Music and instruments
This instrument is the indicator of honky-tonk.
What is the slide guitar?
This musician was the first Black man to have his own radio or TV show, even though it was eventually cancelled.
Who is Nat King Cole?
This is the place where you go to listen to Honky-tonk music.
What is a honky-tonk?
Name three instruments used in Honky-tonk
1. Slide guitar
2. Acoustic guitar
3. Bass
4. Drums
5. Fiddle
These are some lyrical subjects of a honky tonk song.
What are cheating, drinking, fighting, and heartbreak?
This man made some of the very first "concept albums".
Who is Frank Sinatra?
This invention allowed singers to have greater expression and emotion in their songs.
What is the microphone?
People go to honky tonks after work to relax and hang out. What are their regular jobs?
construction, farming, railroad, mechanic, etc.
Generally hard labor.
This is the reason honky tonk lyrics change from a church style to a more relaxed style.
This person dressed as a cowboy and sang rough and tough songs, but underneath his costume he was frail and broken man.
Who is Hank Williams?
Country singers sometimes add this singing technique that makes them sound like they're crying.
What is yodeling?
1. Picked up loud, soft, high, and low sounds more effectively
2. Re-do recordings if you mess up
3. Multi-tracked songs, so you could edit individual instruments instead of the whole band.
4. Longer than 2 minutes
The singing style of big singers.
"Crooning"
Artists dressed up as this character in the 40s, signaling a change in the image of country music.
Who are cowboys?
This type of album is organized in a specific way, and all the songs are generally about the same theme.
Name the four instruments in the rhythm section of the big band.
String instruments and wind instruments add different feelings to different songs. When would you use strings and when would you use winds?
Winds = more upbeat, energetic, happy
Strings = more sentimental, slower, emotional
Frank Sinatra was the first superstar artist we discussed. There are three more:
One person from the 50s/60s
One group from the 60s
One person from the 80s
Who are Elvis, the Beatles, and Michael Jackson?
This event led to the downfall of the big band and rise of the big singers, even though it was supposed to help the bands.
What is the musicians strike/recording ban?
This word describes the way people get paid for their music. The record company sells your song and gives you a ______ payment.
What is a royalty payment?