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Music Appreciation
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1. 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
MP3
urban folk
funk music
techno
2. 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.
James Brown
Def Jam
The Ramones
psychedelic rock
3. 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
synthesizer
Led Zeppelin
hip-hop
Carole King
4. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Donna Summer
Patsy Cline
Run-D.M.C.
MP3
5. 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.
art rock
country pop
Queen Latifah
Grateful Dead
6. 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.
Donna Summer
M.C. Hammer
Michael Jackson
Dolly Parton
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
art rock
hip-hop
sequencer
Janis Joplin
8. 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.
house music
Run-D.M.C.
breakdancing
art rock
9. 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.
James Brown
Lauryn Hill
Ray Charles
Sonic Youth
10. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Grandmaster Flash
Ray Charles
Donna Summer
Grateful Dead
11. 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
Kenny Rogers
sequencer
MP3
house music
12. 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
house music
RIAA
hip-hop
urban folk
13. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
rave
RIAA
Beastie Boys
house music
14. 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
funk music
Clear channel
synthesizer
Kurt Cobain
15. 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
The Sex Pistols
Donna Summer
Aretha Franklin
reggae
16. 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.
alternative rock
Lauryn Hill
progressive country
techno
17. 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.
heavy metal
M.C. Hammer
Dolly Parton
James Brown
18. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
Queen Latifah
Michael Jackson
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
soul music
19. 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.
gangsta rap
Queen Latifah
Michael Jackson
MIDI
20. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
bluegrass
MP3
Janis Joplin
funk music
21. -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
Lauryn Hill
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Patsy Cline
22. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
synthesizer
soft soul
Donna Summer
breakdancing
23. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
alternative rock
punk rock
Ray Charles
Prince
24. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
Lauryn Hill
MIDI
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
world music
25. 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
Bob Marley
Dolly Parton
MP3
Prince
26. 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
hardcore
Madonna
Carlos Santana
Bob Marley
27. 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.
MIDI
The Sex Pistols
Grateful Dead
urban folk
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
urban folk
RIAA
sequencer
Clear channel
29. 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.
Lauryn Hill
punk rock
Jimi Hendrix
techno
30. -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
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
punk rock
The Ramones
31. 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
bluegrass
Paul Simon
Carole King
Kenny Rogers
32. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
urban folk
Ray Charles
rap
punk rock
33. 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.
MP3
nashville sound
Queen Latifah
Carlos Santana
34. 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.
Grateful Dead
Carole King
hardcore
grunge rock
35. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
Run-D.M.C.
Michael Jackson
rave
world music
36. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
pop rock
urban folk
Kurt Cobain
37. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
pop rock
The Ramones
MP3
Carole King
38. 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
Michael Jackson
urban folk
David Bowie
39. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Grandmaster Flash
alternative rock
Peter Gabriel
bluegrass
40. 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
Kurt Cobain
Paul Simon
Dolly Parton
reggae
41. 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.
Def Jam
disco
The Ramones
Beastie Boys
42. 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
sequencer
nashville sound
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
James Brown
43. 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
pop rock
Michael Jackson
Madonna
44. 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.
pop rock
sampling
Run-D.M.C.
Aretha Franklin
45. 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.
M.C. Hammer
Peter Gabriel
Michael Jackson
alternative rock
46. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
David Bowie
Napster
Sonic Youth
The Sex Pistols
47. 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.
Prince
Grateful Dead
Janis Joplin
Bruce Springsteen
48. 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
alternative rock
Beastie Boys
hardcore
49. 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.
urban folk
David Bowie
Tupac Shakur
breakdancing
50. 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
soul music
Nirvana
Kurt Cobain