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Music Appreciation
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1. 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.
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Patsy Cline
sampling
progressive country
2. 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).
Nirvana
hardcore
punk rock
reggae
3. 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.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Queen Latifah
Public Enemy
sequencer
4. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
Jimi Hendrix
Grateful Dead
country pop
Tupac Shakur
5. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
RIAA
Carole King
psychedelic rock
Patsy Cline
6. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Carole King
world music
Grateful Dead
breakdancing
7. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Ray Charles
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
alternative music
Michael Jackson
8. 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.
disco
heavy metal
alternative rock
art rock
9. 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
funk music
The Sex Pistols
Sonic Youth
Run-D.M.C.
10. 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.
Bruce Springsteen
Madonna
art rock
sequencer
11. 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.
Sonic Youth
urban folk
reggae
Bob Marley
12. 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
gangsta rap
Def Jam
reggae
hardcore
13. 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.
Public Enemy
rap
nashville sound
sequencer
14. 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
N.W.A.
Carlos Santana
Run-D.M.C.
nashville sound
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.
Aretha Franklin
funk music
MP3
RIAA
16. 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.
breakdancing
Carlos Santana
Beastie Boys
Run-D.M.C.
17. 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
Michael Jackson
Grateful Dead
reggae
Nirvana
18. 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
soul music
Jimi Hendrix
soft soul
Prince
19. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Beastie Boys
Grateful Dead
Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
20. 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
The Ramones
grunge rock
Carole King
21. -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 -
art rock
M.C. Hammer
Sonic Youth
soul music
22. 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
alternative music
art rock
gangsta rap
23. 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.
Ray Charles
Carlos Santana
art rock
Ray Charles
24. 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).
Janis Joplin
hip-hop
Madonna
Prince
25. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
gangsta rap
Donna Summer
Vanilla Ice
soft soul
26. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
rap
David Bowie
Grandmaster Flash
reggae
27. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
grunge rock
gangsta rap
MIDI
Sonic Youth
28. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Led Zeppelin
countrypolitan
Carlos Santana
David Bowie
29. 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.
hardcore
alternative rock
Peter Gabriel
Nirvana
30. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Grateful Dead
disco
MP3
M.C. Hammer
31. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Aretha Franklin
disco
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
world music
32. 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
Ray Charles
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
33. 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
country pop
urban folk
world music
34. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
pop rock
Grateful Dead
Michael Jackson
soul music
35. 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
Ray Charles
alternative rock
techno
36. 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.
art rock
house music
Led Zeppelin
bluegrass
37. 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.
Kenny Rogers
disco
Ray Charles
The Sex Pistols
38. 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.
Bruce Springsteen
gangsta rap
rave
Carole King
39. 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.
Grateful Dead
MIDI
Napster
Janis Joplin
40. 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.
heavy metal
Bruce Springsteen
breakdancing
Run-D.M.C.
41. -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 -
soft soul
house music
Sonic Youth
Run-D.M.C.
42. 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.
RIAA
Nirvana
synthesizer
gangsta rap
43. 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.
The Sex Pistols
countrypolitan
Janis Joplin
Def Jam
44. 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
Public Enemy
gangsta rap
Led Zeppelin
sampling
45. 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.
Napster
sampling
alternative rock
sequencer
46. 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.
Jimi Hendrix
hip-hop
analog recording
Dolly Parton
47. 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).
soul music
disco
Donna Summer
countrypolitan
48. 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.
Dolly Parton
Nirvana
sampling
synthesizer
49. 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.
Dolly Parton
hip-hop
hardcore
sequencer
50. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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