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History of Rock Quiz 1 WSU
Notes for the first test in MUS 262
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Music
Undergraduate 1
09/15/2011

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New Orleans
Definition
1718 first metropolitan city
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Congo Square
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1817 Slaves allowed to practice their own music on sundays
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Minstrel Shows
Definition
1840-1920 Traveled across country to entertain
Were made to make fun of and degrade black people
Minstrel shows used blackface to caricature black people and make them seem stupid
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Thomas Dartmouth Daddy Rice
Definition
1828 Wrote Jump Jim Crow
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Jump Jim Crow
Definition
1828 Made to degrade blacks
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Steven Foster
Definition
wrote several songs for minstrel shows
“I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair”
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Civil War
Definition
1861 South Carolina seceded and five other states followed
Atlanta, Savannah Georgia were devastated
1865 War ends
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Compromise of 1877
Definition
Northern Republicans made deal that if republican president was elected they would remove troops and end reconstruction
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3 elements that influence western music
Definition
Melody
Harmony
Rhythm
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Scott Joplin
Definition
1877 “The Maple Leaf Rag”
Developed Ragtime, syncopated
Syncopation-“ music that is off the beat”
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Ragtime
Definition
Ragtime popular form 1890’s-1920’s
Ragging the Melody to turn music into ragtime
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Delta Blues
Definition
Set the framework for Jazz
Used singer and guitar
Blues progression- AAB
4 bar phrase repeated 3 times
Used from late 1800’s to today
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Charlie Patton
Definition
Famous delta blues musician
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Sun House
Definition
Famous delta blues musician
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Classic Blues
Definition
Sung by a black woman with a band
Same progression as delta blues
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Bessie Smith
Definition
Famous classic blues artist
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Robert Johnson
Definition
Set the stage for blues
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Creoles of color
Definition
children of white men and black women.
1891 Law passed that if any relatives were black you would be considered black.
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Buddy Bolden
Definition
considered to be the first black musician
Used syncopation
Created Jazz
Always in trouble with police for having a big mouth
“The funky butt” criticized white congressman- was arrested at shows for it
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Jazz
Definition
Jazz incorporated syncopation in their music
Began to use the blues progression in the jazz music
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Boogie Woogie
Definition
black style of music played on the piano 1910-20’s became very popular in 20’s
Came out of Texas
Made an impression on early rock and roll
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Mead Lux Louis
Definition
famous boogie woogie player
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Rhythm and Blues
Definition
1940’s- came out of jazz
Precursor to rock and roll
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Louis Jordan
Definition
Composer, band leader, played saxophone
Developed rhythm and blues
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Joe Turner
Definition
played blues with a rock and roll feel in the 1940’s
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T-Bone Walker
Definition
Rigged up a guitar with pickups- first electric guitar
“Stormy Monday blues”
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Muddy Waters
Definition
Combined different music styles to create something close to early rock and roll
Used AAB style
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Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
Definition
white players who got into this style of music
“Let’s Rock”
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Big Momma Thorton
Definition
“ Aint nothing but a hound dog”
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Cosmo Matassa
Definition
1945 Got a recording studio, J&M Records, in New Orleans
Signed Fats Domino and Little Richard
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J&M Records
Definition
(1945) Owned by Cosmo Matassa
Signed Little Richard and Fats Domino
New Orleans
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Fats Domino
Definition
music combined country music with blues to create a new sound
Put out a rock and roll record in 1949
“Ain’t That a Shame”
“Blueberry Hill”
Sold 30 million copies
“I’m Walkin Again”
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Little Richard
Definition
Originally from Georgia
Very flamboyant and in your face, threatening to white people
More of a renegade
“Tooty Fruity”
“Long Tall Sally”
Influenced by southern gospel
Created the new rock and roll sound that all rock was built off of
Combined boogie woogie and rhythm and blues
Term
Ike Turner
Definition
Considered to have made the first rock and roll record in the 50’s
“Rocket 88”
Signed by Sun Records
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Pat Boone
Definition
covered Little Richard, Fats Domino, and others
Made lyrics more friendly and likeable by white parents
