FUCK this Exam Flashcards
(75 cards)
1
Q
Hound Dog - Genre?
A
Rock and Roll
2
Q
Elvis year? (XXXX -)
A
1954
3
Q
Hound Dog - Features?
A
Clap riffs, Little Improv, Faster Tempo, backbeat, raspy
4
Q
Steven Allen Show Year?
A
1956
5
Q
Why were people mad cause of the Milton Berle Show?
A
Elvis was too sexual
6
Q
Early Beatles Years
A
1962 - 1964
7
Q
Early Beatles Label
A
EMI Parlophone
8
Q
Liverpool
A
port city, ships from US brought back R&B records
9
Q
Kennedy Assassination
A
1963
10
Q
US music industry doubled
A
1955-1959
11
Q
You need Love
A
Muddy Water
12
Q
Beat
A
Basic Unit of Musical time
13
Q
Pulse
A
Basic Unit of Musical time
14
Q
Backbeat
A
accent on 2 and 4
15
Q
Measure
A
limit of the accented pattern
16
Q
Duration
A
length of time we hear
17
Q
Ritard
A
slow down
18
Q
Syncopation
A
Excepted accent where you don’t see it coming (unexpected beats/between beats)
19
Q
Out of time
A
No meter
20
Q
Pitch
A
highness or lowness of a sound
21
Q
Defined Pitch
A
tone that can be minimized through singing
22
Q
timbre
A
characteristic or quality of a musical sound or voice with a distinct pitch or intensity
23
Q
Dynamics
A
loudness or softness of a sound
24
Q
Scale
A
sequence of adjacent notes
25
Chord
3 or more pitches heard at once
26
Chord Progression
series of chords that follows another
27
Modulation
change of key within the same song
28
Lining out
type of call and response (gospel)
29
Tremolo
2 notes far apart played quickly back and forth
30
Trill
2 notes played fast together
31
Slide
glissando
32
Additive Melody
melody that lengthens as it proceedds
33
Riff
short repeating musical idea (no part in melody)
34
Step Time
Sounds like the time drops out
35
Fuzztone
chopped sound of guitar to make it sound gritty, early form of distortion
36
through composed
keep playing without repetiton
37
Bricolage
Materials in unconventional ways
38
MTV Founder?
Robert Pittman
39
MTV History?
Few blacks, thought white is what people wanted, executives were white, lots of British pop
40
Payola Scandal
Paying DJ's to play songs, ASCAP accuses radio stations of Payola (R&R), US Government investigates, Alan Freedman investigated then dies
41
San Francisco 1967
"Summer of Love" - Hippies, love, sex, psychedelic music arises, too long for 45 record, loud on FM
42
AM Radio
Amplitude Modulation, poor quality, good distance
43
FM
Frequency Modulation, better quality, short distance
44
Ed Sullivan Show?
Beatles 1964, Big break in US
45
WKTU
First NY rock station goes disco, March 1979, 200 disco stations
46
CBGB Club
First club to play punk, punk takes over
47
Why does Disco suck?
Took radio stations, dancing was coordinated/sexual, needed money, minimum age was 18, drugs like cocaine and uppers, gay/black/latino roots
48
WDIA
Memphis - 1947 Origin, 1948 all black radio station
49
New Port Folk Festical
1965 - Bob dyland went electric (traitor to folk)
50
1950s cultural changes
Suburbia is ideal, nuclear families, leave it to beaver and the rise of TV, next gen better off
51
Loss of Big Starts
Elvis drafted, Little Richie becomes a preacher, Chuck Berry - prison, Barry Holly - plane crash
52
Classic Blues
C+R, Sad tone
53
Country Blues
Single guitar, vocal, male
54
R & B
sexual, up beat, backbeat, low, improve
55
Chicago Blues
Electric, faster, C+R, virile
56
Folk
Text heavy, solo singer and musician, clear enunciation, contemplated lyrics
57
Rock-Blues Based
Drums, bass, and 1/2 guitars, C+R, Virile
58
Psychedelic Rock
South African Influence, lots of improve, long piece, distortion
59
Art Rock (Late Beatles)
Complex, orchestral, compositions, cut time
60
Glam Rock
Make up, wider sexual expression
61
American Rock
Working class, vietnam war, real places, american proud, R&B influence
62
Disco
Party music, lush and full, dont see band, choreograph dance, low words, latin american instruments, constant beat, strings
63
Punk
Anti-disco, simple and short, protest lyrics, affordable, dances non conforming (robot, mash)
64
Heavy Metal (1st Gen)
Really Loud, distortion, shrill, guitar/bass/drums, emphasis on guitar, lots of riffs, power chords, Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Feminization of lead singer
65
Heavy Metal (2nd Gen)
More American sound, simple structure, shrill vocals, guitar solos, feminization of lead singer
66
Rap
Insult, rapping over other songs, sexual bragging, tells a story, vocal emphasis, the scratch
67
Pop
Called new music, high end, constant beat, name of song said a lot, constant section lengths
68
American Film Musical
Tells story, lots of dance offs, "Beat it"
69
Concept Video
Video not related to song, "Billie Jean"
70
Movie Video
Long video, tells story "Thriller"
71
Chess Records Musician
Muddy Water
72
Memphis (Sun) Records Artists:
Elvis, Johnny Cash
73
Phillies Artists:
The Ronettes
74
Motown Artists:
Jackson 5, the Supremes
75
Stax Records Artists:
Sam & Dave
