History of Rock 'n Roll: Exam 1 Questions & Answers(RATED A+)
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History of Rock \'n Roll:
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History Of Rock \'n Roll:
popular music - ANSWER a music that's mass produced and disseminated via the mass media pop music commercial entertainment, mainstream rock music "authentic", more "artistic"; harder, more aggressive and improvisatory
folk music - ANSWER created directly and spontaneously out of communal exper...
History of Rock 'n Roll: Exam 1
Questions & Answers(RATED A+)
popular music - ANSWER a music that's mass produced and disseminated via the mass media pop
music commercial entertainment, mainstream rock music "authentic", more "artistic"; harder, more
aggressive and improvisatory
folk music - ANSWER created directly and spontaneously out of communal experience art music
usually written out, consciously intended for posterity; lots of thought intro structure critical listening
involves the knowledge of how music is put together, its cultural significance, and historical
development; SHMRFT
SHMRFT - ANSWER Soundprint Harmony Melody Rhythm Form Text
Soundprint - ANSWER the unique qualities that distinguish one performer/style/genre from another;
timbre/tone color, instrumentation, texture, dynamic levels, inflection timbre/tone color the
characteristic sound of an instrument/voice, determined by its frequency and overtone components
texture interaction of different layers of sound inflection note to note "shaping" of a musical line
Harmony - ANSWER the simultaneous occurrence of 2 or more musical pitches; notes are at the
same time, stacked on each other
Melody - ANSWER the sequential occurrence of musical pitches, the horizontal aspect of music;
notes are one after another
Rhythm - ANSWER how music moves through time Form the organization of music, its structure,
basic building blocks, and the ways in which they are combined
Text - ANSWER the words/lyrics of a song music and identity music is a very personal art form;
, race - rock - ANSWER traces a history of white appropriation and assimilation of black American
music
music and technology - ANSWER technology has had a profound impact on popular music and its
dissemination the music industry rock music is a product to be bough, sold, and consumed
majors - ANSWER large record companies with lots of capital and power
indies - ANSWER small independent labels operating in marginal markets
margins and the mainstream - ANSWER have helped invigorate the mainstream of popular taste
subculture a group or class of lesser importance or size with specific beliefs, interests, or values
different from those of the general culture
counterculture - ANSWER a radical culture, especially among the young that rejects established
social values and practices; a mode of life opposed to the conventional
song by Blind Lemon Jefferson - ANSWER Long Lonesome Blues
characteristics of Long Lonesome Blues - ANSWER AAB form, syncopated words, line starts at a high
pitch and then goes to a lower pitch by the end of the line
bar - ANSWER group of beats (ex. 4/4)
syncopated - ANSWER not right on the beat
the blues - ANSWER a mostly Black American folksong tradition of the 20th century; deeply
influenced the evolution of jazz, became a basic for rhythm and blues and early rock and roll
themes of the blues - ANSWER trouble in love, abandonment, money problems, general difficulties
12-bar blues - ANSWER a basic blues form, has 12 bars
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