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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Dolly Parton
heavy metal
2. 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.
Dolly Parton
MP3
Patsy Cline
Beastie Boys
3. 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.
Carole King
sampling
Aretha Franklin
hip-hop
4. 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
bluegrass
Janis Joplin
Public Enemy
5. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Jimi Hendrix
gangsta rap
RIAA
Dolly Parton
6. 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
Led Zeppelin
punk rock
Tupac Shakur
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
7. 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
sequencer
progressive country
Kenny Rogers
8. 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.
Michael Jackson
Led Zeppelin
Donna Summer
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
9. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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10. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
reggae
pop rock
MIDI
gangsta rap
11. 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
MP3
alternative music
Grateful Dead
Nirvana
12. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Tupac Shakur
Prince
rave
countrypolitan
13. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
punk rock
Willie Nelson
synthesizer
Public Enemy
14. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
Willie Nelson
Bob Marley
Michael Jackson
15. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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16. 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
techno
Sonic Youth
punk rock
17. 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.
Michael Jackson
Queen Latifah
Bruce Springsteen
sequencer
18. Born in the impoverished shantytowns of Kingston - Jamaica - reggae first became popular in the United States in 1973 - after the release of the Jamaican film The Harder They Come and its soundtrack album. The heart of reggae music consists of 'riddi
synthesizer
reggae
Ray Charles
sequencer
19. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
M.C. Hammer
pop rock
soft soul
N.W.A.
20. 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
RIAA
Ray Charles
The Ramones
Run-D.M.C.
21. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
soft soul
Beastie Boys
heavy metal
Nirvana
22. 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
analog recording
Def Jam
nashville sound
progressive country
23. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
bluegrass
grunge rock
soft soul
Led Zeppelin
24. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
techno
Dolly Parton
house music
The Ramones
25. 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
The Ramones
nashville sound
world music
26. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
David Bowie
Jimi Hendrix
Grateful Dead
Donna Summer
27. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
reggae
Nirvana
Bruce Springsteen
Public Enemy
28. 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
Vanilla Ice
Paul Simon
MP3
Grandmaster Flash
29. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
sampling
breakdancing
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
30. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
Prince
Bruce Springsteen
Run-D.M.C.
synthesizer
31. 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.
Paul Simon
The Ramones
Willie Nelson
Led Zeppelin
32. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
bluegrass
James Brown
Led Zeppelin
nashville sound
33. 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.
Public Enemy
Janis Joplin
Queen Latifah
Bob Marley
34. 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.
Dolly Parton
M.C. Hammer
countrypolitan
Jimi Hendrix
35. Hip-hop artist whose work is a self-conscious alternative to the violence and sexism in the work of rap stars such as Dr. Dre - the Notorious B.I.G. - and 2Pac Shakur. Her commitment to female empowerment builds on the ground-breaking example of Quee
Lauryn Hill
sequencer
Sonic Youth
grunge rock
36. 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.
nashville sound
progressive country
N.W.A.
RIAA
37. 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.
Peter Gabriel
Run-D.M.C.
Dolly Parton
art rock
38. The first punk rock band. Formed in 1974 in New York City - the Ramones' high-speed - energetic - and extremely loud sound influenced English punk groups such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash and also became a blueprint for 1980s L.A. hardcore bands.
Paul Simon
The Ramones
soft soul
punk rock
39. 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
Carole King
hardcore
funk music
rap
40. 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
Carole King
alternative music
funk music
The Sex Pistols
41. 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.
Dolly Parton
Peter Gabriel
funk music
Carole King
42. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
Peter Gabriel
country pop
RIAA
Run-D.M.C.
43. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
world music
psychedelic rock
MIDI
Ray Charles
44. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
world music
pop rock
hip-hop
45. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
techno
Nirvana
Grandmaster Flash
MIDI
46. Marketing category that emerged around 1990; it is most often used to describe bands like are.E.M. - Sonic Youth - the Dead Kennedys - and Nirvana.
reggae
Grandmaster Flash
synthesizer
alternative rock
47. 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
progressive country
MP3
alternative music
Donna Summer
48. 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
Peter Gabriel
Def Jam
Run-D.M.C.
heavy metal
49. '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.
techno
Aretha Franklin
hip-hop
Patsy Cline
50. 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.
hip-hop
Kurt Cobain
Paul Simon
Kenny Rogers