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performing-arts
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1. African American musical genre that emerged after World War II. Consisted of a loose cluster of styles derived from black musical traditions - characterized by energetic and hard-swinging rhythms. At first performed exclusively by black musicians for
Electric Guitar
Jerry Lee Lewis
R&B
Louis Armstrong
2. Repeating section within a song - consisting of a fixed melody and lyrics repeated exactly - typically following one or more verses.
Payola
Patsy Cline
Chorus
Ray Charles
3. One of the most common structures that Tin Pan Alley composers used to organize their melodic and harmonic material. This structure would be found in the refrain of a verse-refrain song.
Scott Joplin
Crooning
Irving Berlin
AABA form
4. Teen-oriented rock 'n' roll song using a twelve-bar blues structure; it celebrated a simple - hip-swiveling dance step.
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5. A theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music
phrase
motive
A cappella
R&B
6. Motive - phrase - cadence
Syncopation
AABA form
Melody
Bel canto
7. In the verse-refrain song - the refrain is the 'main part' of the song - usually constructed in AABA or ABAC form.
Refrain
Chuck Berry
Elvis Presley
Hook
8. Recordings of performances by African American musicians produced mainly for sale to African American listeners.
Race Records
Hank Williams
AABA form
Lyrics
9. White rockabilly singer and pianist.
Classic blues
Banjo
Jerry Lee Lewis
Patsy Cline
10. '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.
Ray Charles
Benny Goodman
Phil Spector
Aretha Franklin
11. Founded in 1914 in an attempt to force all business establishments that featured live music to pay fees ('royalties') for the public use of music.
Harmony
Buddy Holly
Crooning
ASCAP
12. Pitched/unpitched - dynamic - timbre or tone color
Timbre
'The twist'
The Supremes
sound
13. A memorable musical phrase or riff.
Texture
Hook
phrase
The Beatles
14. The principal medium for disseminating popular sings until the advent of recording in the 1890s.
Hank Williams
Banjo
Bluegrass
Sheet music
15. Dubbed the 'first tycoon of teen -' his studio production techniques are known as the 'wall of sound' because of his utilization of dense orchestrations - multiple instruments - and heavy reverb.
ASCAP
Beat
Phil Spector
Ragtime
16. Developed in 1925 using a new device - the microphone. Electric recording converts sounds into electrical signals.
cadence
Electronic recording
Cole Porter
Cakewalk
17. Pianist - composer - arranger - and bandleader; widely regarded as one of the most important American musicians of the twentieth century. As a composer and arranger - he devised unusual musical forms - combined instruments in unusual ways - and creat
Countrypolitan
Duke Ellington
Hank Williams
Dick Clark
18. The standard form of a blues song: a twelve-bar structure made up of three phrases of four bars each; a basic three-chord pattern; and a three-line AAB text.
Bluegrass
Phil Spector
Countrypolitan
12-bar Blues
19. Dubbed the 'first tycoon of teen -' his studio production techniques are known as the 'wall of sound' because of his utilization of dense orchestrations - multiple instruments - and heavy reverb.
Diana Ross
Phil Spector
Strophic
Minstrel Show
20. A type of song in which a series of verses telling a story - often about a historical event or personal tragedy - are sung to a repeating melody (this sort of musical form is called strophic).
Bridge
Ballad
Banjo
A cappella
21. Teen-oriented rock 'n' roll song using a twelve-bar blues structure; it celebrated a simple - hip-swiveling dance step.
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22. Technique that involves the use of nonsense syllables as a vehicle for wordless vocal improvisation.
phrase
Standards
Big Band
Scat singing
23. The scale systems central to Western music; a series of pitches organized in a specific order of whole- and half-step intervals. The major scale can give music a feeling of openness and brightness - whereas a minor scale can give music the feeling of
Harmony
Rock 'n' Roll
Major/Minor
Ragtime
24. A type of song in which a series of verses telling a story - often about a historical event or personal tragedy - are sung to a repeating melody (this sort of musical form is called strophic).
Bluegrass
A cappella
Ballad
Paul Whiteman
25. 'Time' in Italian; the rate at which a musical composition proceeds - regulated by the speed of the beats or pulse to which it is performed.
Janis Joplin
Lyricist
Tempo
Phil Spector
26. 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.
