. Hip-hop culture - forged by African American and Caribbean American youth in New York City - included distinctive styles of visual art (graffiti) - dance (an acrobatic solo style called breakdancing and an energetic couple dance called the freak) - m
Donna Summer
hip-hop
Carlos Santana
punk rock
18. Form of rock music that blended elements of rock and European classical music. It included bands such as King Crimson; Emerson - Lake - and Palmer; and Pink Floyd.
Dolly Parton
Beastie Boys
art rock
disco
19. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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20. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
country pop
rave
Nirvana
breakdancing
21. Music played by San Francisco bands that encompassed a variety of styles and musical influences - including folk rock - blues - 'hard rock -' Latin music - and Indian classical music.
Michael Jackson
sequencer
psychedelic rock
Patsy Cline
22. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
grunge rock
Janis Joplin
Michael Jackson
David Bowie
23. The first commercially successful white act in hip-hop. Their early recordings represent a fusion of the youth-oriented rebelliousness of hardcore punk rock—the style they began playing in 1981—with the sensibility and techniques of hip-hop.
rap
Beastie Boys
Dolly Parton
bluegrass
24. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
nashville sound
psychedelic rock
bluegrass
heavy metal
25. Born in the impoverished shantytowns of Kingston - Jamaica - reggae first became popular in the United States in 1973 - after the release of the Jamaican film The Harder They Come and its soundtrack album. The heart of reggae music consists of 'riddi
world music
reggae
Jimi Hendrix
grunge rock
26. Form of dance music popular in the late 1970s - characterized by elaborate studio production and an insistent beat: Donna Summer - Chic - the Village People - the Bee Gees.
Janis Joplin
sequencer
Napster
disco
27. Publicly traded corporation that owns more than 1 -200 radio stations - 39 television stations - 100000 advertising billboards - and 100 live performance venues - ranging from huge amphitheaters to dance clubs - enabling them to present more than 70
Clear channel
Queen Latifah
hip-hop
Ray Charles
28. The term 'alternative'—like the broadly equivalent terms 'underground' and 'independent'—is used across a wide range of popular genres - including rock - rap - adult contemporary - dance - folk - and country music. It is used to describe music that c
sampling
Beastie Boys
Dolly Parton
alternative music
29. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Ray Charles
rap
funk music
Run-D.M.C.
30. A digital recording process wherein a sound source is recorded with a microphone - converted to a digital stream of binary numbers - and stored in a computer. The sampled sounds may be retrieved in a number of ways.
sampling
James Brown
M.C. Hammer
Peter Gabriel
31. A digital recording process wherein a sound source is recorded with a microphone - converted to a digital stream of binary numbers - and stored in a computer. The sampled sounds may be retrieved in a number of ways.
disco
Vanilla Ice
Bob Marley
sampling
32. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
disco
breakdancing
M.C. Hammer
sampling
33. -one of the forerunners of the Grunge genre - originally part of the 'no wave' scene in NY -Many alternative bands such as Nirvana looked up to them -album 'Daydream Nation' was well-received by critics - and then they were signed to Geffen Records -
Sonic Youth
progressive country
Kenny Rogers
MIDI
34. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
bluegrass
Dolly Parton
rave
Peter Gabriel
35. Springsteen's music and personal image evoked the rebellious rock 'n' rollers of the 1950s and the socially conscious folk rockers of the 1960s. His songs reflected his working-class origins and sympathies.
Bruce Springsteen
alternative music
Willie Nelson
world music
36. Ice's first album - To the Extreme (1990) - monopolized the Number One position for sixteen weeks in early 1991 - selling seven million copies. When it was discovered that Van Winkle - raised in reasonably comfortable circumstances in a middle-class
Vanilla Ice
psychedelic rock
Clear channel
nashville sound
37. The 'Godfather of Soul.' He was known for his acrobatic physicality and remarkable charisma on stage. No other single musician has proven to be as influential on the sound and style of black music as James Brown.
Grandmaster Flash
Def Jam
James Brown
country pop
38. Parton was born in the hill country of Tennessee and began her recording career at age eleven. She moved to Nashville in 1964 and built her career with regular appearances on country music radio and television.
Dolly Parton
Ray Charles
Michael Jackson
synthesizer
39. Born in Texas - Nelson was one of the most influential figures in the progressive country movement. Nelson's rise to national fame came in the mid-1970s - through his association with a group of musicians collectively known as 'the Outlaws.'
nashville sound
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Beastie Boys
Willie Nelson
40. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
countrypolitan
hardcore
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Clear channel
41. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
countrypolitan
Beastie Boys
Grandmaster Flash
42. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
Willie Nelson
Lauryn Hill
Carole King
43. 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.
nashville sound
Queen Latifah
urban folk
Sonic Youth
44. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
The Ramones
world music
rave
country pop
45. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
progressive country
rave
country pop
Run-D.M.C.
46. Rapper from Oakland - California; hit the charts in 1990 with Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - which held the Number One position for twenty-one weeks and sold over ten million copies - becoming the bestselling rap album of all time.
The Ramones
Public Enemy
M.C. Hammer
disco
47. Rock style that emerged in the late 1970s. It was a 'back to basics' rebellion against the perceived artifice and pretension of corporate rock music—a stripped-down and often purposefully 'nonmusical' version of rock music.
James Brown
James Brown
Patsy Cline
punk rock
48. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
Public Enemy
David Bowie
alternative rock
The Ramones
49. Born in Mexico - he began his musical career playing guitar in Tijuana. He formed his band in San Francisco in the late 1960s. Their 1971 album Abraxas established a Latin American substream within rock.
punk rock
bluegrass
hardcore
Carlos Santana
50. Variant of hip-hop music; its emergence was heralded nationwide by the release of the album Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. (Niggaz with Attitude). It included artists such as Snoop Doggy Dogg - 2Pac Shakur - and the Notorious B.I.G.
Aretha Franklin
gangsta rap
James Brown
Ray Charles