Pop music - Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Tin pan alley - ANSWERAmerica's pop music industry who defined popular music in the pre-rock and roll era. Sold sheet music that later went to Hollywood movies Irving Berlin - ANSWERTin Pan Alley composer George and Ira Gershwin - ANSWERTin Pan Alley composer Rogers and Hart Hammerstein - ANSWERTin Pan Alley composer Cole Porter - ANSWERTin Pan Alley composer Al Jolson - ANSWERFirst pop singer Rudy Vallee - ANSWERFirst pop singer Bing Crosby - ANSWERCrooner, pop singer, radio and film ...

Medieval musical period - After fall of Rome 476 - 1300s Monophonic chant - Medieval. Single unison melodic line. Somber religious chants called plainchant or plainsong. Gregorian chants too. When other voices added, they moved parallel to the main voice. Cantus firmus - Main melody in a chant Motet - Medieval. Evolved from monophonic chant. Adding additional parts against main cantus firmus. Popular by 1200s. Continued through Bach. Organum - Medieval. Evolved from plainchant. Means addi...

Major themes in Rock n' Roll - ANSWER-Race -War -Economics -Technology -The Record Industry -Problems The world before Rock n' Roll -Pre 1955 - ANSWERNo mechanism for music to spread (radio, tv, records, etc) Rock N' Roll has roots in 3 styles of music: - ANSWER1) Mainstream pop (targets white middle class) 2) Rhythm and Blues (targets low income blacks) 3) Country Western (targets low income southern whites) 1928--> NBC went... - ANSWERCoast to coast 1930s/40s- golden a...

The turn to the 60s was characterized by what? - ANSWER--Economic resurgence (consumerism) and peace Who and what was affected from teenage conflict ? - ANSWER--conflict was ruled by rock and roll -conflict would unfold between official values of school, family, church and the value of their leisure activities The Music in the 60s is characterized by? - ANSWER--a resurgence of folk music and trends including surf music, boy and girl teen groups and many different dance crazes -move back...

Medieval musical period - After fall of Rome 476 - 1300s Monophonic chant - Medieval. Single unison melodic line. Somber religious chants called plainchant or plainsong. Gregorian chants too. When other voices added, they moved parallel to the main voice. Cantus firmus - Main melody in a chant Motet - Medieval. Evolved from monophonic chant. Adding additional parts against main cantus firmus. Popular by 1200s. Continued through Bach. Organum - Medieval. Evolved from plainchant. Means addi...

Rocket 88 - ANSWERconsidered to be the first "real" rock recording. recorded by Ike Turner's Rhythm Kings (wasn't very popular) Rock and Roll era began... - ANSWER1950s ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS - ANSWERFirst rock record to hit No. 1 on the pop charts What was happening in the 50s? - ANSWER- Baby boomers () were teenagers during the 1950s. They spent money on records for enjoyment; rebelled against their parent's taste in music. Main supporters of earl...

Tin Pan Alley - ANSWERAmerica's early pop music industry prior to Rock and Roll 28th and Broadway - ANSWERStreet that "Tin Pan Alley" was named for Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Rogers, Hart/Hammerstein, Cole Porter - ANSWERImportant Tin Pan Alley composers (7 of them) Al Jolson - ANSWERBlackface minstrel performer of Tin Pan Alley fame whose brash and extroverted stage presence influenced rock and roll. Rudy Vallee - ANSWEROne of the first modern pop stars of the teen ido...

I've Got a Women*** -ANSWER- Ray Charles. Gospel-based blues (r/b) Instru: Starts with drums, piano, sax, and horns.Strong emphasis on back beat. Vocals: semi-shouting lyrics: women (based in gospel) vocals improvise over the instru accompainment horns play fills at end of vocal line "Pop" Music -ANSWER- Crooners and swing bands. Upper to middle white class demographic. National Distribution through radio. Tin Pan Alley controlled most of this demographic and radios. White affluent...

Race Records correct answersMusic for African American by African Americans Name coined by Ralph Peer Not Racist at time Included any styles Hillbilly Music correct answers The Great Depression and Pop Music correct answers1927: 106 Million Phonographs sold 1932: 6 Million phonographs sold Race Records crushed Country Music established The birth of Swing correct answersSwing- fluid, rockin rhythm. Freedom. 1935 Changed into a noun for genre Lare dance orchestras (big Band) led b...

beat - ANS a regular rhythmic pulse rhythm - ANS the ways musical sounds are organized in time 12 bar blues - ANS a structural pattern that consists of twelve groups of four beat measures. Its measure falls into three groups of four simple verse form - ANS all verses based on same music, no chorus verse - ANS a section with repeating music and non-repeating lyrics simple verse chorus - ANS when a single musical pattern is used as the basis for both verses and choruses ...