Unit 1 Flashcards
Who sings “The Christmas Song” and what structure is it?
Nat King Cole
AABA form
Who sings “Come Fly With Me” and what structure is it?
Frank Sinatra
AABA (A) BA
Who sings “Cold, Cold Heart” and what structure is it?
Hank Williams
simple verse
Who sings “Sweet Home Chicago” and what structure is it?
Robert Johnson
12 Bar Blues
Who sings “Got My Mojo Workin” and what structure is it?
Muddy Waters
12 Bar Blues
Who sings “Caldonia” and what structure is it?
Louis Jordan
12-bar blues
Who sings “Everyday I have the Blue” and what structure is it?
BB King
What are the 5 elements to consider for rock music?
- Media-radio, Hollywood, sales
- The “Fan Mentality”-open mind
- Chart positions-“Crossovers” and cover songs
- The four themes-social, political, cultural and $/tech
- The popularity arc-underground becomes mainstream and then fades away again
What is the root of a chord?
It is what the chord is based on
What instrument plays the root of the chord?
Generally the bass
What are some other examples of 12 bar blues?
“Shake, Rattle and Roll”, “Rock Around the Clock” and “Sh-boom”
What is a song that repeats a verse over and over? And what are some examples?
Simple verse, “Evil is Goin On”
What is a song in which the verse and chorus alternate, but the chorus is the same every time? What are some examples?
Simple-verse chorus, “Johnny B. Goode” “Tutti Frutti”
What is a song where the verse and chorus have different chord progressions? And what is an example?
Contrasting verse chorus, “Maybellene”
What is a song that goes verse, verse, chorus, verse?
AABA
What was Tin Pan Alley?
Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century
What is a common variation on the AABA song? What are some examples?
AABA-BA, “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”
Why were songs on the radio often only three minutes?
The first records only had 3 minutes per side, and the American attention span changed to it
What is “Heartbreak Hotel”?
missing middle 4 bars of the 12-bar blues, so it is an 8-bar blues, simple verse
What is “Dream, Dream, Dream”?
AABA, Doo-wop bars
What is “Oh Boy”?
Buddy Holly, 12-bar blues, AABA, compound AABA because it has blues in it too
What are the 6 sections of instrumentation?
- Drums and percussion
- Bass (locks in with drummer)
- guitar/keyboards
- vocals
- instrumental solos
- horns and strings
Who sings “Smoke on the Water”? What is it an example of?
Deep Purple, and example of full instrumentation
What were field hollers and work songs?
Songs sung on plantations and in prisons that helped people keep up. Is an influence of Blues
What is the typical form of the American Popular Song?
AABA
Who listened to the American Popular Song?
Middle Class white audience
What are some characteristics of theAmerican Popular Song?
- melody with supporting harmony
- simple rhythm (moderate/slow tempo)
- professional singers
- Christmas albums
- They broke into Hollywood too
- refined type of music that was innocent. Reflected America’s need for safety
Who are some American Popular Song singers?
Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Perry Como
Who was Nat King Cole?
African American jazz pianist
had mixed bands
holiday classics
What are some characteristics of country and western music?
- regional radio
- “Cowboy” image
- Grand Ole Opry radio program
- Country music HOF
Who was nkown for his honky tonk style?
Hank Williams
What is the style of country music?
melody, harmony emphasized steel guitar "story tellers" sad themes nasal vocal timbre
Who sings “Sh-boom” and what form is it?
The Chords
Doo wop progression
Who sings “Heart Break Hotel” and what form is it?
Elvis Presley
8 bar blues
Who sings “Hey Good Lookin” and what form is it?
Hank Williams
AABA
What do we know about Frank Sinatra?
- Several awards and honors
- jazz classics
- ol blue eyes
- maybe the most popular
- sometimes referred to as the first Elvis
- asked to endorse political circles
- investigated by the FBI for ties to mafia
Where was the center of country and western music?
Nashville
What do we know about Hank Williams?
- Country music legend
- Honky Tonk style
- 40s-50s star
- Early death at age 29
What are the three kinds of blues?
country blues, city blues, rhythm and blues (pulls in gospel and jazz)
What are 4 things that were the background for blues?
- west African praise singers (call and response); told the ancestors’ stories
- “Blues” notes: supposed to cause pain and tension
- plantations and prisons (Field hollers and work songs)
- Juke joints (place to kick back and relax)
- gospel after hearing European influences
What are three blues themes?
- Hardship-similar to country and western
- sex
- cut loose
What are the blues instrumentation and form?
- harmonica (harp)
- acoustic guitar
- 12-bar blues
What were race records?
People traveled around the south and made records on the spot, then sold to radio stations
Who was the first to use 2 guitars? What other instrumentation did he use?
Muddy Waters
bass, drums, harmonica, piano and 2 guitars
How did the city blues come abotu?
- Great Migration (Northern cities)
- Country to city
- Electric blues
- City blues legends
- Could play in venues
What was rhythm and blues labeled as?
Labeled as African American with a jazz or gospel influence
Who was known for jump blues?
Louis Jordan
What type of artists were the early rock and roll artists?
Rhythm and blues artists
What was the Grand Ole Opry?
A country radio station in Nashville
What type of songs came from England, what were their themes and what type of music did they influence?
Ballads. like “Edward”. Depressing and morbid songs. Influenced country, and still is thought to be an influence today
What type of music spread on regional radio?
Country and western
How did religion influence music?
Gospel and harmonies influenced rhythm and blues
What is one example of TV and movies’ effect on music?
Blackboard Jungle, Rock Around the Clock was not popular until this movie came out
Where was the hub for country and western music?
Nasville
Where was the hub for electric blues?
Chicago
Where was the hub for the influences of movies?
Movies
What was the myth that stated black men were driven sexually and after white girls?
Stagger Lee Myth
What were the hokum blues?
A well established music tradition that poked fun at various aspects of adult relationships, mostly centered on sexual relations and the many situations that can arise in this context
-carried into rhythm and blues songs
What were the 5 record majors?
RCA Victor, Columbia, Capitol, Mercury, Decca
What were 2 of the major indie records? Who were on them?
Chess (Chicago)-Muddy Waters
Atlantic (New York)-Ray Charles
