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Music Appreciation
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1. 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.
progressive country
alternative rock
psychedelic rock
Lauryn Hill
2. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
Bruce Springsteen
heavy metal
psychedelic rock
Peter Gabriel
3. -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
Jimi Hendrix
Def Jam
countrypolitan
4. 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
RIAA
Willie Nelson
rave
Bob Marley
5. 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
progressive country
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Donna Summer
6. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
urban folk
alternative music
rave
heavy metal
7. 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
MP3
gangsta rap
house music
Bob Marley
8. 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
N.W.A.
sequencer
Lauryn Hill
9. 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.
The Ramones
Nirvana
sequencer
Bob Marley
10. 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.
Aretha Franklin
rap
Peter Gabriel
Carole King
11. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
synthesizer
Tupac Shakur
country pop
Willie Nelson
12. 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.
sampling
Kenny Rogers
Michael Jackson
Public Enemy
13. 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
Jimi Hendrix
Michael Jackson
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
MIDI
14. 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
grunge rock
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.
Queen Latifah
Willie Nelson
analog recording
sequencer
16. 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.
grunge rock
art rock
sequencer
funk music
17. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Nirvana
Peter Gabriel
alternative rock
countrypolitan
18. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Led Zeppelin
nashville sound
MP3
Sonic Youth
19. 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
Clear channel
countrypolitan
countrypolitan
20. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Grandmaster Flash
Grateful Dead
Led Zeppelin
world music
21. 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.
Grateful Dead
gangsta rap
nashville sound
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
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Napster
sequencer
breakdancing
23. 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.
Queen Latifah
breakdancing
Run-D.M.C.
James Brown
24. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
countrypolitan
Carlos Santana
hardcore
breakdancing
25. 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.
The Ramones
Michael Jackson
grunge rock
M.C. Hammer
26. 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.
Grateful Dead
Bob Marley
Bruce Springsteen
Nirvana
27. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
rave
gangsta rap
house music
country pop
28. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
Bob Marley
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
bluegrass
Beastie Boys
29. 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
Public Enemy
Grandmaster Flash
breakdancing
Bob Marley
30. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
Queen Latifah
Tupac Shakur
synthesizer
rap
31. 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
punk rock
bluegrass
soul music
32. 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.
Dolly Parton
Vanilla Ice
synthesizer
Carole King
33. 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
sequencer
pop rock
Sonic Youth
34. 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
gangsta rap
Run-D.M.C.
reggae
urban folk
35. 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
progressive country
art rock
country pop
36. '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.
sequencer
hardcore
soft soul
Aretha Franklin
37. 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
M.C. Hammer
The Ramones
Vanilla Ice
soul music
38. 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.
soul music
sampling
James Brown
soft soul
39. 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.
Carole King
Queen Latifah
Jimi Hendrix
Michael Jackson
40. 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
Def Jam
Grateful Dead
gangsta rap
Lauryn Hill
41. 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
breakdancing
sequencer
Donna Summer
analog recording
42. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
Dolly Parton
countrypolitan
Michael Jackson
synthesizer
43. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
rave
breakdancing
techno
Bruce Springsteen
44. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
Public Enemy
breakdancing
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Michael Jackson
45. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
N.W.A.
hardcore
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
soft soul
46. 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
gangsta rap
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
world music
Run-D.M.C.
47. 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
Grateful Dead
bluegrass
house music
48. -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 -
nashville sound
Sonic Youth
Nirvana
N.W.A.
49. 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
gangsta rap
Clear channel
country pop
50. 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.
bluegrass
MP3
punk rock
analog recording