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Music Appreciation
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1. 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
psychedelic rock
Michael Jackson
progressive country
N.W.A.
2. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
soft soul
MP3
Clear channel
N.W.A.
3. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
pop rock
gangsta rap
urban folk
Ray Charles
4. 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.
grunge rock
reggae
Dolly Parton
James Brown
5. 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).
alternative music
sampling
alternative rock
Madonna
6. 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.
analog recording
country pop
sequencer
M.C. Hammer
7. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
pop rock
MP3
Carlos Santana
Peter Gabriel
8. 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
Bob Marley
grunge rock
Bruce Springsteen
hip-hop
9. 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
Aretha Franklin
Donna Summer
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Grateful Dead
10. 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
Tupac Shakur
Michael Jackson
Def Jam
country pop
11. '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.
Lauryn Hill
Aretha Franklin
punk rock
reggae
12. 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
David Bowie
Prince
alternative music
RIAA
13. 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
Carole King
gangsta rap
Beastie Boys
14. 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).
Queen Latifah
Madonna
Donna Summer
grunge rock
15. -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 -
Prince
sampling
Sonic Youth
synthesizer
16. 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
alternative music
bluegrass
synthesizer
MIDI
17. 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
Ray Charles
Grandmaster Flash
James Brown
18. 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.
punk rock
analog recording
Aretha Franklin
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
19. 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.
Led Zeppelin
Bruce Springsteen
psychedelic rock
rave
20. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
punk rock
rap
world music
21. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
house music
bluegrass
alternative rock
James Brown
22. 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.
psychedelic rock
rap
gangsta rap
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
23. 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
Sonic Youth
progressive country
Ray Charles
Madonna
24. 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
psychedelic rock
RIAA
disco
Bob Marley
25. 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
Napster
psychedelic rock
N.W.A.
MP3
26. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
techno
gangsta rap
breakdancing
funk music
27. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
soul music
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
countrypolitan
Vanilla Ice
28. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
country pop
Grandmaster Flash
soul music
urban folk
29. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
breakdancing
bluegrass
psychedelic rock
Bob Marley
30. 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.
nashville sound
Tupac Shakur
country pop
house music
31. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Jimi Hendrix
world music
Janis Joplin
alternative music
32. 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.
grunge rock
Prince
Grateful Dead
Carole King
33. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
punk rock
Grandmaster Flash
Nirvana
MIDI
34. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Madonna
Queen Latifah
Dolly Parton
Jimi Hendrix
35. 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.
MP3
world music
Nirvana
gangsta rap
36. -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
alternative rock
Aretha Franklin
soft soul
37. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
reggae
Patsy Cline
Kenny Rogers
Sonic Youth
38. 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
progressive country
MP3
reggae
soft soul
39. 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
Def Jam
N.W.A.
country pop
Kurt Cobain
40. 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).
Kenny Rogers
Aretha Franklin
Madonna
soul music
41. 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.
house music
Grandmaster Flash
pop rock
rap
42. 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).
Prince
punk rock
Kenny Rogers
hardcore
43. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
Vanilla Ice
progressive country
Sonic Youth
44. 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.
sampling
analog recording
hip-hop
Napster
45. 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.
Janis Joplin
hip-hop
Tupac Shakur
Carlos Santana
46. 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
techno
Bob Marley
Kenny Rogers
gangsta rap
47. 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.
Beastie Boys
world music
breakdancing
Grandmaster Flash
48. 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
Donna Summer
sampling
Peter Gabriel
Michael Jackson
49. 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.
sampling
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Led Zeppelin
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
50. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
breakdancing
rave
Run-D.M.C.
synthesizer
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