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Music Appreciation
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performing-arts
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1. Device that records musical data rather than musical sound and enables the creation of repeated sound sequences (loops) - the manipulation of rhythmic grooves - and the transmission of recorded data from one program or device to another.
soul music
sequencer
Tupac Shakur
sampling
2. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
psychedelic rock
MIDI
soft soul
Led Zeppelin
3. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
Paul Simon
MIDI
MIDI
4. 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.
Beastie Boys
Clear channel
Michael Jackson
hardcore
5. 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.
Def Jam
sequencer
sequencer
Led Zeppelin
6. 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
Janis Joplin
analog recording
Grandmaster Flash
bluegrass
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
Led Zeppelin
soul music
heavy metal
8. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
Clear channel
pop rock
Kurt Cobain
Carole King
9. 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.
grunge rock
rap
grunge rock
world music
10. 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.
grunge rock
Bob Marley
punk rock
heavy metal
11. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
Carole King
bluegrass
hardcore
Kenny Rogers
12. 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
reggae
Public Enemy
house music
13. 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
Bruce Springsteen
sequencer
Madonna
14. Achieved celebrity as a member of the art rock group Genesis before embarking on a solo career. Gabriel's best-selling single 'Sledgehammer' became Number One pop and Number Sixty-one R&B in 1986. The award-winning video version of 'Sledgehammer' was
Peter Gabriel
Aretha Franklin
reggae
Patsy Cline
15. The most influential and economically successful member of N.W.A. He founded an independent record label (Death Row/Interscope) - cultivated a number of younger rappers - and continued to develop a distinctive hip-hop production style - christened 'G
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Willie Nelson
David Bowie
world music
16. -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 -
James Brown
heavy metal
Sonic Youth
The Sex Pistols
17. Extreme variation of punk - pioneered during the early 1980s by bands in San Francisco (the Dead Kennedys) and Los Angeles (the Germs - Black Flag - X - and the Circle Jerks).
hardcore
sampling
house music
Beastie Boys
18. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
James Brown
N.W.A.
Tupac Shakur
synthesizer
19. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Grateful Dead
The Sex Pistols
soul music
house music
20. 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.
James Brown
Carole King
Queen Latifah
punk rock
21. Founded in 1982 - Public Enemy was organized around a core set of members who met as college students - drawn together by their interest in hip-hop culture and political activism. The group included the standard hip-hop configuration of two MCs—Chuck
Ray Charles
reggae
Public Enemy
Beastie Boys
22. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Led Zeppelin
world music
M.C. Hammer
funk music
23. 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
MP3
world music
Prince
soul music
24. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
M.C. Hammer
Nirvana
progressive country
alternative rock
25. 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.
country pop
art rock
Bruce Springsteen
Nirvana
26. 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
Prince
Carole King
analog recording
Michael Jackson
27. 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.
Clear channel
Ray Charles
Queen Latifah
grunge rock
28. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
soft soul
soul music
Beastie Boys
Madonna
29. 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.
Queen Latifah
The Sex Pistols
David Bowie
Led Zeppelin
30. Founded in 1982 - Public Enemy was organized around a core set of members who met as college students - drawn together by their interest in hip-hop culture and political activism. The group included the standard hip-hop configuration of two MCs—Chuck
country pop
Public Enemy
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
rap
31. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
Donna Summer
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Michael Jackson
32. 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.
grunge rock
urban folk
sampling
rap
33. 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
Run-D.M.C.
The Ramones
synthesizer
34. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
Def Jam
disco
country pop
breakdancing
35. 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.
sequencer
M.C. Hammer
Janis Joplin
Kurt Cobain
36. 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.
M.C. Hammer
Kurt Cobain
alternative rock
Madonna
37. 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.
rave
reggae
Carole King
Bob Marley
38. 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.'
progressive country
James Brown
MP3
Willie Nelson
39. 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
David Bowie
Run-D.M.C.
The Sex Pistols
alternative music
40. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
James Brown
M.C. Hammer
Grateful Dead
nashville sound
41. 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.
Aretha Franklin
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
The Ramones
pop rock
42. 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
art rock
Dolly Parton
alternative music
Vanilla Ice
43. Co-founded in 1984 by the hip-hop promoter Russell Simmons and the musician-producer Rick Rubin. During the 1980s - Def Jam cross-promoted a new generation of artists - expanding and diversifying the national audience for hip-hop - and in 1986 became
rave
house music
Def Jam
The Sex Pistols
44. 'The Queen of Soul -' she began singing gospel music at an early age and had several hit records with Atlantic - including 'Respect' in 1967 and 'Think' in 1968.
Queen Latifah
country pop
bluegrass
Aretha Franklin
45. Veteran of folk pop groups such as the New Christy Minstrels and the First Edition - star of made-for-TV movies. One of the main beneficiaries of country pop's increasing mainstream appeal.
Kenny Rogers
Kurt Cobain
progressive country
gangsta rap
46. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
bluegrass
country pop
Janis Joplin
Ray Charles
47. 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.
M.C. Hammer
The Ramones
Janis Joplin
Paul Simon
48. 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
Peter Gabriel
M.C. Hammer
hip-hop
Michael Jackson
49. 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.
Peter Gabriel
N.W.A.
Kurt Cobain
rap
50. 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
hip-hop
bluegrass
synthesizer