Music in the Rock Era Exam 1 Practice

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• When counting sixteenth-note subdivisions, which count sequence corresponds to a sixteenth-note grouping?
• A sixteenth note beat is twice as fast as which other beat unit?
• Which of the following is NOT one of the three raw materials for blues songs?
• Which sequence correctly shows the layout of verse/chorus form?
• Which of the following is NOT among the four components of beat?
• Which term best describes the early stage used to label the music before full definition?
• Hoodoo was tied into the blues tradition of overt male sexual bravado and linked to the lyrics of which artists?
• The AABA song form is most commonly associated with which musical movement?
• What does the 12-bar blues form refer to?
• What term describes monetary and other favors given to DJs in exchange for airplay?
• Identify the three core elements that serve as the raw materials for blues songs.
• Which artist created a national interest in jazz music?
• What type of music helped pull the American music industry out of the Great Depression?
• How is tempo usually defined?
• Which time period is referred to as the Golden Age of Rock?
• Which term is another name for the meter that is most common in rock?
• Which factor helped drive swing's decline in the mid-20th century?
• In which decade did the modern American popular music industry begin to take shape?
• This is also known as common time.
• Parlor songs were written specifically for home performance by amateur musicians. They were associated with which social setting?
• Which form is associated with European music characteristics?
• What is the term for the innovation also known as 'sound on sound' or 'overdubbing' that allows layering multiple vocal and/or instrumental parts asynchronously?
• What are the first notable instances of equal two-part subdivision?
• Which artist shot to fame with the single 'Shake, Rattle and Roll'?
• Which option is an example of a beat subdivision used in rock?
• Which event is considered the dawn of the rock era?
• Who pioneered black gospel music?
• Which notable cross-racial collaboration involving Jimmie Rogers is highlighted?
• What were the two common performance traditions of black gospel music?
• Who was the first white DJ to play black R&B exclusively during his broadcasts and is recognized as the first to use the term rock 'n' roll?
• Boogie woogie captivated audiences in which cities?
• What rock configuration did Buddy Holly and the Crickets help establish as a standard in rock bands?
• In 4/4, which beats are considered the down or strong beats and which are the up or weak beats?
• Which artist's concerts were among the first public events to bring white and black audiences together?
• In early blues lyrics, how were sexual references typically conveyed?
• When was the Jazz age?
• Who is the most famous ragtime composer, nicknamed the 'King of Ragtime'?
• What describes the origins of country music?
• What concert organized by Alan Freed is now heralded as the first rock 'n' roll concert in history?
• Minstrel shows featured primarily young white male performers in what makeup performing which kind of music?
• What were the three stages in the separation of rhythm & blues into rock 'n' roll?
• In the radio era, what outcome did the rise of disc jockeys have on careers?
• What is the backbeat in a 4/4 rock context?
• What event ended Jerry Lee Lewis's early career, causing scandal and negative publicity?
• How did the dawn of the television and technological ages influence the rise of rock?
• In 4/4 time, what is the natural rhythmic inflection described as a pattern of down and up accents?
• A sixteenth note beat is typically counted as which pattern?
• Which musical style emerged after World War II in urban neighborhoods and is characterized by a solo singer backed by several vocalists across a wide range?
• What was the most influential component of the Carter Family?
• Which vocal style, closely linked to Tin Pan Alley, features a male singer delivering sentimental lyrics in a smooth, intimate manner?
• Which of the following best describes the musical characteristics of boogie woogie?
• Which notes are commonly referred to as the 'blues notes'?
• What style of guitar voicing did Maybelle Carter develop?
• This style of music originated in honky-tonk bars, featuring drums and amplified string instruments to be heard over the crowds. Which style is it?
• What is rock's most defining musical element?
• What is rhythm?
• What happened to Freed at the end of his career?
• Which of the following is a basic characteristic of African music?
• How did postmodernism influence the rise of rock?
• Hoodoo is a type of what?
• Sun Records helped launch which artist's stellar but brief career?
• What effect does syncopation have on music?
• Who was the biggest Honky Tonk star of the 1950s?
