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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.
soul music
house music
sampling
breakdancing
2. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
psychedelic rock
Patsy Cline
progressive country
Madonna
3. 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
Peter Gabriel
synthesizer
soul music
urban folk
4. 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.
Donna Summer
art rock
nashville sound
MP3
5. Born in Texas - Nelson was one of the most influential figures in the progressive country movement. Nelson's rise to national fame came in the mid-1970s - through his association with a group of musicians collectively known as 'the Outlaws.'
countrypolitan
Willie Nelson
Janis Joplin
David Bowie
6. 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.
Janis Joplin
rap
countrypolitan
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
7. Hip-hop culture - forged by African American and Caribbean American youth in New York City - included distinctive styles of visual art (graffiti) - dance (an acrobatic solo style called breakdancing and an energetic couple dance called the freak) - m
Run-D.M.C.
hip-hop
rave
urban folk
8. 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
Def Jam
Carole King
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
techno
9. 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.
nashville sound
Run-D.M.C.
reggae
sequencer
10. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
sequencer
Ray Charles
rave
11. 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.
Napster
pop rock
psychedelic rock
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
12. 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.
N.W.A.
Carole King
Public Enemy
N.W.A.
13. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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14. 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
Prince
countrypolitan
Lauryn Hill
analog recording
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
house music
Patsy Cline
Tupac Shakur
16. 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.
Dolly Parton
Paul Simon
alternative music
hardcore
17. British hard rock band that formed in London in 1968. Zeppelin's sledgehammer style of guitar-focused rock music drew on various influences - including urban blues - San Francisco psychedelia - and the virtuoso guitar playing of Jimi Hendrix.
gangsta rap
Dolly Parton
alternative rock
Led Zeppelin
18. 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.
hip-hop
grunge rock
The Sex Pistols
M.C. Hammer
19. The norm since the introduction of recording in the nineteenth century. Transforms the energy of sound waves into physical imprints (as in pre-1925 acoustic recordings) or into electronic waveforms that closely follow (and can be used to reproduce) t
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
punk rock
analog recording
Def Jam
20. Form of dance music popular in the late 1970s - characterized by elaborate studio production and an insistent beat: Donna Summer - Chic - the Village People - the Bee Gees.
disco
Napster
Grandmaster Flash
Nirvana
21. 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
James Brown
22. 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.
Paul Simon
heavy metal
Bruce Springsteen
funk music
23. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
bluegrass
James Brown
synthesizer
MP3
24. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
Clear channel
Grateful Dead
bluegrass
David Bowie
25. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Grateful Dead
Ray Charles
funk music
Donna Summer
26. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
Kenny Rogers
rave
Led Zeppelin
heavy metal
27. 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
alternative music
Nirvana
Madonna
Paul Simon
28. 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
urban folk
funk music
Queen Latifah
house music
29. 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
Tupac Shakur
Janis Joplin
Public Enemy
Bob Marley
30. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Donna Summer
Grandmaster Flash
Lauryn Hill
Carole King
31. Born in Texas - Nelson was one of the most influential figures in the progressive country movement. Nelson's rise to national fame came in the mid-1970s - through his association with a group of musicians collectively known as 'the Outlaws.'
grunge rock
David Bowie
Willie Nelson
N.W.A.
32. 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
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Prince
rap
Queen Latifah
33. 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.
RIAA
Napster
techno
soft soul
34. 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.
pop rock
Queen Latifah
The Ramones
psychedelic rock
35. 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).
Madonna
Beastie Boys
pop rock
Carlos Santana
36. 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
Lauryn Hill
Patsy Cline
37. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Aretha Franklin
Queen Latifah
Ray Charles
world music
38. Hip-hop culture - forged by African American and Caribbean American youth in New York City - included distinctive styles of visual art (graffiti) - dance (an acrobatic solo style called breakdancing and an energetic couple dance called the freak) - m
gangsta rap
Grandmaster Flash
Lauryn Hill
hip-hop
39. 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.
sequencer
M.C. Hammer
art rock
Queen Latifah
40. 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.
analog recording
hardcore
Bruce Springsteen
grunge rock
41. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
rave
punk rock
Bruce Springsteen
world music
42. 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.
Carlos Santana
alternative rock
progressive country
Grandmaster Flash
43. -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 -
RIAA
Bruce Springsteen
Sonic Youth
Clear channel
44. The first commercially successful white act in hip-hop. Their early recordings represent a fusion of the youth-oriented rebelliousness of hardcore punk rock—the style they began playing in 1981—with the sensibility and techniques of hip-hop.
nashville sound
Beastie Boys
funk music
house music
45. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
progressive country
techno
art rock
gangsta rap
46. 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.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
rap
psychedelic rock
MIDI
47. 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
The Ramones
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
progressive country
48. 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
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Def Jam
country pop
Kenny Rogers
49. 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
punk rock
Run-D.M.C.
soul music
house music
50. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
Public Enemy
David Bowie
MIDI
Prince