Swing & Bebop
What style of music featured large bands and was designed for dancing?
Swing Music
What does R&B stand for?
Rhythm and Blues
Name one instrument commonly used in country music
Guitar
Fiddle
Steel Guitar
Vocals
Name one instrument commonly found in Rock 'n' Roll?
Electric Guitar
Bass
Drums
What technology helped spread music in the 1940's?
Radio
Name one famous swing bandleader from the slideshow
Glenn Miller
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
What genre features repeated patterns, expressive singing, and stories about life and emotions?
The Blues
Which country artist helped establish honky tonk country?
Hank Williams
What audience was important to the music industry of the 1950's?
Teenagers
Who was one of the biggest saxophone players in bebop?
Charlie Parker
What is the name of the faster, more experimental jazz that evolved in the 1940's?
Bebop
Which influential gospel singer was known for her powerful voice?
Mahalia Jackson
What style of country music was associated with dance halls, strong rhythms, fiddle, and steel guitar?
Honky Tonk
Which performer combined country, blues, and R&B influences and became popular with teenagers?
Elvis Presley
Which blind musician combined gospel, blues, R&B, and jazz?
Ray Charles
Name one difference between swing and bebop.
Band Size
Music Speed
Dancing vs. Listening
What is call and response?
One singer or musician presents an idea, and another singer or musician answers.
What two styles combine to help create rockabilly?
Country and the Blues
Why did some adults criticize rock ’n’ roll? Give one reason.
Loud
Encouraged Dancing
Seemed Rebellious
Who was the singer known as the 'Queen of R&B'?
Ruth Brown
What does improvisation mean in jazz?
Creating music in the moment.
In a 4/4 backbeat, which two beats are emphasized?
Beats 2 and 4.
Which musician was an important in rockabilly and helped establish the guitar-driven sound of early rock?
Carl Perkins
Name two musical traditions that helped shape rock ’n’ roll.
R&B, blues, gospel, country, swing jazz, or rockabilly.
How many musicians died in the February 3, 1959 plane crash known as 'The Day the Music Died'?
3