MUSC 2226 - unit 4

Question 1

speakeasies

Answer 1

Prohibition-era club that required a softly spoken password for admission

Question 2

acoustic recording

Answer 2

an early recording processin which sound birations were transferred directly to the recording medium (cylinda or disc) by means of a large horn or cone. In 1925 it was replaced by electric recording

Question 3

microphones

Answer 3

a device that converts sound waves into an electric signal. The microphone has been in use in popular music since the 1920s

Question 4

electric recording

Answer 4

a recording procedure developed in the 1920s that converts sound into an electric signal before recording and then converts the electric signal back into sound for playback. with its far superior sound quality it immediately made acoustic recording obsolete

Question 5

amplifiers

Answer 5

a piece of equipment that can increase the strength of an electric signal

Question 6

Charleston

Answer 6

The most popular of the vigorous new dances of the early 1920s

Question 7

stride piano

Answer 7

an offshoot of ragtime that typically featured a more complex bass/chard accompaniment and elaborate figuration in the melody

Question 8

torch song

Answer 8

a song about unrequited or lost love

Question 9

crooning

Answer 9

a relaxed, intimate style of singing

Question 10

song interpretation

Answer 10

a rendition of a song which emphasizes a performer’s unique understanding and emotions