History of Rock Music

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how does Jackie Brenston’s "Rocket 88" break with standard blues practices?

Piano

Which of following instruments can be used along with or in place of rhythm guitar?

horns

Which instruments are often added to tracks to provide an additional "punch" to music?

three groups of four phrases

The 12-bar blues form consists of

series of four chords

The doo-wop progression consists of a

re-creating a live recording as faithfully as possible

using the recording stufio as an "audio snapshot" involves

contrasting verse-chorus

the form of "smoke on the water" by deep purple

create melodic interest

in addition to conveying the lyrics of a song the lead singer’s role is to

act as bridge between harmonic and rhythmic sections

the job of the bass player is to

reverb

sound engineer might artificially create a room sound through electric means by using effect of

mono

during first decade of rock’s inception, most of music was recorded in

contrasting verse-chorus

buddy holly’s "That’ll be the day" is example of

echo

two sonic images of same event

reverb

creates room sound through electronic means

timbre

tone color of an instrument

EQ

adjusting timbre of each recorded sound

sonic landscape

"space" between stereo speakers

mixing board

controls EQ, ambience/volume, stereo placement

monophonic sound

one speaker for playback

octave

lower or higher version of same note

track

term used in recording to designate a recorded part

chords

combinations of notes played together

true

Before Elvis signed a major record deal, major labels were not interested in rock and roll

open prairie and cowboys

Western music is most often associated with the

a family audience

in the early 1950s, mainstream pop was produced primarily for

false

Elvis is best thought of as a master songwriter who wrote in a variety of pop genre

True

After World War II, most of the new rhythm and blues record labels that emerged were independent labels

a song or record appearing on multiple music charts

a crossover song is

lyrics changed to dance references instead of sexual innuendos

The "whitening" of rhythm and blues was marked by:

Sam Phillips

Who started Sun Records in Memphis?

did not write his own songs but chose which material he would record

Elvis is often thought of as a song stylist because he

Mercury Records

All of the following were independent labels in the late 1940s and early 1950s EXCEPT

audiences for popular music shifted from radio to television

One reason why many radio stations opted for a local or regional approach in the 1950s was

stereotype of sexually driven black men who view white women as conquests

Stagger Lee Myth is

True

Before 1945, it was considered unethical to play records on the air

True

Most of rock’s originators and many of the independent labels they worked for were out of the music business by 1960

False

Along with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Little Richard were killed in the same plane crash

True

White artists covering Little Richard’s music left out much of the sexual innuendos in his lyric

in Church

Most rhythm and blues performers learned to sing

Sheet music sales

Which of the following was the principal business mode of success for Tin Pan Alley?

pitch songs to artists who might consider performing them

The role of the Tin Pan Alley publisher was to

yodel

Jimmie Rodgers’s performance style was noted for his trademark

indie record labels

The emergence of rock and roll in the 1950s can be attributed to the relationship between DJs and

the nonsense syllables singers would use in song arrangements

The term "doo-wop" refers to

True

"Country" music is a regional style that is associated with the southeast and Appalachia

Hillbilly

The country and western chart was originally called

False

In the early 1950s, mainstream pop was designed to appeal to white and black middle-class audiences

Buddy Holly

"That’ll Be the Day" was the first hit for

blended gospel, blues, and big band pop sounds

songs released by Atlantic Records often

creating business friendships with disc jockeys by offering gifts

The practice of payola involved

songs recorded and performed by country artists

What did the Acuff-Rose publishing firm rely on for sales of its music?

32-bar sectional chorus

standard format for Tin Pan Alley songs

The Singing Brakeman

nickname for Jimmie Rodgers

rural blues musician

Robert Johnson

Glenn Miller

instrumentalist during the big band era

Frank Sinatra

paved the way for future pop singers

"How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?"

an inoffensive example of early 1950s pop

Nashville

geographic center for country and western music

"Sh-Boom"

example of "doo-wop"

Ruth Brown

singer of "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean"

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

songwriters of "hound dog"

true

Until 1955, the music business was segregated into pop, rhythm and blues, and country and western

Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys

The development of bluegrass can be primarily traced to

Blackboard jungle

Which 1950s movie featured Bill Haley’s "(We’re Gonna) Rock around the Clock"?

NBC radio broadcasting coast-to-coast with a national radio network

Regional boundaries in popular culture began to diminish in the 1920s as a result of

"heartbreak hotel"

Elvis’s first single for RCA was

country and western

The intermingling of soldiers from all regions of the United States helped spread the popularity of

the crossover potential for the original artists

he success of crossover artists significantly reduced

True

One of the key components of folk music that attracted many listeners was its populist character.

True

Almost no aspect of pop music during the early 1960s was completely immune from the influence of Brill Building practices

Pete Seeger

Which folksinger was a member of the Weavers?

Brian Wilson’s production and writing

An important component of the Beach Boys’ success was

teenagers dancing to pop music

The focus of American Bandstand was

the Ronettes

"Be My Baby" was a hit for

The drifters

All of the following are examples of girl groups EXCEPT:

true

"Bubblegum music" is a term used to describe the music that emerged from teen idols in the late 1950s

accusations of Communism

In the early 1950s, many folk musicians ran into problems due to

sweet souls

Musical influences on the Beach Boys include all of the following EXCEPT

his trademark fast tremolos on the guitar

Dick Dale was known for