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Rock Music: A Social History
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Undergraduate 2
12/01/2012

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Term
Backbeat
Definition
2 + 4
Term
Who covered 'All Along The Watchtower?'
Definition
Jimi Hendrix
Term
What kind of music is thought to be the forefather of rock music?
Definition
Griot.
Term
Who created the wall of sound?
Definition
Phil Spector
Term
What kind of musicians/music inspired soul?
Definition
Field hollers/ work songs
Term
Elements of blues
Definition
Rythmic
Solo singer
Call+Response
Storytelling
Term
Ska
Definition
Mix of R&B and mento
Term
Fusion
Definition
Jazz with Rock elements
Term
Jazz Rock
Definition
Rock with Jazz elements
Term
Fusion Innovator
Definition
Miles Davis
Term
Little Richard
Definition
Rock w/ R+B
Crazy
Term
Bill Haley
Definition
Country w/ Rock influence
Term
Godfather of rock guitar
Definition
Chuck Berry
Term
George Martin
Definition
Beatles producer
Influenced art rock
Term
Area that country blues comes from
Definition
Mississippi Delta
Term
What groups had an influence on punk rock?
Definition
MC5
Iggy Pop
The Velvet Underground
The Ramones
Term
Who coined the term rock and roll?
Definition
Alan Freed
Term
ELO
Definition
Art rock w/ classical INSTRUMENTS
Term
YES
Definition
Art rock w/ classical MUSICIANS
Term
Rush
Definition
Art rock w/ hard rock elements
Term
What was the goal of psychedelic rock?
Definition
Immitate a drug high
Term
Where was Stax/Volt located?
Definition
Memphis, Tennessee
Term
Who were the Beatles main rivals?
Definition
The Rolling Stones
Term
Who covered 'You Really Got Me' by the Kinks?
Definition
Van Halen
Term
What is a DJ's instrument?
Definition
Turntable
Term
Who were The Beats?
Definition
A NYC group
Criticized American values
Moved to SanFran, became hippies.
Term
What kinds of music influenced psychedelic music?
Definition
Latin
Blues
Folk
Rock
Term
Art Rock bands used almost everything like classical bands except...
Definition
Sheet Music
Term
What element of the Beatles sound did the Byrds take?
Definition
12-string guitar
Term
The British Invasion caused what trends?
Definition
Garage Bands
Blues Revival
Term
Who was the 5th Beatle?
Definition
George Martin - their producer
Term
Why did teen style pop come about?
Definition
There were less rock artists in the industry, needed a new sound.
Term
Signify
Definition
Double Meaning
Term
Motown helped their artists by:
Definition
Finishing School
Etiquette + Diction
Coaching + Singing
Term
What is the most noticable thing about glitter rock?
Definition
Appearance
Term
Where did punk rock originate?
Definition
London and New York (first).
Term
How did MTV change things?
Definition
Made videos an important part of marketing
Term
What were the three periods of the Beatles?
Definition
1- Pop music
2- Bob Dylan
3- Studio
Term
Who did the Beatles mix with to create folk rock?
Definition
Bob Dylan
Term
Who wrote rag time music?
Definition
Classically trained African American musicians
Term
What instruments usually make up the frontline?
Definition
Saxophone
Vocals
Piano (right hand)
Guitar
Term
What was the main way to distribute music before the 1930s?
Definition
Sheet music
Term
What instruments usually make up the rhythm section?
Definition
Tuba
Drums
Piano (left hand)
Guitar
Bass
Term
What was the payola scandal?
Definition
Everyone paying DJs for air time.
Term
What is a harmony?
Definition
Two or more notes that sound a certain way, when played at the same time.
Term
What music had an influence on the Beatles?
Definition
Skiffle (folk style of music)
Indian classical
Term
Pink Floyd
Definition
Art Rock w/ Avante Garde sound
Term
Rush
Definition
Art Rock w/ hard rock sound
Term
Syncopation
Definition
Stressing unusual parts of the beat
Term
Ska
Definition
Offbeat is emphasized (skank)
Term
Disco
Definition
If there's anything about disco, it'll be easy.
Term
Jazz
Definition
According to Woitach, jazz won't be in the final.
Term
Tin Pan Alley
Definition
Tinny pianos,
where people wrote music
Term
Scott Japlin
Definition
Ragtime
Term
Jelly Roll Morton
Definition
Jazz musician
Term
Louis Armstrong
Definition
Jazz trumpeter
Term
European elements of blues music
Definition
Chords
Changing harmonies
Term
Urban Blues
Definition
All of the same stuff as country blues (and a band, can have horns)
Call + Reponse
Solo singer
Term
Rhythm & Blues
Definition
Upbeat and energetic
Term
Robert Johnson
Definition
Delta Country
Term
Ma Rainey
Definition
Classical music
Term
Bessie Smith
Definition
Classical music
Term
BB King
Definition
Urban blues
Term
Muddy Waters
Definition
Urban blues
Term
Louis Jordan
Definition
R&B
Term
Bo Diddly
Definition
R&B
Term
Riff
Definition
Repeating figure, not part of the melody
Term
What influences did gospel have on rock music?
