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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.
Clear channel
Patsy Cline
country pop
soul music
2. 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
rap
MP3
country pop
3. 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.
Beastie Boys
soft soul
breakdancing
M.C. Hammer
4. 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.'
psychedelic rock
Willie Nelson
Lauryn Hill
soul music
5. In progressive country - performers wrote songs that were more intellectual and liberal in outlook than their contemporaries and were more concerned with testing the limits of the country music tradition than with scoring hits. The key artists includ
country pop
Willie Nelson
funk music
progressive country
6. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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7. The leader of the Wailers and a national hero in his native Jamaica - Marley was reggae's most effective international ambassador. His songs of determination - rebellion - and faith - rooted in the Rastafarian belief system - found a worldwide audien
Aretha Franklin
Bob Marley
countrypolitan
Napster
8. One of the biggest stars to emerge from disco in the 1970s. She sang on several disco classics - including 'Love to Love You Baby' (1976) and 'Good Times' (1979).
house music
Tupac Shakur
Donna Summer
Carole King
9. '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.
Vanilla Ice
Aretha Franklin
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
MIDI
10. 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
Tupac Shakur
nashville sound
hip-hop
Grandmaster Flash
11. 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
The Sex Pistols
Carlos Santana
hip-hop
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
12. The leader of the Wailers and a national hero in his native Jamaica - Marley was reggae's most effective international ambassador. His songs of determination - rebellion - and faith - rooted in the Rastafarian belief system - found a worldwide audien
Def Jam
Ray Charles
Willie Nelson
Bob Marley
13. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
analog recording
Grateful Dead
reggae
MP3
14. 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
Paul Simon
analog recording
hardcore
Jimi Hendrix
15. 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.
sequencer
Led Zeppelin
disco
Tupac Shakur
16. 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.
Donna Summer
James Brown
Carlos Santana
reggae
17. 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
RIAA
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Peter Gabriel
18. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
sequencer
David Bowie
Def Jam
19. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Grandmaster Flash
MIDI
Def Jam
hip-hop
20. 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.
Nirvana
analog recording
Bob Marley
grunge rock
21. 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.
Led Zeppelin
Queen Latifah
Nirvana
MIDI
22. 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
alternative music
Paul Simon
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
M.C. Hammer
23. 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
Grateful Dead
hip-hop
Public Enemy
heavy metal
24. 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.
hip-hop
rave
art rock
Def Jam
25. 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.
breakdancing
Patsy Cline
techno
Beastie Boys
26. 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.
Napster
Bruce Springsteen
Kenny Rogers
Paul Simon
27. 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
Jimi Hendrix
N.W.A.
Janis Joplin
rave
28. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
analog recording
techno
rave
heavy metal
29. 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.
Aretha Franklin
urban folk
hardcore
soft soul
30. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Queen Latifah
Jimi Hendrix
disco
Patsy Cline
31. 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.
Prince
psychedelic rock
techno
Peter Gabriel
32. 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.
rap
punk rock
house music
Kenny Rogers
33. 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.
rave
Madonna
grunge rock
sequencer
34. 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
Tupac Shakur
David Bowie
punk rock
Clear channel
35. 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.'
Willie Nelson
Peter Gabriel
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
sampling
36. Named after the Warehouse - a popular gay dance club in Chicago - it was a style of techno dance music. Many house recordings were purely instrumental - with elements of European synth-pop - Latin soul - reggae - rap - and jazz grafted over an insist
N.W.A.
house music
Janis Joplin
rap
37. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
countrypolitan
Janis Joplin
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
soft soul
38. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
Dolly Parton
MIDI
MP3
The Sex Pistols
39. The term 'alternative'—like the broadly equivalent terms 'underground' and 'independent'—is used across a wide range of popular genres - including rock - rap - adult contemporary - dance - folk - and country music. It is used to describe music that c
funk music
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
bluegrass
alternative music
40. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
Dolly Parton
David Bowie
alternative rock
alternative music
41. 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
The Ramones
Peter Gabriel
alternative music
Donna Summer
42. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Carlos Santana
world music
hip-hop
Grateful Dead
43. 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
alternative music
Sonic Youth
Run-D.M.C.
M.C. Hammer
44. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
Prince
Run-D.M.C.
Jimi Hendrix
rave
45. 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.
Queen Latifah
Dolly Parton
Public Enemy
N.W.A.
46. 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.
Bruce Springsteen
Kenny Rogers
alternative music
countrypolitan
47. 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.
Peter Gabriel
urban folk
sampling
nashville sound
48. Variant of hip-hop music; its emergence was heralded nationwide by the release of the album Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. (Niggaz with Attitude). It included artists such as Snoop Doggy Dogg - 2Pac Shakur - and the Notorious B.I.G.
Nirvana
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
gangsta rap
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
49. 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.
Madonna
urban folk
techno
Queen Latifah
50. Extreme variation of punk - pioneered during the early 1980s by bands in San Francisco (the Dead Kennedys) and Los Angeles (the Germs - Black Flag - X - and the Circle Jerks).
hardcore
Kenny Rogers
MP3
rave
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