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Who covered ‘All Along The Watchtower?’
Jimi Hendrix
What kind of music is thought to be the forefather of rock music?
Griot.
Who created the wall of sound?
Phil Spector
What kind of musicians/music inspired soul?
Field hollers/ work songs
Elements of blues
Rythmic
Solo singer
Call+Response
Storytelling
Ska
Mix of R&B and mento
Fusion
Jazz with Rock elements
Jazz Rock
Rock with Jazz elements
Fusion Innovator
Miles Davis
Little Richard
Rock w/ R+B
Crazy
Bill Haley
Country w/ Rock influence
Godfather of rock guitar
Chuck Berry
George Martin
Beatles producer
Influenced art rock
Area that country blues comes from
Mississippi Delta
What groups had an influence on punk rock?
MC5
Iggy Pop
The Velvet Underground
The Ramones
Who coined the term rock and roll?
Alan Freed
ELO
Art rock w/ classical INSTRUMENTS
YES
Art rock w/ classical MUSICIANS
Rush
Art rock w/ hard rock elements
What was the goal of psychedelic rock?
Immitate a drug high
Where was Stax/Volt located?
Memphis, Tennessee
Who were the Beatles main rivals?
The Rolling Stones
Who covered ‘You Really Got Me’ by the Kinks?
Van Halen
What is a DJ’s instrument?
Turntable
Who were The Beats?
A NYC group
Criticized American values
Moved to SanFran, became hippies.
What kinds of music influenced psychedelic music?
Latin
Blues
Folk
Rock
Art Rock bands used almost everything like classical bands except…
Sheet Music
What element of the Beatles sound did the Byrds take?
12-string guitar
The British Invasion caused what trends?
Garage Bands
Blues Revival
Who was the 5th Beatle?
George Martin – their producer
Why did teen style pop come about?
There were less rock artists in the industry, needed a new sound.
Signify
Double Meaning
Motown helped their artists by:
Finishing School
Etiquette + Diction
Coaching + Singing
What is the most noticable thing about glitter rock?
Appearance
Where did punk rock originate?
London and New York (first).
How did MTV change things?
Made videos an important part of marketing
What were the three periods of the Beatles?
1- Pop music
2- Bob Dylan
3- Studio
Who did the Beatles mix with to create folk rock?
Bob Dylan
Who wrote rag time music?
Classically trained African American musicians
What instruments usually make up the frontline?
Saxophone
Vocals
Piano (right hand)
Guitar
What was the main way to distribute music before the 1930s?
Sheet music
What instruments usually make up the rhythm section?
Tuba
Drums
Piano (left hand)
Guitar
Bass
What was the payola scandal?
Everyone paying DJs for air time.
What is a harmony?
Two or more notes that sound a certain way, when played at the same time.
What music had an influence on the Beatles?
Skiffle (folk style of music)
Indian classical
Pink Floyd
Art Rock w/ Avante Garde sound
Rush
Art Rock w/ hard rock sound
Syncopation
Stressing unusual parts of the beat
Ska
Offbeat is emphasized (skank)
Disco
If there’s anything about disco, it’ll be easy.
Jazz
According to Woitach, jazz won’t be in the final.
Tin Pan Alley
Tinny pianos,
where people wrote music
Scott Japlin
Ragtime
Jelly Roll Morton
Jazz musician
Louis Armstrong
Jazz trumpeter
European elements of blues music
Chords
Changing harmonies
Urban Blues
All of the same stuff as country blues (and a band, can have horns)
Call + Reponse
Solo singer
Rhythm & Blues
Upbeat and energetic
Robert Johnson
Delta Country
Ma Rainey
Classical music
Bessie Smith
Classical music
BB King
Urban blues
Muddy Waters
Urban blues
Louis Jordan
R&B
Bo Diddly
R&B
Riff
Repeating figure, not part of the melody
What influences did gospel have on rock music?
Background singers
What was early country music called?
Hillbilly
Elements of country music
Little to no improv
Johnny Cash
Country
Hank Williams Sr.
Country
Jimmy Rodgers
Country
Sam Phillips
Elvis
Sun Records
Joe Turner
Blues guy
Shake rattle & Roll
Brill Building
Songwriters
Pat Boone
Tutti Fruiti
Dick Clarke
American Bandstand
Alan Freed
Coined the term rock & roll
Phil Spector
wall of sound
Beach Boys
surf
Early soul artists
James Brown
Ray Charles
Chicago record label
Chess
NYC record label
Atlantic
Memphis record label
Stax/Volt
Detroit record label
Motown
Backup groups
Bookter T + The MGs
Funk Brothers
Who was the godfather of soul?
James Brown
Wilson Pickett
Stax
Otis Redding
Soul
Aretha Franklin
Soul
The Temptations
First Motown big band
Barry Gordy
started Motown
What made the Beatles popular?
The Big Media Campaign
What did Bob Dylan affect?
changed stuff
said that the Beatles sucked
brought in new lyrics, a new sound
Style change in the mid-60s
Electric guitar
Combined psychedelic + soul
Sly and the Family Stone
Santana
Latin, psychedelic
Monteray
first rock festival
Bob Dylan
Started recording country inspired folk rock
Gram Parsons
Country rock
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Country rock
What word inspired Black Sabbath?
Doom
Who were the members of Led Zeppelin?
John Bonham
Rob Plant
John Paul Jones
Jimmy Page
What was ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ compared to?
Sgt. Pepper.
Who basically invented Ska?
The Skatalites
Where did the 2nd wave of Ska occur?
UK/England
Who brought fashion design into punk?
Malcolm Mclahan
What is the most important beat in funk?
Beat 1
Popcorn
Funk
Grandmaster Flash
Hip Hop musician & DJ
Robert Pittman
Started MTV
Artists who were helped by MTV
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen
improvisation
making it up as you go
What style of singing inspired soul?
gospel
What elements of gospel are different now?
Choir
What did early white rock artists do to black songs they covered?
They cleaned them up, no sexual stuff.
What is a bass note?
Low note
What are spirituals?
Hymns
What are some elements of the surf sound?
Rockabilly
Improvisation
What style do the soul regions have?
North – arranged
South – gritty
Mellisma/Embellishment
Doooooooogggg.
How did the music affect the racial situations?
Made people talk about it
Arrangement/Form of a song
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Bridge
Outro
What is Doo-Wop?
Secular, non -religious, gospel music
How did Motown change its sound? Why did they do this?
Added horns and strings, to sell records.
Fuzztone
Distorton
What is a musical element that helps define Jazz music?
Rhythm section
Frontline
Improvisation
Dance-like Rhythm
Country music developed from…
Folk music
Hillbilly music
Celtic music
Western European Folk music
What caused urban blues to develop?
A migration of people from the rural south to urban areas during and after WWII looking for jobs.
Big Mama Thornton
R&B Artist covered by Elvis
What instrument did Jerry Lee Lewis play?
Piano
Psychedelic band influenced by Latin music
Santana
Gram Parsons
Southern rock
Art rock solo artist categorized as glitter rock
David Bowie
Toaster
Commenter on DJ dance party
Hesitation Beat (Skank)
Main rhythm in Ska/Reggae
Funk w/Spaceships
Parliament/Funkadelic
Second wave Ska Label
Two Tone
What New York club was the center of the first generation of Punk rock music?
CBGBs