• Which artist, with the Crickets, released 'That'll Be the Day,' showcasing contrasting verse/chorus form?
• Which artist grew up singing gospel in church and had his first hit with 'Tutti Frutti' after performing as a boogie-woogie pianist?
• Which artist's energetic and sexually charged performance style helped him become the first international music superstar?
• The pace at which we feel the beat.
• How did the birth and commercialization of rock 'n' roll influence the rise of rock?
• The overall structure or layout of a piece of music is known as what?
• What is the most common beat subdivision in rock?
• In rock music, the short, repeated musical statements that help give a song its identity are called what?
• What is syncopation?
• Buddy Holly and the Crickets helped launch a second wave of rock and roll in which period?
• Alan Freed was the first non-musician to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Which description best fits this distinction?
• Blues singing is characterized by which type of vocal delivery?
• This is the primary level at which musicians organize rhythm into units. It defines how many beats are in each measure and what unit of musical rhythm constitutes each beat.
• RCA paid $40,000 to Elvis for what purpose?
• Parlor songs were written for home performance by amateur musicians and feature what type of accompaniment?
• Which of the following artists was NOT named as introducing fundamental rhythmic shifts?
• The essential feature of the parlor room led to the production of what type of song?
• Buddy Holly's backing band was known as what?
• What comes after Verse 1 in the verse/chorus form layout?
• In verse/chorus form, which element is optional?
• Which artist had a brief but influential Specialty Records career starting in 1951, known for an over-the-top performance and later alcoholism?
• How did Woodie Guthrie live his life?
• Vaudeville shows typically featured which of the following acts?
• Crooning is a vocal style closely associated with Tin Pan Alley and developed after the advent of which technology?
• Which factor is NOT listed among the social factors contributing to the rise of rock as a cultural movement?
• What topics did Tin Pan Alley song lyrics typically deal with?
• When did swing music begin to decline?
• Which artists introduced fundamental shifts in rhythmic conception, leading to a Stylistic Transformation?
• This blues-based, piano-centric style captivated audiences in rowdy urban night-clubs in Chicago, Memphis, and New Orleans through the 1920s and appeared on the popular radar later in the decade. It had strong backbeats, brisk tempos, and catchy melodies with light-hearted, playful lyrics. What is the style?
• What is the most common meter in rock?
• In verse/chorus form, which element serves as a break for instrumental display?
• This musical style fused traits of R&B with honky tonk and traditional country.
• Who were country's first two biggest artists?
• Which blues artist is associated with the '27 Club' and renowned for advanced guitar technique?
• Which artist's concerts were among the first to bring white and black audiences together and he was a pioneer for both black and LGBT communities?
• What was an important source of 1950s pop music?
• Who was considered the most eminent pioneer in the recording arts?
• What technology allowed race records to come to popularity?
• Which artist was known for bringing pop sensibility to R&B and had a crossover reputation with a blending of styles?
• Where did hit-publishers have their offices and studios during the boom of American popular music?
• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 1986 included which artist among the first group?
• Ray Charles' breakout hit 'I Got a Woman' is best described as belonging to which genre?
• What two cultures make up 'American' music?
• Ragtime gave white America a genuine taste of what rhythmic style?
• Which artist had a crossover hit titled 'Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean'?
• Who was the most prolific Tin Pan Alley composer?
• What technology was most responsible for the rapid growth of country music?
• Which blues style is also called rural, folk, or old-fashioned and most informs rock music of the 1960s and beyond?
• What term was used to describe the early country music recordings?
• Jerry Lee Lewis was among the first inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in which year?
• In the 18th and 19th centuries, the parlor's essential feature was what?
• In the three-stage process for separating rhythm & blues into rock 'n' roll, which stage is described as turning the style into a form recognizably rock?
• In which decade did boogie woogie appear on the popular radar?
• During the age of television, what major change occurred in radio?
• Who elevated folk music to a level of serious social commentary, which eventually had a massive impact on rock?
• How did the Cold War influence the rise of rock?
• Which label signed Little Richard in 1955?
