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1. Vigorous form of country and western music informed by the rhythms of black R&B and electric blues. Exemplified by artists such as Carl Perkins and the young Elvis Presley.
Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey
phrase
Rockabilly
George Gershwin
2. Nickname for a stretch of 28th Street in New York City where music publishers had their offices—a dense hive of small rooms with pianos where composers and 'song pluggers' produced and promoted popular songs. The term - which evoked the clanging soun
AABA form
Beat
Tin Pan Alley
Strophic
3. The quality of a sound - sometimes called 'tone color.'
Concept album
Harmony
sound
Timbre
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 musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
Strophic
motive
soul music
Syncopation
6. A style of singing made possible by the invention of the microphone. It involves an intimate approach to vocal timbre.
Dick Clark
Syncopation
Crooning
Cakewalk
7. 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
Bel canto
Scott Joplin
Gene Autry
Paul Whiteman
8. A guitarist and inventor - designed his own eight-track tape recorder and began in 1948 to release a series of popular recordings featuring his own playing - overdubbed to sound like an ensemble of six or more guitars.
Texture
Louis Armstrong
Les Paul
Payola
9. '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.
Beach Boys
Chorus
Tempo
Ballad
10. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Disc Jockeys
Blues
Patsy Cline
Bridge
11. A style rooted in the venerable southern string band tradition. It combines the banjo - fiddle - mandolin - dobro - guitar - and acoustic bass with a vocal style often dubbed the 'high - lonesome sound.' The pioneer of bluegrass music was Bill Monroe
Concept album
soul music
Bluegrass
Irving Berlin
12. The most significant single figure to emerge in country music during the immediate post-World War II period. Williams wrote and sang many songs in the course of his brief career that were enormously popular with country audiences at the time; between
Bluegrass
Hank Williams
Electronic recording
Cover version
13. 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.
Concept album
Form
Bridge
Lyrics
14. A guitar whose sound comes chiefly from electro-magnetic amplification The pioneer of electric blues guitar was Aaron T-Bone Walker - whose urban blues recordings just after World War II were extremely popular - Les Paul created
Duke Ellington
Bob Dylan
Electric Guitar
Form
15. The musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together
Ragtime
Texture
AABA form
Scott Joplin
16. Born into a wealthy family in Indiana; studied classical music at Yale - Harvard - and the Schola Cantorum in Paris.
Gene Autry
Cole Porter
Form
Texture
17. 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
The Beatles
James Brown
Minstrel Show
Race Records
18. Vocal singing without instrumental accompaniment.
A cappella
Dick Clark
Scott Joplin
Melody
19. The first successful singing cowboy; born in Texas - He was a successful film star and a popular country and western musician. Helped establish the 'western' component of country and western music. Developed a style designed to reach out to a broader
Payola
12-bar Blues
Elvis Presley
Gene Autry
20. 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.
Scat singing
Countrypolitan
Cakewalk
ASCAP
21. Played records and provided entertaining patter on the radio.
Electronic recording
Beat
Disc Jockeys
Polyphonic
22. 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
Timbre
Ballad
Electric Guitar
Boogie Woogie
23. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
Buddy Holly
The Supremes
Standards
24. Repeating section within a song - consisting of a fixed melody and lyrics repeated exactly - typically following one or more verses.
Chorus
Nashville sound
Chuck Berry
Big Band
25. Musical texture with interlocking melodies and rhythms.
Polyphonic
motive
Lyrics
Timbre
26. Nickname for a stretch of 28th Street in New York City where music publishers had their offices—a dense hive of small rooms with pianos where composers and 'song pluggers' produced and promoted popular songs. The term - which evoked the clanging soun
Rhythm
Bob Dylan
Tin Pan Alley
Bluegrass
27. In the verse-refrain song - the refrain is the 'main part' of the song - usually constructed in AABA or ABAC form.
Ballad
Refrain
Paul Whiteman
Producer
28. 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.
Motown
James Brown
Tin Pan Alley
12-bar Blues
29. The words of a song.
Lyrics
Countrypolitan
Form
Janis Joplin
30. 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.'
Bob Dylan
A cappella
The Beatles
phrase
31. The leader and guiding spirit of the Beach Boys during their first decade. He wrote and produced many of the Beach Boys' biggest hits - including 'Good Vibrations.'
Melody
Blues
Brian Wilson
Classic blues
32. A style of singing made possible by the invention of the microphone. It involves an intimate approach to vocal timbre.
Crooning
Major/Minor
Phil Spector
The Supremes
33. The first form of musical and theatrical entertainment to be regarded by European audiences as distinctively American in character. Featured mainly white performers who artificially blackened their skin and carried out parodies of African American mu
Minstrel Show
Electronic recording
Crooning
Rhythm
34. Popular dance ensemble during the swing era - consisting of brass - reeds - and rhythm sections.
Big Band
Frank Sinatra
Beat
Arranger
35. Africanized version of the European quadrille (a kind of square dance). The cakewalk was developed by slaves as a parody of the 'refined' dance movements of the white slave owners
Cakewalk
Tin Pan Alley
Scat singing
Melody
36. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Countrypolitan
Chuck Berry
Texture
Ethel Merman
37. Founder of Motown Records.
Arranger
Louis Armstrong
Berry Gordy - Jr.
Scat singing
38. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
Hook
soul music
Electronic recording
Arranger
39. A style rooted in the venerable southern string band tradition. It combines the banjo - fiddle - mandolin - dobro - guitar - and acoustic bass with a vocal style often dubbed the 'high - lonesome sound.' The pioneer of bluegrass music was Bill Monroe
Big Band
Bluegrass
Payola
Ray Charles
40. Generally recognized as the most productive - varied - and creative of the Tin Pan Alley songwriters. His professional songwriting career started before World War I and continued into the 1960s. His most famous songs include 'Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin
Diana Ross
Minstrel Show
Rock 'n' Roll
41. 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.
Berry Gordy - Jr.
Glenn Miller
Herman Parker
Bob Dylan
42. Recordings of performances by African American musicians produced mainly for sale to African American listeners.
Strophic
Classic blues
Race Records
James Brown
43. 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.
AABA form
Producer
Major/Minor
The Rolling Stones
44. 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.
Herman Parker
Timbre
Standards
Concept album
45. A British rock group who cultivated an image as 'bad boys' in deliberate contrast to the friendly public image projected by the Beatles.
The Rolling Stones
Duke Ellington
Beach Boys
Reverb
46. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
Producer
soul music
12-bar Blues
Form
47. The principal medium for disseminating popular sings until the advent of recording in the 1890s.
Bridge
Sheet music
Timbre
cadence
48. A technique used by opera singers that emphasizes breath control - a fluid and relaxed voice - and the use of subtle variations in pitch and rhythmic phrasing for dramatic effect.
James Brown
Bel canto
Minstrel Show
ASCAP
49. Host of the popular teen-oriented television show American Bandstand
Dick Clark
Verse
Payola
Tempo
50. 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
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
Ethel Merman
Janis Joplin
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