Came and dressed down the black music to make it acceptable to white parents
Made tons of money of other black artist’s songs
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Alan Freed
Definition
one of the first white people to play rock n roll
Disk Jockey who promoted rock n roll
Coined the phrase and called the music “rock and roll”
Rock and roll was slang for having sex
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David Bartholomew
Definition
Studio musician for J&M Records
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Sam Phillips
Definition
Started recording lots of black musicians 1950
Recorded BB King, Ike Turner, Rosco Gordon, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Louis
Owned Sun Records
Signed Elvis Presley
Sold Elvis’s contract to RCA records for $35,000
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Elvis Presley
Definition
Toured with Scotty Moore (Guitar) Bill Black (Bass)
Played Rock and Roll for the masses- brought it into the mainstream
Combined many older styles of music to create an original sound
Used many black music influences to create his own music
Confused many older white parents who didn’t like his music
Invented rockabilly
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Rockabilly
Definition
A combination of hill-billy (country) and Rock n roll
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Duey Phillips
Definition
disk jockey played “that’s alright mama”
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Chess Records
Definition
- Independent record company from Chicago
Founded by Phil and Leonard Chess
Signed Bo Diddley, Chuck Barry
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Chicago Sound
Definition
Electric guitar and amplified harmonica
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Chicago Blues
Definition
Electric version of delta blues created in Chicago
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Bo Diddley
Definition
Worked for Chess Records
One of the first black musicians to play the electric guitar
Developed the “Bo Diddley Beat”
Used a salsa beat
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Chuck Barry
Definition
First musicians to play solos on guitar, influenced future guitarists
“Maybelline” “Jonnie B Good” “Roll Over Beethoven”
Put country influences into his music
Signed with Chess Records
Played songs that young white kids liked
They had money
His songs played things that concerned white teenagers
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Carl Perkins
Definition
Became the King of Rockabilly
Artist for sun records
“Blue Suede Shoes”
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Standard Rock Band
Definition
2 Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals
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Jerry Lee Louis
Definition
Signed by Sun Records
1956- “Whole Lotta Shakin”
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Buddy Holly
Definition
Combined country and rock
8 hits in 2 years
Popularized the Fender Stratocaster
Buddy Holly and the Crickets were the prototype for a “self-contained” rock band.
Set standard for rock bands
Influenced the Beatles name choice
“Peggy Sue”
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Eddie Cocherin
Definition
Developed power chords
“Summertime Blues”
Term
The Day The Music Died
Definition
Elvis Presley got drafted by the U.S. Military
Chuck Barry had sex with a white girl across the state line, and did 2 years in prison
Buddy Holly died in a plane crash
Jerry Lee Louis married his 13 year old cousin
Little Richard became a priest
Eddie Cocherin was killed in a car crash
Term
Payola Scandal
Definition
Disk Jockeys played records for a price, made money without paying taxes
Alan Freed lost his career
Term
Piano
Definition
Piano created in the 1700’s
Piano forte took the place of the harpsichord
Originally all wood with steel strings
Around early 1800’s were made with a cast iron frame which made it much stronger
Considered at percussion type instrument in an orchestra
Piano became a solo instrument during the 1800’s
Originally called the piano forte
3 Types of piano
Grand Piano
Baby Grand Piano
Upright Piano or Spinet
Term
Bass
Definition
Has 4 strings
String bass, contra bass, double bass, or dog house
Used in classical music, part of the violin/viola family
In the beginnings of rock, the bass was plucked or pulled instead of played with a bow
Term
Drumset
Definition
Cymbals, tom toms, snare drums, bass drum, high hat
Originated as a marching instrument
Term
Guitar
Definition
Created in 3000 B.C.E
Spanish Guitar (classical acoustic)
6 string guitar
Gut strings or nylon
Steel string guitar
6 string guitar
Became very popular in the 20th century
Term
Jazz Guitar
Definition
Originally an acoustic
Hollow body guitar
Electric Guitar
Term
Electric Guitar
Definition
Electric Guitars were developed in the 50’s
Electric guitars had been made since the 30’s but they weren’t practical
Fender guitars
Developed by Leo Fender
Fender Stratocaster
Les Paul guitars
Developed by Les Paul
Gibson contracted him to create a guitar for them
Gibson Flying-V
Hollow body electric
Les Paul created one of the first electric jazz guitars
Knobs control volume and tone
Had feedback problems
Solid body
Leo Fender created the Fender Stratocaster
Gibson Flying-V
1950’s
Term
Electric Bass
Definition
4 string bass
Played with 2 fingers
Used in rock n roll
Term
L.A. Rockabilly
Definition
New more popular music version of rockabilly played by ricky nelson
Toned down version of original music
Term
Ricky Nelson
Definition
Parents had a T.V. show
“The adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”
Got his music played on this T.V. show
Played L.A. Rockabilly
“I’m Walkin”
“Mary Lou”
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Bill Haley
Definition
“Rock Around the Clock”
Was the first rock n roll song to be used in a movie
Considered the first rock n roll song
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