Scat singing
Lyricist
Lyricist
James Brown
27. The principal medium for disseminating popular sings until the advent of recording in the 1890s.
'The twist'
Lyrics
Polyphonic
Sheet music
28. The quality of a sound - sometimes called 'tone color.'
Tempo
Refrain
Timbre
Bessie Smith
29. Trombonist and bandleader; formed his own band in 1937. Miller developed a peppy - clean-sounding style that appealed to small-town Midwestern people as well as to the big-city - East and West Coast constituency.
Herman Parker
Glenn Miller
Syncopation
Patsy Cline
30. One of the most common structures that Tin Pan Alley composers used to organize their melodic and harmonic material. This structure would be found in the refrain of a verse-refrain song.
Chuck Berry
AABA form
Harmony
Elvis Presley
31. A musical genre that emerged in black communities of the Deep South-especially the region from the Mississippi Delta to East Texas-sometime around the end of the nineteenth century
Blues
Ragtime
Berry Gordy - Jr.
AABA form
32. The B section of AABA song form found in the refrain of a Tin Pan Alley song. The bridge presents new material: a new melody - chord changes - and lyrics.
Rock 'n' Roll
Bridge
Glenn Miller
Buddy Holly
33. Trombonist and bandleader; formed his own band in 1937. Miller developed a peppy - clean-sounding style that appealed to small-town Midwestern people as well as to the big-city - East and West Coast constituency.
Motown
Refrain
Glenn Miller
Cover version
34. 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.
Bluegrass
Acoustic recording
Patsy Cline
Janis Joplin
35. Blues piano tradition that sprang up during the early twentieth century in the 'southwest territory' states of Texas - Arkansas - Missouri - and Oklahoma. In boogie-woogie performances - the pianist typically plays a repeated pattern with his left ha
Concept album
phrase
Boogie Woogie
Glenn Miller
36. American popular songs from the Tin Pan Alley style of songwriting that remain an essential part of the repertoire of today's jazz musicians and pop singers.
Reverb
Beach Boys
Standards
Berry Gordy - Jr.
37. A musical genre that emerged in black communities of the Deep South-especially the region from the Mississippi Delta to East Texas-sometime around the end of the nineteenth century
ASCAP
Paul Whiteman
Blues
Timbre
38. African American composer and pianist; the best-known composer of ragtime music. Between 1895 and 1915 - Joplin composed many of the classics of the ragtime repertoire and helped popularize the style through his piano arrangements - published as shee
Scott Joplin
Disc Jockeys
Classic blues
Elvis Presley
39. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Countrypolitan
Polyphonic
12-bar Blues
Reverb
40. Brilliantly clever and articulate lyricist and songwriter - fine rock 'n' roll vocal stylist - and pioneering electric guitarist. One of the first black musicians to consciously forge his own R&B styles for appeal to the mass market. Also known for h
Chuck Berry
Blues
Janis Joplin
Beach Boys
41. The B section of AABA song form found in the refrain of a Tin Pan Alley song. The bridge presents new material: a new melody - chord changes - and lyrics.
Big Band
Rockabilly
Cole Porter
Bridge
42. A style of singing made possible by the invention of the microphone. It involves an intimate approach to vocal timbre.
urban folk
Bob Dylan
Duke Ellington
Crooning
43. Album conceived as an integrated whole - with interrelated songs arranged in a deliberate sequence.
Patsy Cline
Tempo
Big Band
Concept album
44. A recurrent rhythmical series
Patsy Cline
cadence
Payola
Rhythm
45. Introduced as a commercial and marketing term in the mid-1950s for the purpose of identifying a new target audience for musical products. Encompassed a variety of styles and artists from R&B - country - and pop music.
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46. '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.
Rockabilly
Countrypolitan
Aretha Franklin
Ragtime
47. Urban folk singer and songwriter; he took his stage name from his favorite poet - Dylan Thomas. His songs include hits such as 'Blowin' in the Wind -' 'Mr. Tambourine Man -' and 'Like a Rolling Stone.'
Irving Berlin
Hank Williams
Bob Dylan
Ray Charles
48. Black female vocal group who were featured artists with Motown Records in the 1960s. Their song 'You Can't Hurry Love' was a Number One hit in 1966.
Producer
The Supremes
Harmony
Big Band
49. Rock group from Liverpool - England - who dominated American popular music during the mid-1960s and started the 'British Invasion.' The band included John Lennon and George Harrison on lead and rhythm guitars and vocals - Paul McCartney on bass and v
Berry Gordy - Jr.
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Electronic recording
50. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Cover version
Cole Porter
Beach Boys
Ray Charles