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Music Appreciation
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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.
Patsy Cline
Carole King
breakdancing
sequencer
2. 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
alternative music
breakdancing
progressive country
Kenny Rogers
3. 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
Tupac Shakur
art rock
alternative music
alternative rock
4. 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.
Bob Marley
Tupac Shakur
M.C. Hammer
hip-hop
5. 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
Carole King
world music
Led Zeppelin
analog recording
6. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
pop rock
Beastie Boys
progressive country
Bob Marley
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.
Led Zeppelin
Janis Joplin
Kenny Rogers
Grandmaster Flash
8. '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.
Aretha Franklin
Peter Gabriel
soul music
Run-D.M.C.
9. 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
James Brown
Jimi Hendrix
rap
10. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
rap
synthesizer
Grandmaster Flash
bluegrass
11. 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.
alternative music
Prince
Led Zeppelin
Beastie Boys
12. Got his start in the 1960s as a member of the famous folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel. His album Graceland (1986) was a global collaboration recorded in South Africa - England - and the United States. It is the album responsible - more than any othe
Dolly Parton
Led Zeppelin
Paul Simon
alternative rock
13. 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
gangsta rap
reggae
Carole King
14. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
pop rock
M.C. Hammer
MP3
MIDI
15. 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.
The Ramones
Donna Summer
Led Zeppelin
James Brown
16. 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.
breakdancing
nashville sound
sequencer
alternative rock
17. 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
world music
Carlos Santana
hardcore
18. 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
breakdancing
Sonic Youth
art rock
19. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Jimi Hendrix
Paul Simon
Nirvana
20. 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.
nashville sound
Sonic Youth
N.W.A.
Beastie Boys
21. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Jimi Hendrix
countrypolitan
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
nashville sound
22. 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).
Grateful Dead
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Donna Summer
countrypolitan
23. 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.
Bob Marley
Nirvana
James Brown
funk music
24. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Napster
soft soul
punk rock
Madonna
25. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
alternative music
world music
The Ramones
heavy metal
26. Trade association whose member companies—Universal - Sony - Warner Brothers - Arista - Atlantic - BMG - RCA - Capitol - Elektra - Interscope - and Sire Records—control the sale and distribution of approximately 90 percent of the offline music in the
Grateful Dead
RIAA
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
funk music
27. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Ray Charles
MIDI
Prince
Kenny Rogers
28. 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.
country pop
Carlos Santana
Lauryn Hill
Carole King
29. 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.
Prince
Kurt Cobain
The Sex Pistols
sequencer
30. 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
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
synthesizer
31. Trade association whose member companies—Universal - Sony - Warner Brothers - Arista - Atlantic - BMG - RCA - Capitol - Elektra - Interscope - and Sire Records—control the sale and distribution of approximately 90 percent of the offline music in the
RIAA
Peter Gabriel
Carole King
Public Enemy
32. 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.'
countrypolitan
Willie Nelson
reggae
RIAA
33. 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
MP3
sampling
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
alternative music
34. 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
rap
house music
sequencer
35. -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
nashville sound
techno
Lauryn Hill
36. 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.
Kenny Rogers
disco
sequencer
MP3
37. 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.
world music
M.C. Hammer
Bruce Springsteen
hip-hop
38. 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.
Bob Marley
The Ramones
breakdancing
funk music
39. 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.
Jimi Hendrix
gangsta rap
Paul Simon
art rock
40. 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
Janis Joplin
Michael Jackson
Def Jam
art rock
41. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
countrypolitan
reggae
Tupac Shakur
Paul Simon
42. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
sequencer
punk rock
progressive country
country pop
43. 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
gangsta rap
nashville sound
MIDI
Vanilla Ice
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.
soft soul
Led Zeppelin
psychedelic rock
MP3
45. 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.
gangsta rap
Dolly Parton
David Bowie
Kenny Rogers
46. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
Grateful Dead
MIDI
Run-D.M.C.
Donna Summer
47. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
Bruce Springsteen
Ray Charles
psychedelic rock
breakdancing
48. 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
Public Enemy
Dolly Parton
Def Jam
Bob Marley
49. 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
Prince
house music
reggae
Nirvana
50. 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
David Bowie
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
David Bowie
pop rock
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