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Music Appreciation
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1. 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.
Public Enemy
nashville sound
rap
Napster
2. 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
Kenny Rogers
world music
rap
Michael Jackson
3. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
RIAA
MIDI
Donna Summer
soul music
4. 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.
analog recording
psychedelic rock
Aretha Franklin
urban folk
5. 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
Run-D.M.C.
Def Jam
Patsy Cline
Grateful Dead
6. 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.
Carlos Santana
sampling
rap
breakdancing
7. 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.
N.W.A.
Clear channel
sampling
N.W.A.
8. 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.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
punk rock
Dolly Parton
reggae
9. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Jimi Hendrix
soft soul
alternative music
Bob Marley
10. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
disco
analog recording
Jimi Hendrix
breakdancing
11. 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.
Bob Marley
Napster
soft soul
countrypolitan
12. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
world music
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
soul music
Prince
13. 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
The Ramones
bluegrass
Lauryn Hill
funk music
14. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
funk music
countrypolitan
Vanilla Ice
Michael Jackson
15. '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.
Vanilla Ice
Def Jam
Aretha Franklin
grunge rock
16. 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).
analog recording
urban folk
Madonna
country pop
17. 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.
hip-hop
Aretha Franklin
punk rock
Nirvana
18. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Public Enemy
soft soul
art rock
Aretha Franklin
19. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
Clear channel
M.C. Hammer
Grateful Dead
bluegrass
20. 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
Kenny Rogers
rave
Carlos Santana
reggae
21. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Public Enemy
MP3
soft soul
Prince
22. 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
Paul Simon
Aretha Franklin
Led Zeppelin
Grateful Dead
23. Gangsta rapper born in Long Beach - CA - He was a protaga of Andre 'Dr. Dre' Young and collaborated on Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic. Snoop's soft drawl and laid-back-but-lethal gangster persona were featured on Doggystyle - which debuted at the t
soft soul
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Ray Charles
Jimi Hendrix
24. 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.
Carole King
MP3
Def Jam
alternative rock
25. 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.
Grandmaster Flash
synthesizer
Public Enemy
Tupac Shakur
26. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
funk music
pop rock
Prince
MIDI
27. 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.
Def Jam
Prince
Janis Joplin
house music
28. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
Run-D.M.C.
sequencer
MP3
rave
29. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
countrypolitan
Napster
RIAA
heavy metal
30. 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
Aretha Franklin
Paul Simon
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
David Bowie
31. 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.
MIDI
Queen Latifah
techno
Janis Joplin
32. 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.
Beastie Boys
Bob Marley
grunge rock
Tupac Shakur
33. 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.
grunge rock
soul music
soft soul
heavy metal
34. 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
The Ramones
progressive country
pop rock
Michael Jackson
35. 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
N.W.A.
Run-D.M.C.
progressive country
Bruce Springsteen
36. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
hip-hop
MP3
Kurt Cobain
world music
37. 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.
Paul Simon
Aretha Franklin
Carlos Santana
David Bowie
38. -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 -
soul music
Kenny Rogers
Michael Jackson
Sonic Youth
39. 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).
David Bowie
Madonna
rap
alternative music
40. 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.
rap
art rock
M.C. Hammer
Tupac Shakur
41. 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
Bob Marley
breakdancing
countrypolitan
Run-D.M.C.
42. 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.
Paul Simon
Kurt Cobain
Carlos Santana
countrypolitan
43. 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
Lauryn Hill
nashville sound
Kurt Cobain
Peter Gabriel
44. 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
Paul Simon
funk music
country pop
Janis Joplin
45. 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.
The Sex Pistols
art rock
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
MP3
46. 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.
Led Zeppelin
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen
MP3
47. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
bluegrass
Grateful Dead
Janis Joplin
David Bowie
48. 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.
techno
gangsta rap
sequencer
Queen Latifah
49. 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.
Peter Gabriel
Kenny Rogers
punk rock
MIDI
50. 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
reggae
sampling
RIAA
Beastie Boys
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