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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
soul music
Dolly Parton
rave
disco
2. 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
art rock
urban folk
rave
3. Regional style of alternative rock from Seattle that blended heavy metal guitar textures with hardcore punk. Bands from Seattle included Green River - Mudhoney - Pearl Jam - Nirvana - and Soundgarden.
alternative rock
rave
grunge rock
alternative rock
4. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
Queen Latifah
Clear channel
countrypolitan
heavy metal
5. 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.
nashville sound
Madonna
disco
Carlos Santana
6. 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.
Madonna
nashville sound
Kenny Rogers
Kurt Cobain
7. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
analog recording
Ray Charles
Jimi Hendrix
Kenny Rogers
8. 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.'
sampling
reggae
Carlos Santana
Willie Nelson
9. Trio consisting of the MCs Run (Joseph Simmons - b. 1964) and D.M.C. (Darryl McDaniels - b. 1964) - and the DJ Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell - b. 1965). Perhaps the most influential act in the history of rap music - they established a hard-edged - roc
sampling
Grateful Dead
Run-D.M.C.
punk rock
10. 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.
country pop
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
M.C. Hammer
world music
11. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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12. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
bluegrass
world music
Patsy Cline
sequencer
13. 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.
reggae
Janis Joplin
punk rock
M.C. Hammer
14. 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
hip-hop
Napster
Peter Gabriel
Aretha Franklin
15. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
The Ramones
Nirvana
Peter Gabriel
Dolly Parton
16. Prince is one of the most talented musicians ever to achieve mass commercial success in the field of popular music. He has sold almost forty million recordings. Between 1982 and 1992 - he placed nine albums in the Top 10 - reaching the top of the cha
Grateful Dead
N.W.A.
sequencer
Prince
17. Internet-based software program that enabled computer users to share and swap files - specifically music - through a centralized file server. A federal court injunction forced Napster to shut down operations in February 2001.
Kenny Rogers
MP3
Napster
rave
18. -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 -
N.W.A.
Patsy Cline
Sonic Youth
Def Jam
19. The norm since the introduction of recording in the nineteenth century. Transforms the energy of sound waves into physical imprints (as in pre-1925 acoustic recordings) or into electronic waveforms that closely follow (and can be used to reproduce) t
Kurt Cobain
nashville sound
analog recording
soft soul
20. Prince is one of the most talented musicians ever to achieve mass commercial success in the field of popular music. He has sold almost forty million recordings. Between 1982 and 1992 - he placed nine albums in the Top 10 - reaching the top of the cha
synthesizer
Prince
nashville sound
breakdancing
21. 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.
alternative rock
Prince
MIDI
hip-hop
22. 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.
psychedelic rock
sequencer
Ray Charles
Sonic Youth
23. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
soft soul
hip-hop
country pop
24. The first punk rock band. Formed in 1974 in New York City - the Ramones' high-speed - energetic - and extremely loud sound influenced English punk groups such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash and also became a blueprint for 1980s L.A. hardcore bands.
Paul Simon
The Ramones
grunge rock
art rock
25. 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.
The Ramones
Carole King
The Sex Pistols
hardcore
26. Singer and guitarist who founded the alternative rock band Nirvana. His recordings broke through to the commercial mainstream and popularized grunge rock. He shot himself in Seattle in 1994.
Carlos Santana
Kurt Cobain
rap
Madonna
27. 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.
country pop
urban folk
rap
M.C. Hammer
28. 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
art rock
nashville sound
alternative music
29. The most important woman in the history of hip-hop - in terms of both her commercial success and her effectiveness in establishing a feminist beachhead on the male-dominated field of rap music.
Run-D.M.C.
Queen Latifah
Willie Nelson
Led Zeppelin
30. 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.
Donna Summer
Sonic Youth
house music
James Brown
31. 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.
rave
Nirvana
psychedelic rock
synthesizer
32. Hip-hop artist whose work is a self-conscious alternative to the violence and sexism in the work of rap stars such as Dr. Dre - the Notorious B.I.G. - and 2Pac Shakur. Her commitment to female empowerment builds on the ground-breaking example of Quee
bluegrass
Donna Summer
Grateful Dead
Lauryn Hill
33. 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
Bruce Springsteen
Nirvana
MIDI
funk music
34. 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
Paul Simon
Sonic Youth
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
house music
35. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Willie Nelson
countrypolitan
The Ramones
Napster
36. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Ray Charles
funk music
bluegrass
grunge rock
37. Tragic victim of conflicts between East and West Coast factions within the hip-hop business. He was an up-and-coming star with Los Angeles-based Death Row Records when He was shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Napster
Tupac Shakur
David Bowie
38. In progressive country - performers wrote songs that were more intellectual and liberal in outlook than their contemporaries and were more concerned with testing the limits of the country music tradition than with scoring hits. The key artists includ
reggae
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
progressive country
Patsy Cline
39. Began his performing career as a member of the Jackson Five. He achieved unprecedented success with his 1982 album Thriller - and his elaborately produced music videos helped boost the new medium of music videos. Jackson became the first African Amer
funk music
Carlos Santana
Tupac Shakur
Michael Jackson
40. One of the biggest stars to emerge from disco in the 1970s. She sang on several disco classics - including 'Love to Love You Baby' (1976) and 'Good Times' (1979).
Donna Summer
Run-D.M.C.
Paul Simon
Ray Charles
41. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
The Ramones
synthesizer
James Brown
reggae
42. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
pop rock
Kenny Rogers
Lauryn Hill
MIDI
43. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Donna Summer
Patsy Cline
MP3
Patsy Cline
44. British hard rock band that formed in London in 1968. Zeppelin's sledgehammer style of guitar-focused rock music drew on various influences - including urban blues - San Francisco psychedelia - and the virtuoso guitar playing of Jimi Hendrix.
Led Zeppelin
David Bowie
Madonna
Peter Gabriel
45. Emerged during the 1970s as one part of the cultural complex of hip-hop. It consisted of rhymed speech accompanied by funk-derived rhythmic grooves.
rap
Grateful Dead
sampling
Def Jam
46. The leader of the Wailers and a national hero in his native Jamaica - Marley was reggae's most effective international ambassador. His songs of determination - rebellion - and faith - rooted in the Rastafarian belief system - found a worldwide audien
Bob Marley
alternative music
psychedelic rock
The Ramones
47. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
punk rock
Bob Marley
RIAA
soul music
48. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
pop rock
Led Zeppelin
Grateful Dead
Queen Latifah
49. 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
M.C. Hammer
house music
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
50. Pioneered West Coast gangsta rap with the release of the album Straight Outta Compton. Their recordings expressed the gangsta lifestyle - saturated with images of sex and violence. The nucleus of the group was formed in 1986 - when O'Shea ;Ice C
bluegrass
N.W.A.
Paul Simon
Madonna