How was the call-and-response concept in blues music different than the traditional call-and-response music?
In blues music, both the call and response are given by the soloist.
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Which style of music most often has three-part parallel harmonies?
Gospel
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Which type of music captured the pain, pride, passion, love, hope, and despair that many African Americans were feeling during the civil rights movement?
Soul
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Where does the name “Motown” come from?
Motown music refers to a style of vocal and instrumental music that was produced in Detroit, Michigan. (The name Motown is a derivative of Detroit's nickname, "Motor-town.")
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Where did blues music originate?
In the vocal traditions of African American workers in the South.
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In blues music, how is the major scale was altered to create “blues tonality.”
Bending or lowering the 3rd, 5th, and 7th scale degrees
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What traditions is Gospel Music historically rooted in?
African tribal music and Western classical traditions.
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Soul music is a combination of which two styles of music?
Gospel and R&B
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Describe the Motown sound concept.
A vocal group with a lead singer and backup singers, that were combined with a group of talented arrangers, producers, songwriters, and studio musicians.
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Which type of blues developed as a result of the Great Migration, when poor African American workers from the South went North to find work in industrialized cities?
Chicago Blues
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How is blues music in the late 19th century different from earlier forms of blues music?
Blues music in the late 19th century transitioned to a more individualized style.
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What were traditional African songs and traditions connected with?
The songs were connected to life and daily functions like religion and hunting.
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Name at least three musicians who were important to Soul music.
Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Gladys Knight, and Curtis Mayfield
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Why were Motown songwriters successful?
Their songs appealed to both African American and white audiences.
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What did slaves blend with African rhythms and melodies to create spirituals or gospel music?
Christian spirituals
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What type of instruments were used in early Delta blues music?
Harmonica and guitar
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Why were slaves allowed to practice Christianity and worship in their own Christian Churches?
Some of the teachings encouraged the slaves to be more submissive.
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Why was soul music an important form of social expression in the last half of the twentieth century?
It gave a voice to African Americans who felt they were not being heard.
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Who founded Motown records?
Berry Gordy Jr.
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What were “field hollers?” What type of music did they influence?
Field hollers were associated with the origins of early Gospel Music; call and response between slaves working in the fields. They used them to coordinate work.
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What is the chord pattern for the 12 bar blues?
The chord pattern is I-I-I-I (tonic)-IV-IV (subdominant)-I-I (tonic)-V-V (dominant)-I-I (tonic).
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Which instrument was particularly important in Gospel Music?
Hammond Organ
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Why was the song “Say It Loud, I’m Black and Proud” produced by James Brown so important? (Think about the relationship of Motown music to politics and social concerns).
It gave a voice to millions of African Americans who were frustrated with their social condition.; It was the first song to explicitly advocate black pride; It got a lot of air play.
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What role did the Funk Brothers play in Motown music?
They were the house band at Motown Records and produced a consistent sound for different Motown artists.
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Which gospel artist was considered an innovator in gospel music, worked to disassociate gospel music from slavery, and was the first African American to start a black-owned publishing company?