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While social dancing has existed for long before, which 1960's artist expanded the lengths of their songs
and placed additional emphasis on the rhythmic "groove" to help entice people to dance?
Chubby Checker
Fats Domino
James Brown
The Beach Boys ANS - James Brown
In the 1970's, discos and nightclubs started employing DJs instead of bands primarily because:
they didn't offend the older generation
they didn't need to take "breaks"
they were more popular
they were cheaper to hire ANS - they were cheaper to hire
Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, and Chic are all examples of 1970's ___________ artists.
early hip-hop
ambient
funk
disco ANS - disco
Even though they didn't make music specifically for dancing, the 1970's-1980's group that had the most
influence on dance-music genres during their time was:
The Bee Gees
Kraftwerk
Chic
,Duran Duran ANS - Kraftwerk
The __________ genre developed in Detroit in the 1980's when DJs began basing their tracks around
drum machines and synthesizers.
acid
techno
jungle
house ANS - techno
In the 1990's, a sub-genre of techno was developed (primarily in Europe at first) that incorporates more
dreamy synths and patterns that often slowly build and recede. This genre became known as:
jungle
trance
house
ambient ANS - trance
What genre of music was very liberating for Christian Marclay because it allowed him to play music
without studying music?
Punk
Rhythm and Blues
Rap
Hip-Hop ANS - punk
Who did Donna Summer work with to create the hit "I Feel Love"?
Keith Forsey and Sylvester Levay
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkle
Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
Neil Bogart and Robbie Wedel ANS - Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
Christian Marclay was one of the first performance artists to use a turntable as a musical instrument.
, True
False ANS - True
"I Feel Love" is notable because it was one of the first disco songs to use real instruments instead of
synthesizers.
True
False ANS - False
Robbie Wedel figured out how to do something with the Moog synthesizer that even Bob Moog didn't
know could be done. What was this thing?
Turn it on.
Play multiple notes simultaneously.
Sync the Moog to the tape recorder.
Make killer bass sounds. ANS - Sync the Moog to the tape recorder
In what country did the song "I Feel Love" top the singles charts in July 1977?
Germany
United States
Nepal
United Kingdom ANS - UK
The term disc jockey was not used until the:
1950'
1970's
1910's
1930's ANS - 1930's
In what country in the 1950's would music promoters through giant dance parties in the streets and
refer to themselves as being "DJs?"
France
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