Definition
Background singers
Term
What was early country music called?
Definition
Hillbilly
Term
Elements of country music
Definition
Little to no improv
Term
Johnny Cash
Definition
Country
Term
Hank Williams Sr.
Definition
Country
Term
Jimmy Rodgers
Definition
Country
Term
Sam Phillips
Definition
Elvis
Sun Records
Term
Joe Turner
Definition
Blues guy
Shake rattle & Roll
Term
Brill Building
Definition
Songwriters
Term
Pat Boone
Definition
Tutti Fruiti
Term
Dick Clarke
Definition
American Bandstand
Term
Alan Freed
Definition
Coined the term rock & roll
Term
Phil Spector
Definition
wall of sound
Term
Beach Boys
Definition
surf
Term
Early soul artists
Definition
James Brown
Ray Charles
Term
Chicago record label
Definition
Chess
Term
NYC record label
Definition
Atlantic
Term
Memphis record label
Definition
Stax/Volt
Term
Detroit record label
Definition
Motown
Term
Backup groups
Definition
Bookter T + The MGs
Funk Brothers
Term
Who was the godfather of soul?
Definition
James Brown
Term
Wilson Pickett
Definition
Stax
Term
Otis Redding
Definition
Soul
Term
Aretha Franklin
Definition
Soul
Term
The Temptations
Definition
First Motown big band
Term
Barry Gordy
Definition
started Motown
Term
What made the Beatles popular?
Definition
The Big Media Campaign
Term
What did Bob Dylan affect?
Definition
changed stuff
said that the Beatles sucked
brought in new lyrics, a new sound
Term
Style change in the mid-60s
Definition
Electric guitar
Term
Combined psychedelic + soul
Definition
Sly and the Family Stone
Term
Santana
Definition
Latin, psychedelic
Term
Monteray
Definition
first rock festival
Term
Bob Dylan
Definition
Started recording country inspired folk rock
Term
Gram Parsons
Definition
Country rock
Term
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Definition
Country rock
Term
What word inspired Black Sabbath?
Definition
Doom
Term
Who were the members of Led Zeppelin?
Definition
John Bonham
Rob Plant
John Paul Jones
Jimmy Page
Term
What was 'Dark Side of the Moon' compared to?
Definition
Sgt. Pepper.
Term
Who basically invented Ska?
Definition
The Skatalites
Term
Where did the 2nd wave of Ska occur?
Definition
UK/England
Term
Who brought fashion design into punk?
Definition
Malcolm Mclahan
Term
What is the most important beat in funk?
Definition
Beat 1
Term
Popcorn
Definition
Funk
Term
Grandmaster Flash
Definition
Hip Hop musician & DJ
Term
Robert Pittman
Definition
Started MTV
Term
Artists who were helped by MTV
Definition
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen
Term
improvisation
Definition
making it up as you go
Term
What style of singing inspired soul?
Definition
gospel
Term
What elements of gospel are different now?
Definition
Choir
Term
What did early white rock artists do to black songs they covered?
Definition
They cleaned them up, no sexual stuff.
Term
What is a bass note?
Definition
Low note
Term
What are spirituals?
Definition
Hymns
Term
What are some elements of the surf sound?
Definition
Rockabilly
Improvisation
Term
What style do the soul regions have?
Definition
North - arranged
South - gritty
Term
Mellisma/Embellishment
Definition
Doooooooogggg.
Term
How did the music affect the racial situations?
Definition
Made people talk about it
Term
Arrangement/Form of a song
Definition
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Bridge
Outro
Term
What is Doo-Wop?
Definition
Secular, non -religious, gospel music
Term
How did Motown change its sound? Why did they do this?
Definition
Added horns and strings, to sell records.
Term
Fuzztone
Definition
Distorton
Term
What is a musical element that helps define Jazz music?
Definition
Rhythm section
Frontline
Improvisation
Dance-like Rhythm
Term
Country music developed from...
Definition
Folk music
Hillbilly music
Celtic music
Western European Folk music
Term
What caused urban blues to develop?
Definition
A migration of people from the rural south to urban areas during and after WWII looking for jobs.
Term
Big Mama Thornton
Definition
R&B Artist covered by Elvis
Term
What instrument did Jerry Lee Lewis play?
Definition
Piano
Term
Psychedelic band influenced by Latin music
Definition
Santana
Term
Gram Parsons
Definition
Southern rock
Term
Art rock solo artist categorized as glitter rock
Definition
David Bowie
Term
Toaster
Definition
Commenter on DJ dance party
Term
Hesitation Beat (Skank)
Definition
Main rhythm in Ska/Reggae
Term
Funk w/Spaceships
Definition
Parliament/Funkadelic
Term
Second wave Ska Label
Definition
Two Tone
Term
What New York club was the center of the first generation of Punk rock music?
Definition
CBGBs
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