Test week revision Flashcards
Joseph Haydn
Classical Period
W.A. Mozart
Classical Period
L. van Beethoven
Classical Period
W.C. Handy
Early Blues
Bessie Smith
Early Blues
Robert Johnson
Early Blues
Chuck Berry
Rock & Roll
Elvis Presley
Rock & Roll
The Penguins
Doo Wop
The Chords
Doo Wop
The Temptations
Doo Wop
The Beatles
British invasion/ British rock
Janis Joplin
Hard rock & Roots rock
The Rolling Stones
Hard rock & Roots rock
The Who
Hard rock & Roots rock
Bob Dylan
Folk
Simon and Garfunkel
Folk
Joni Mitchell
Folk
Jimi Hendrix
Psychedelic Rock
Jefferson Airplane
Psychedelic Rock
The Doors
Psychedelic Rock
Marvin Gaye
Soul
Aretha Franklin
Soul
Ray Charles
Soul
Sam Cooke
Soul
Curtis Mayfield
Soul
James Brown
Funk
Funkadelic
Funk
Queen
Glam Rock
David Bowie
Glam Rock
Sex Pistols
Punk Rock
The Clash
Punk Rock
Kraftwerk
Krautrock
Berry Gordy
Motown Owner
Age of enlightenment
Classical period
French Revolution
Classical period
Coffee and chocolate imports
Classical period
Inventions like the steam engine, spinning jenny, etc.
Classical period
Transition from aristocratic and religious to focus on the individual
Classical period
Musicians worked under the patronage system
Classical period
Rise of sensual music making
Classical period
4 orchestral sections
Strings
Woodwinds
Percussion
Brass
Composition for orchestra
Symphony
Composition for 2 violins, a viola, and a cello
String quartet
Composition for solo and instrumental ensemble
Sonata
Composition for solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment
Concerto
Symphony orchestra has how many players
30-60 max.
Genre associated with anything vice
Blues
Music made during slavery in America
Blues
12 Bar blues structure
Blues
AABA form
Classical period
Turnaround
At the end of a blues chorus
Usually chord V
Takes player back to the first bar of the chorus
Used to create cyclical structure
3 Blues characteristics
Stomping and clapping
Call and response
Syncopated rhythms
12 Bar blues form uses what musical form?
AAB
New Orleans Piano tradition and boogie-woogie piano style influenced what genre?
Rock & Roll
Communism Paranoia and Civil rights movement
1950’s
Segregation laws started crumbling
1950’s
(Genre) Emerged in the 40’s in USA from Jazz in Chicago and New York
R&B
Focus on piano and guitar
R&B
Music produced and marketed to African Americans
R&B
(Genre) Vocalists imitating instruments with their voices
Doo Wop
(Genre) Non-sensical lyrics
Doo Wop
Often based on 12 bar blues with a 130+bpm
Rock & Roll
Use of the major pentatonic in the bass
Rock & Roll
Elaborate rhythm and lead guitars
Rock & Roll
(Charismatic) screaming and shouting
Rock & Roll
Originated in 1920’s in Southern States
Country
Themes of suffering, drinking, love, etc.
Country
(Decade?) Frankness about sexual behaviour, changing views of women’s roles, experimentation with sex and drugs, student movements.
1960’s
Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, etc.
Motown Records
Dick Dale
Surf Rock
Beach Boys
Surf Rock
Trip inspired music with non-western elements like drones
Psychedelic rock
New recording techniques like feedback, distortion, noise, etc.
Psychedelic rock
Elements of Folk, Blues, Country, and Rock & Roll
Roots rock
Male vocalists had extreme ranges
Hard rock
Genre exemplified rebellious youth who was anti-authoritarian
Hard rock
Genre that grew out of the protest movement
Folk
Themes: Civil rights movement, Vietnam War, Government, Sexual freedom, etc.
Folk
Contributors of this genre were often well read and had tertiary qualifications
Folk
Gender neutral titles such as “police officer” instead of “policeman”
1970’s
Beatles break up
1970
First personal computer
1977
First US space station after moon landing
1973
A unique “liturgical music” rooted in African American music and often called Gospel
Soul
Charismatic music in African American churches
Soul
Gospel songs were rewritten with secular lyrics to stir a new genre called…
Soul
Album name: What’s goin’ on
Marvin Gaye
Categorised as a song cycle
Marvin Gaye - What’s goin’ on
Political climate of “What’s goin’ on”
Vietnam war
Civil rights
Feminism
What’s goin’ on album promoted …
Love
Anti-war sentiment
Family
Environmental issues
Influenced by Gospel, R&B, and Jazz
Soul
Melisma
A group of notes sung to one syllable of text
Vamp
Repeated passage of music that provides accompaniment for a soloist
Slappin’ da Bass
Percussive electric guitar
Wah-wah pedals
Funk
Emphasized downbeat
Funk
Flamboyant, futuristic, theatrical genre
Glam rock
Musically very diverse and from different backgrounds
Glam rock
Would later lead to heavy metal in the 80’s
Glam rock
Melting pot of different genres, styles and periods (in fashion, music and performance)
Glam rock
Developed in Germany
Krautrock and Electronic Music
Umbrella term used to refer to German experimental bans
Krautrock
Merging elements of Experimental electronic music, avant-garde, funk, jazz, progressive rock.
Krautrock
In Krautrock, a steady beat with emphasis on kick is called?
Motorik beat (motor skill)
Worked in KLINGKLANG studio
Kraftwerk
Gradual move away from their improvised and ‘free’ music to more controlled, organized and electronic music.
Kraftwerk
Rebellion on all levels. Clothing, language, musical style etc.
Punk rock
Influenced a wide variety of musical genres such as indie, Punk Rock, Pop, Punk, Grunge, New Wave etc.
Punk rock
Sex Pistols
Punk rock
The Clash
Punk rock
Breakneck speed (very fast)
Punk rock
Non traditional songwriting forms
Punk rock
Lyrics were shouted, distorted chords, fingerpicked bass, aggressive drumming.
Punk rock
Talking Heads
New Wave
Joy Division
New Wave
Moved away form rock and blues based structures, and was heavily influenced by punk rock
New Wave
It differs from punk in that it exhibited pop features, but has the spirit of punk rock.
New Wave
