FUCK this Exam Flashcards by Malcolm Vivolo

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Hound Dog - Genre?

A

Rock and Roll

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Elvis year? (XXXX -)

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1954

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Hound Dog - Features?

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Clap riffs, Little Improv, Faster Tempo, backbeat, raspy

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Steven Allen Show Year?

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1956

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Why were people mad cause of the Milton Berle Show?

A

Elvis was too sexual

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Early Beatles Years

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1962 - 1964

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Early Beatles Label

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EMI Parlophone

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Liverpool

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port city, ships from US brought back R&B records

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Kennedy Assassination

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1963

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US music industry doubled

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1955-1959

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You need Love

A

Muddy Water

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Beat

A

Basic Unit of Musical time

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Pulse

A

Basic Unit of Musical time

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Backbeat

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accent on 2 and 4

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Measure

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limit of the accented pattern

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Duration

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length of time we hear

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Ritard

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slow down

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Syncopation

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Excepted accent where you don’t see it coming (unexpected beats/between beats)

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Out of time

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No meter

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Pitch

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highness or lowness of a sound

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Defined Pitch

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tone that can be minimized through singing

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timbre

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characteristic or quality of a musical sound or voice with a distinct pitch or intensity

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Dynamics

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loudness or softness of a sound

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Scale

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sequence of adjacent notes

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Chord

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3 or more pitches heard at once

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Chord Progression

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series of chords that follows another

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Modulation

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change of key within the same song

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Lining out

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type of call and response (gospel)

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Tremolo

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2 notes far apart played quickly back and forth

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Trill

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2 notes played fast together

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Slide

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glissando

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Additive Melody

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melody that lengthens as it proceedds

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Riff

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short repeating musical idea (no part in melody)

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Step Time

A

Sounds like the time drops out

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Fuzztone

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chopped sound of guitar to make it sound gritty, early form of distortion

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through composed

A

keep playing without repetiton

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Bricolage

A

Materials in unconventional ways

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MTV Founder?

A

Robert Pittman

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MTV History?

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Few blacks, thought white is what people wanted, executives were white, lots of British pop

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Payola Scandal

A

Paying DJ’s to play songs, ASCAP accuses radio stations of Payola (R&R), US Government investigates, Alan Freedman investigated then dies

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San Francisco 1967

A

“Summer of Love” - Hippies, love, sex, psychedelic music arises, too long for 45 record, loud on FM

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AM Radio

A

Amplitude Modulation, poor quality, good distance

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FM

A

Frequency Modulation, better quality, short distance

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Ed Sullivan Show?

A

Beatles 1964, Big break in US

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WKTU

A

First NY rock station goes disco, March 1979, 200 disco stations

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CBGB Club

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First club to play punk, punk takes over

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Why does Disco suck?

A

Took radio stations, dancing was coordinated/sexual, needed money, minimum age was 18, drugs like cocaine and uppers, gay/black/latino roots

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WDIA

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Memphis - 1947 Origin, 1948 all black radio station

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New Port Folk Festical

A

1965 - Bob dyland went electric (traitor to folk)

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1950s cultural changes

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Suburbia is ideal, nuclear families, leave it to beaver and the rise of TV, next gen better off

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Loss of Big Starts

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Elvis drafted, Little Richie becomes a preacher, Chuck Berry - prison, Barry Holly - plane crash

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Classic Blues

A

C+R, Sad tone

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Country Blues

A

Single guitar, vocal, male

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R & B

A

sexual, up beat, backbeat, low, improve

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Chicago Blues

A

Electric, faster, C+R, virile

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Folk

A

Text heavy, solo singer and musician, clear enunciation, contemplated lyrics

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Rock-Blues Based

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Drums, bass, and 1/2 guitars, C+R, Virile

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Psychedelic Rock

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South African Influence, lots of improve, long piece, distortion

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Art Rock (Late Beatles)

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Complex, orchestral, compositions, cut time

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Glam Rock

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Make up, wider sexual expression

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American Rock

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Working class, vietnam war, real places, american proud, R&B influence

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Disco

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Party music, lush and full, dont see band, choreograph dance, low words, latin american instruments, constant beat, strings

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Punk

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Anti-disco, simple and short, protest lyrics, affordable, dances non conforming (robot, mash)

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Heavy Metal (1st Gen)

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Really Loud, distortion, shrill, guitar/bass/drums, emphasis on guitar, lots of riffs, power chords, Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Feminization of lead singer

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Heavy Metal (2nd Gen)

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More American sound, simple structure, shrill vocals, guitar solos, feminization of lead singer

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Rap

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Insult, rapping over other songs, sexual bragging, tells a story, vocal emphasis, the scratch

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Pop

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Called new music, high end, constant beat, name of song said a lot, constant section lengths

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American Film Musical

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Tells story, lots of dance offs, “Beat it”

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Concept Video

A

Video not related to song, “Billie Jean”

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Movie Video

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Long video, tells story “Thriller”

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Chess Records Musician

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Muddy Water

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Memphis (Sun) Records Artists:

A

Elvis, Johnny Cash

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Phillies Artists:

A

The Ronettes

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Motown Artists:

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Jackson 5, the Supremes

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Stax Records Artists:

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Sam & Dave