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1. Bandleader for the most successful dance orchestra of the 1920s. He billed himself as the 'King of Jazz -' widened the market for jazz-based dance music - and paved the way for the Swing Era.
Herman Parker
Paul Whiteman
Lyrics
Cover version
2. The word derives from the African American term 'to rag -' meaning to enliven a piece of music by shifting melodic accents onto the offbeats (a technique known as syncopation). Ragtime music emerged in the 1880s - its popularity peaking in the decade
Louis Armstrong
The Beatles
Diana Ross
Ragtime
3. Chord - consonance - dissonance
Harmony
James Brown
Hank Williams
Diana Ross
4. 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).
Dick Clark
Producer
Ballad
Blues
5. Repeating section within a song - consisting of a fixed melody and lyrics repeated exactly - typically following one or more verses.
Chorus
Nashville sound
Scott Joplin
The Beatles
6. 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
Electric Guitar
Ballad
Blues
7. Clarinetist and popular band leader; known as the 'King of Swing.' His popularity and the success of his band helped establish the swing era in the early 1930s. He was the first white bandleader to hire black musicians in his band
Major/Minor
Berry Gordy - Jr.
Herman Parker
Benny Goodman
8. Born into a wealthy family in Indiana; studied classical music at Yale - Harvard - and the Schola Cantorum in Paris.
Refrain
12-bar Blues
Cole Porter
Ray Charles
9. 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
Les Paul
Polyphonic
sound
Cakewalk
10. 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.
cadence
Countrypolitan
Herman Parker
Phil Spector
11. Born in New Orleans; a cornetist and singer - he established certain core features of jazz - particularly its rhythmic drive and its emphasis on solo instrumental virtuosity. Armstrong also profoundly influenced the development of mainstream popular
Louis Armstrong
Nashville sound
Ballad
The Supremes
12. Vocal singing without instrumental accompaniment.
Buddy Holly
Big Band
A cappella
Dick Clark
13. A person who writes the words for songs
Louis Armstrong
cadence
Lyricist
urban folk
14. Album conceived as an integrated whole - with interrelated songs arranged in a deliberate sequence.
Bluegrass
Concept album
phrase
Scat singing
15. Founder of Motown Records.
Berry Gordy - Jr.
Phil Spector
Rhythm
R&B
16. 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
Rock 'n' Roll
Race Records
Beach Boys
17. Blues written by professional songwriters and performed by professional female blues singers such as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey.
Verse
Tempo
Classic blues
Janis Joplin
18. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Frank Sinatra
Countrypolitan
Duke Ellington
Ray Charles
19. At the age of twenty-one - introduced 'I Got Rhythm' in the stage show Girl Crazy written by George Gershwin.
Major/Minor
Janis Joplin
Ethel Merman
Arranger
20. 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
Melody
Blues
Harmony
Rhythm
21. Born in Hoboken New Jersey into a working-class Italian family. His singing style combined the crooning style of Bing Crosby with the bel canto technique of Italian opera.
Frank Sinatra
ASCAP
Form
The Rolling Stones
22. Popularly known as the 'Mother of the Blues -' was the first of the great women blues singers and had a direct influence on Bessie Smith.
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23. Motive - phrase - cadence
Melody
Bluegrass
The Beatles
Nashville sound
24. Four- or five-stringed instrument with a membrane stretched over a wooden or metal hoop that is strummed or plucked. It was developed by slave musicians from African prototypes during the early colonial period. The banjo was used in the music of the
Cole Porter
Melody
Banjo
soul music
25. 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.
soul music
Scott Joplin
Diana Ross
Rockabilly
26. Describes a song where the stanzas are all sung to the same music
Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey
Strophic
Gene Autry
Electric Guitar
27. 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
Lyricist
Hook
The Beatles
Chorus
28. 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.
Phil Spector
Buddy Holly
cadence
Glenn Miller
29. 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
Benny Goodman
Verse
Syncopation
The Beatles
30. A memorable musical phrase or riff.
Frank Sinatra
Refrain
Irving Berlin
Hook
31. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Ray Charles
Electric Guitar
A cappella
Cakewalk
32. The underlying pulse of a song or piece of music; a unit of rhythmic measure in music.
Beat
Crooning
Bridge
Hank Williams
33. Chord - consonance - dissonance
Big Band
Disc Jockeys
Harmony
The Beatles
34. 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.
12-bar Blues
Scat singing
Standards
ASCAP
35. Record company founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit.
Berry Gordy - Jr.
Motown
Electric Guitar
Texture
36. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
Ethel Merman
Patsy Cline
Chorus
37. 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
Race Records
cadence
Irving Berlin
ASCAP
38. Singer - songwriter - and harmonica player who achieved some success with his R&B band - Little Junior's Blue Flames; recorded 'Mystery Train' for Sam Phillips's Sun label.
Ray Charles
George Gershwin
Lyricist
Herman Parker
39. Recordings of performances by African American musicians produced mainly for sale to African American listeners.
Payola
Ragtime
Ray Charles
Race Records
40. The words of a song.
Motown
Lyrics
R&B
Bob Dylan
41. 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.
Strophic
Ballad
Jerry Lee Lewis
James Brown
42. The quality of a sound - sometimes called 'tone color.'
Timbre
Rockabilly
Disc Jockeys
Glenn Miller
43. 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.
Tempo
Benny Goodman
Ragtime
Rockabilly
44. 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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45. 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.'
Beat
Brian Wilson
Chuck Berry
Bessie Smith
46. 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
Lyricist
Hank Williams
Melody
Rhythm
47. Popular dance ensemble during the swing era - consisting of brass - reeds - and rhythm sections.
Herman Parker
Big Band
Cakewalk
Patsy Cline
48. 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
Rock 'n' Roll
Jerry Lee Lewis
Producer
Bluegrass
49. 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
Scott Joplin
Lyrics
Boogie Woogie
50. Born in Hoboken New Jersey into a working-class Italian family. His singing style combined the crooning style of Bing Crosby with the bel canto technique of Italian opera.
Nashville sound
Nashville sound
Frank Sinatra
Scat singing