Shared Flashcard Set

Details

RECORDINGS
Enterprise of Mass Communication
36
Music
Undergraduate 2
12/13/2007

Additional Music Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term

copyright

Definition
A legal right that grants to the owner of a work protection against unauthorized copying.
Term

format wars

Definition
Rivalries in which companies selling specific types of recording and playback devices try to put competing formats out of business.
Term

phonograph

Definition
Thomas Edison's name for his first recording device.
Term

analog recording

Definition
A representation of the sound wave is stored (physically) directiy onto the recording medium.
Term

digital recording

Definition

A recording technique in which sound is broken down electronically into a numerical code.

Term

nickelodeons

Definition

Early jukeboxes set up in amusement arcades.

Term

gramophone

Definition

Early playback device using a flat disc with lateral grooves cut on one side.

Term

Tin Pan Alley

Definition
District in New York City where songs were written "on order" for Broadway shows.
Term

ragtime

Definition
Instrumental music with a steady, syncopated beat.
Term

Victrola

Definition
Early hand-cranked record player introduced by the Victor Company.
Term

jukebox

Definition
A coin-operated phonograph.
Term

woofers

Definition
Large speaker that reproduces low sounds.
Term

tweeters

Definition
Small speakers that reproduce high sounds.
Term

track

Definition
A single recorded sound source, used in multitrack recording.
Term

stereophonic sound

Definition
Recording technique in which tracks are placed individually in the right or left speakers.
Term

high-fidelity (hi-fi) sound

Definition
Recorded sound true to the original.
Term

rap

Definition
Music composed of rhymed speech over drumbeats.
Term

hip-hop

Definition
The backing music for rap; also refers to the culture of rap.
Term

compact disks (CDs)

Definition
Plastic disks with digitally encoded music read by lasers.
Term

mp3

Definition
The name for compressed digital audio files that enable music to be downloaded from the Internet.
Term

videotape recorder (VTS)

Definition
A device for recording sounds and images on reels of magnetic tape.
Term

compatability

Definition

Interchangeability of hardware and software of different types.

Term

videocassette recorder (VCR)

Definition
An improvement on the videotape recorder (VTR) that uses cassette tapes instead of reels.
Term

time shifting

Definition
Recording of a television program for playback at some later time.
Term

zapping

Definition
Avoiding commercials while videotaping by using the pause button.
Term

zipping

Definition
Avoiding commercial while playing back a videotape by fast-forwarding through them.
Term

camcorder

Definition
A single-unit video camera and recording device.
Term

Digital Video Recorders (DVRs)

Definition
Specialized computers with oversized hard disks to store programming.
Term

independent label

Definition
Any recording industry company not owned by one of the five major labels.
Term

artist and repertoire (A&R) executives

Definition
Specialists in the music industry who discover and develop the groups and performers.
Term

demos

Definition
Demonstration recordings sent in to record companies by artists' agents, managers, or by the artists themselves.
Term

producer

Definition
In the music industry, the person who oversees the making of a master recording.
Term

arrangers

Definition
Those who adapt a song for specific singers and other musical elements.
Term

lyricist

Definition
A professional who specializes in writing the words of a song.
Term

reporting stations

Definition

The radio stations whose playlists are tracked weekly to determine airplay popularity for individual songs.

Term
Soundscan
Definition

A point-of-sale computer system that determines sales for best-selling records lists.

Supporting users have an ad free experience!