• What are the four components of beat?
• A triplet subdivision divides the beat into how many equal parts?
• Which of the following is a basic characteristic of European music?
• Which of the following is NOT one of the basic beat subdivisions in rock music?
• Which artist presented a more down-to-earth stage image compared with Elvis and Little Richard?
• How did Tin Pan Alley get its name?
• Which artist was known for bringing pop sensibility to R&B through blending blues and Tin Pan Alley forms, with a crossover hit 'Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean'?
• The song "Blue Skies" by Irving Berlin is an example of which form?
• Ragtime fused black and white elements with African sensibility toward rhythm and syncopation, unlike which earlier style?
• In honky-tonk venues, which instrument addition helped bands be heard over the crowd?
• How did the civil rights movement influence the rise of rock?
• Which entertainment form was a direct descendant of the minstrel show and served as a major source of popular entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring acts such as singers, dancers, comedians, acrobats, jugglers, and trained animals?
• What was Ray Charles' first breakout hit?
• What was the most common form of popular dance song during the 1920s and 1930s?
• What is the most common type of musical form in rock music?
• What happened to American music in the wake of WWII?
• Which magazine tracked the popularity of recorded music and introduced a Pop chart in 1940?
• How did growing dissent toward authority influence the rise of rock?
• Sixteen note subdivisions subdivide a beat into how many parts?
• What effect do blues notes have on the overall blues sound?
• Name one of the two groups identified as the most successful doo-wop groups.
• Which artist's fame was boosted by lighter, quicker-paced covers of his song by Bill Haley and Elvis Presley, accelerating the R&B to rock transition?
• Who was the Carter Family?
• Who was perhaps the single most important musician involved in the final transformation of R&B to rock 'n' roll?
• What major cultural shift contributed to the popularity of jazz music?
• Elvis's early recording career involved a Memphis label followed by a Nashville label that released him from his previous contract. Which labels were involved?
• Around what year did the nominal stage begin, marked by DJs using the term rock 'n' roll to describe what was really black R&B?
• What term describes the function of form in music, as it relates to structure and coherence?
• What was the most profound development in the history of music?
• Which term best describes the central trait of ragtime's rhythm?
• Which technology played a pivotal role in disseminating American music from the 1920s to the early 1950s?
• How did the post-WWII economic boom influence the rise of rock?
• What is regarded by scholars as the first synthesis of African and European musical elements, and thus the first truly American popular music form?
• Who is known as the 'Father of Blues'?
• After WWII, which domestic issue did many notice while fighting for equality abroad?
• Which two groups are cited as the most successful doo-wop groups?
• What are the 3 basic and distinct beat subdivisions found in rock music?
• Blues music often uses a rhythm pattern based on triple-beat subdivision known as what?
• What made Elvis Presley so scandalous?
• Which feature is listed as a basic characteristic in both African and European music traditions?
• Who was Stephen Foster?
• Which two distinct components can be used to view rock?
• What term describes the grouping of beats into strong and weak positions in a metric sense?
• Which artist's Sun Records hit 'Great Balls of Fire' became one of the best-selling singles after the sexual-tinged lyrics and rock rhythm influenced by Little Richard and Chuck Berry?
• W. C. Handy co-founded which type of company?
• The Original Dixieland Jazz Band was described as what?
• What does the material suggest about if Black musicians had been first to release a jazz recording?
• Crooning rose as a pop staple after the advent of the electric microphone and is associated with which music district?
• Which person is credited with coining the term Tin Pan Alley by describing the street's clanging sounds?
• What is typically the final section in the verse/chorus form layout?
• Who was the most prominent composer and conductor of brass band music?
• Which stage is described as white groups recording cover versions of R&B hits and the emergence of rockabilly?
• Who was the most popular and visible crooner in the 1950s?
• What is an extremely common musical form for Tin Pan Alley songs?
• Who was Jimmie Rogers?
• Who should be considered the true king of rock 'n' roll? (instead of Elvis)
• What term was used for music recorded by Black artists and marketed primarily to a Black audience?
• The early country music roots originated in which region?