TERMS-1

Question 1

Backbeat

Answer 1

Placing a strong accent on the offbeats

Question 2

Barrelhouse rhythm

Answer 2

The bouncy, long-short rhythm that is associated with boogie woogie

Question 3

Blue note

Answer 3

The altered pitch or pitches of a blue scales song

Question 4

Boogie woogie

Answer 4

A jazz piano style that is characterized by a left hand ostinato that subdivides each beat of a four-beat measure in two

Question 5

Bent notes

Answer 5

To slightly alter the pitch of a note

Question 6

Call and response

Answer 6

A practice in singing in which a solo vocalist (the call) is answered by a group of singers; also referred as antiphonal singing

Question 7

Cover recording

Answer 7

A recording that has been recorded and released after the original version

Question 8

Dominant

Answer 8

The fifth pitch of a scale

Question 9

Downbeat

Answer 9

The first beat of a measure

Question 10

Double-stops

Answer 10

Playing two notes at the same time

Question 11

Field Holler

Answer 11

A type of work song in which a solo singer shouts out or “hollers” a melody very loudly so that it is picked up by other workers in far fields

Question 12

Fill

Answer 12

An instrumental embellishment played during rests in a vocal melody. The standard 12-bar blues has an instrumental fill at the end of each sung line

Question 13

Hillbilly

Answer 13

A derogatory term for country and western music

Question 14

Ostinato

Answer 14

A motive, phrase or theme that is constantly repeated while other musical elements change

Question 15

Polyrhythm

Answer 15

Two or more rhythms performed simultaneously

Question 16

Rockabilly

Answer 16

Another term for the style of rock ‘n’ roll that developed in and around Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-1950s. It is a mixture of rock ‘n’ roll and hillbilly, or country music

Question 17

Race records

Answer 17

Term that refers to all music recorded by African-Americans from the 1920s through the 1940s, including blues, jazz, and ragtime

Question 18

Riff

Answer 18

A short melodic and/or rhythmic pattern that is repeated over and over while musical changes take place over the fragment. Its often the harmonic and rhythmic basis of the entire song

Question 19

Standard song form

Answer 19

A musical structure that typically consists of two musical parts (A and B) played in four sections. A (8+8 measures), B (8 measures), A (8 measures), resulting in 32 measures (A A B A)

Question 20

String band

Answer 20

Musical ensemble associated with Southern country music, originating in the 1920s. Typical string band consists of acoustic guitars, a string bass, fiddles, and a banjo

Question 21

Strophic song form

Answer 21

A song form in which each verse of the text is sung to the same music. The music for each verse remains the same while the words change

Question 22

Slapped bass

Answer 22

Slap strings down instead of pulling up, which gives a clicking sound to the music

Question 23

Shouter

Answer 23

Also known as “screamer”, the good time, party songs and fast dance numbers, usually have sexual references

Question 24

“Smooch” tenor

Answer 24

Ballad singer for the easy listening, slow dancing love songs

Question 25

Subdominant

Answer 25

The fourth pitch of a major or minor scale

Question 26

Slide guitar

Answer 26

A metal sleeve or small glass bottle on the chording hand

Question 27

Two-beat bass

Answer 27

A type of bass accompaniment in which the bassist plays the root of the chord on the first beat of a measure and the fifth of the chord on the third beat of the measure. Associated very strongly with country music

Question 28

Tonic

Answer 28

The main or central pitch of a major key (home chord)

Question 29

Turnaround

Answer 29

A melodic and harmonic formula that is played at the end of a larger chord progression to prepare the performers and listeners for another repetition of progression

Question 30

Walking bass

Answer 30

A type of bass line in which each beat of a measure is a different tone

Question 31

The Blackboard Jungle

Answer 31

The first movie to use rock ‘n’ roll in the soundtrack