Terms

Question 1

artists & repertoire (A&R)

Answer 1

record companies’ talent scouts

Question 2

bridge

Answer 2

B section of the AABA refrain

Question 3

cadence

Answer 3

musical progression at the end of a phrase

Question 4

conjuntos

Answer 4

Mexican-influenced music born out of 19th century Texas, often using the accordion

Question 5

strophic form

Answer 5

the whole song is sung to the same music

Question 6

verse-chorus form

Answer 6

verse alternates with repeating chorus (same words, music)

Question 7

AABA form

Answer 7

made up of 4 sections of equal length in an AABA pattern, one unit comprises a refrain

Question 8

ABA’C form

Answer 8

found in April Showers by Al Jolson, a verse-refrain song with ABA’C refrains

Question 9

“freak” dances

Answer 9

turkey trot and tango, new 1910s dance forms

Question 10

hook

Answer 10

a memorable phrase or riff

Question 11

microphone

Answer 11

invented in 1925, changed recording technology

Question 12

montuno

Answer 12

fast, improvised section of Cuban music

Question 13

phonograph

Answer 13

invented in 1877 by Edison

Question 14

pregon

Answer 14

Variant of the Cuban “son”, vocal improvisation modeled on Havana street vendor calls

Question 15

radio network

Answer 15

commercial radio emerged in 1906, began competing with the record industry

Question 16

refrain

Answer 16

made up of 4 sections of equal length in an AABA pattern

Question 17

release

Answer 17

a synonym for the bridge (B section) of an AABA pattern

Question 18

soli section

Answer 18

section of a Jazz band song where all horns play the melody together in harmony

Question 19

sound film

Answer 19

emerged in the 1920s (The Jazz Singer)

Question 20

standards

Answer 20

songs that have remained in active circulation, originating in the Tin Pan Alley era

Question 21

stoptime

Answer 21

musical sequence where the band stops for a few beats and one instrument plays a brief solo

Question 22

strophes

Answer 22

sections of a musical piece

Question 23

verse-refrain

Answer 23

verse sets up dramatic context before AABA refrains

Question 24

up-tempo

Answer 24

A song style similar to slow ballads in following a verse-refrain AABA style, but dissimilar from ballads in containing a heavy African-American, jazz-influenced flavor. Originated in Tin Pan Alley.

Question 25

mariachi

Answer 25

“marriage” music - one of the social events at which mariachi bands perform