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Music Appreciation
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1. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
alternative rock
pop rock
Jimi Hendrix
2. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
Nirvana
pop rock
Kenny Rogers
punk rock
3. Pioneered West Coast gangsta rap with the release of the album Straight Outta Compton. Their recordings expressed the gangsta lifestyle - saturated with images of sex and violence. The nucleus of the group was formed in 1986 - when O'Shea ;Ice C
N.W.A.
Tupac Shakur
Lauryn Hill
Jimi Hendrix
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.
Lauryn Hill
techno
house music
art rock
5. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
rave
Queen Latifah
bluegrass
psychedelic rock
6. 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
Prince
Paul Simon
Clear channel
art rock
7. 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.
disco
N.W.A.
sequencer
Queen Latifah
8. Co-founded in 1984 by the hip-hop promoter Russell Simmons and the musician-producer Rick Rubin. During the 1980s - Def Jam cross-promoted a new generation of artists - expanding and diversifying the national audience for hip-hop - and in 1986 became
Jimi Hendrix
soul music
Def Jam
Lauryn Hill
9. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
synthesizer
The Ramones
Queen Latifah
pop rock
10. 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
disco
Paul Simon
Run-D.M.C.
Bruce Springsteen
11. Singer and guitarist who founded the alternative rock band Nirvana. His recordings broke through to the commercial mainstream and popularized grunge rock. He shot himself in Seattle in 1994.
Ray Charles
pop rock
countrypolitan
Kurt Cobain
12. 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).
Napster
Kenny Rogers
Madonna
Vanilla Ice
13. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
funk music
reggae
Beastie Boys
heavy metal
14. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
synthesizer
Carole King
Lauryn Hill
techno
15. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
breakdancing
alternative music
synthesizer
progressive country
16. 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.
Janis Joplin
alternative rock
Donna Summer
Carole King
17. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Prince
world music
Tupac Shakur
urban folk
18. 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
Ray Charles
RIAA
19. -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 -
Sonic Youth
reggae
Bruce Springsteen
sampling
20. 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.
Peter Gabriel
alternative music
James Brown
Madonna
21. 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.
sampling
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Bob Marley
rap
22. 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.
Carole King
MP3
Bob Marley
Napster
23. 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
hip-hop
nashville sound
soft soul
Carlos Santana
24. Veteran of folk pop groups such as the New Christy Minstrels and the First Edition - star of made-for-TV movies. One of the main beneficiaries of country pop's increasing mainstream appeal.
Grandmaster Flash
Napster
Kenny Rogers
art rock
25. -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 -
reggae
Sonic Youth
Patsy Cline
Run-D.M.C.
26. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Ray Charles
house music
grunge rock
urban folk
27. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
Kurt Cobain
Donna Summer
alternative music
rave
28. Trade association whose member companies—Universal - Sony - Warner Brothers - Arista - Atlantic - BMG - RCA - Capitol - Elektra - Interscope - and Sire Records—control the sale and distribution of approximately 90 percent of the offline music in the
Dolly Parton
Kenny Rogers
RIAA
The Ramones
29. Tragic victim of conflicts between East and West Coast factions within the hip-hop business. He was an up-and-coming star with Los Angeles-based Death Row Records when He was shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996.
sampling
Tupac Shakur
N.W.A.
alternative music
30. 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.
N.W.A.
Tupac Shakur
nashville sound
MIDI
31. 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.
The Sex Pistols
Nirvana
Def Jam
Napster
32. 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.
grunge rock
analog recording
RIAA
sequencer
33. 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
countrypolitan
Prince
synthesizer
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
34. Ice's first album - To the Extreme (1990) - monopolized the Number One position for sixteen weeks in early 1991 - selling seven million copies. When it was discovered that Van Winkle - raised in reasonably comfortable circumstances in a middle-class
Vanilla Ice
Janis Joplin
alternative rock
house music
35. 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.
grunge rock
countrypolitan
sampling
The Ramones
36. 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.
Peter Gabriel
The Ramones
pop rock
Janis Joplin
37. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
psychedelic rock
The Ramones
Led Zeppelin
countrypolitan
38. 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.
rave
Dolly Parton
urban folk
bluegrass
39. 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.
Tupac Shakur
countrypolitan
RIAA
James Brown
40. 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.
urban folk
hip-hop
Napster
world music
41. Rock style that emerged in the late 1970s. It was a 'back to basics' rebellion against the perceived artifice and pretension of corporate rock music—a stripped-down and often purposefully 'nonmusical' version of rock music.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Grandmaster Flash
punk rock
alternative rock
42. 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.
country pop
N.W.A.
nashville sound
psychedelic rock
43. Trade association whose member companies—Universal - Sony - Warner Brothers - Arista - Atlantic - BMG - RCA - Capitol - Elektra - Interscope - and Sire Records—control the sale and distribution of approximately 90 percent of the offline music in the
Bruce Springsteen
Grateful Dead
RIAA
Bob Marley
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
alternative music
heavy metal
Bob Marley
Public Enemy
45. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
hip-hop
Janis Joplin
Queen Latifah
country pop
46. 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
Dolly Parton
heavy metal
Led Zeppelin
hip-hop
47. '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.
The Sex Pistols
Aretha Franklin
Paul Simon
pop rock
48. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
MIDI
Patsy Cline
M.C. Hammer
techno
49. 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
Prince
hip-hop
Paul Simon
country pop
50. 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.
urban folk
psychedelic rock
Nirvana
country pop
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