history of rock and roll exam 1 lecture 2 ( part 1) Folk and Country Music before Rock N Roll. Lecture 2 (part 2) Blues and Gospel Music before Rock n Roll Questions and Answers

Folk Singer/ Songwriter this singer is accompanied by his acoustic guitar - ANSWER-Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie This person had early tragic losses such as death of his older sister Clara. Financial RUIN of family farm, mother died from Huntingston Cholera - ANSWER-Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie He followed the "Okies" from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl era singing the plight of Great Depression farmer. - ANSWER-Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie he sang "Dust Bowl Blues" and "THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND" CACACACACACACACACACACACACA. :D - ANSWER-Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie what type of Genre am i? conventional country string band with faster and more technically demanding music. using instruments such as virtuosic fiddle(violin) mandolin, and banjo playing - ANSWER-Bluegrass He is the father of "Bluegrass" He also elevated the role of the mandolin his own instrument and the banjo to that of the guitar and fiddle(violin) fiddle is a violin by the way. - ANSWER-Bill Monroe In Honky Tonk what instrument do you use? and what genre do they sing in? - ANSWER-they use piano and genre is country Honky Tonk aka... - ANSWER-"Beer Joint" and "Lower Class Bar" can honky tonk be sad or festive? - ANSWER-yes, it can be used as dance music and sad also festive Pianos often not often cared for- broken keys out of tune. Emphasized rhythm over melody and harmony influenced formation of Boogie-Woogie piano style - ANSWER-Honky Tonk Piano "Cry in your beer" country he was born with spinal disease, lifelong pain which caused him to drink and take pain killers some guy said this,,, "Youve got a million dollar voice son, but a 10 cent brain" - ANSWER-Hank Williams LECTURE #2 (pART 2) - ANSWER-BLues and Gospel before rock and roll this is based on folk music from West Africa - ANSWER-Field Hollers (during slavery) their lyrics is venting on frustration; day-to-day realities and hints on how to escape slavery - ANSWER-Field Hollers (during slavery) The music is calculated by repetetions of_____________ - ANSWER-"call and response" Emphasized__________ - ANSWER-" Line Singing" the music has Pentatonic ( 5note ) scale - ANSWER-Field Hollers who interpreted this ? "Camp Hollers" - ANSWER-Son House when did the spirituals genre happen? - ANSWER-spirituals genre happened during and after slavery _____________ songs with _____________ texts - ANSWER-African American songs with Christian texts this is under spiritual genre their music " Line singing" and "Call and Response" are from - ANSWER-Field Hollers Intricate, multipart harmonies Blue notes and Sycopation what genre of music am i? - ANSWER-Spirituals This lyric is about struggle and over coming; faith and hope - ANSWER-Spirituals he is the 1st to sing "slave songs" at a religious conference - ANSWER-Fisk Jubilee what is the earliest style of blues music? - ANSWER-Delta/Country Blues This genre is One man alone with an acoustic guitar, with string bending; shuffle rhythm (long-short) - ANSWER-Delta/Country Blues this is the earliest style of Blues music This delta/country blues singer wanted to be a Baptist preacher but was drawn to the " sinful world" of the Blues. He also sang "Camp Hollers" - ANSWER-Son House Also a Delta/Country blues singer he has strong repetitive rhythms, played guitar w/a bottleneck - ANSWER-Robert Johnson He is the most and influential Delta Blues musician. He does string bending to imitate the human voice He also "__________________ at the crosroads..." - ANSWER-Robert Johnson, "Sold the soul to the devil at the crossroads...." this type of Genre grew out of the sanctified church and the need to "testify- you can sing or shout your praise which genre is this? - ANSWER-Gospel what did preachers do during Gospel era? - ANSWER-Preachers began making records that fused Christian praise with Blues and Boogie Woogie. what type of of instruments were added in the Gospel genre which seen by other people mostly WHITE PEOPLE as "SINFUL" - ANSWER-Gospel genre added jazz instruments. such as DRUMS, HORNS ETC.... He is the "Father of Gospel" ; 1st to publish compositions He also popularized Gospel music outside of the church - ANSWER-"Georgia": Tom Dorsey he is a Blues songster - ANSWER-Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter 1. clear and forceful singer 2. Virtuosic guitarist and performer - ANSWER-Huddle Leadbelly"Ledbetter He was in prison for a few times for murder and earned the nickname "______________" - ANSWER-Leadbelly He collected a vast repertoire of folk and blues music He was discovered and recorded by _____ and _______ - ANSWER-Huddlle "Leadbelly" Ledbetter was discovered by John and Alan Lomax His legacy provided material for many artists: such as BOB DYLAN, BEACH BOYS, KURT COBAIN, ETC... - ANSWER-Huddie "Leadbelly Ledbetter