Musical Terms
Define TEMPO
The speed at which music is performed
Name one Elvis Presley song
Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, Can't Help Falling In Love, Blue Christmas, etc.
Name two genres that influenced Motown
Name one person who crossed through multiple genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, and country music? Hint, I told you he would be VERY important when we listened to We Are The World
Ray Charles
What is the difference between something being sampled and something being stolen?
The original artist or their company agrees and allows them to use the music
Define DYNAMICS
How loud or soft music is being played. This is the actual music production itself, not the volume at which you are listening to the music at
What instruments are important to Rock 'n' Roll? Name at least 2 for full points
Piano, Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Drums
Name one Jackson 5 song
I Want You Back, ABC, Blame it on the Boogie, Who's Lovin' You, etc.
What is the name of the very famous place that county stars perform? Note: Post Malone just sang here
Grand Ole Opry
What is the type of dancing that is associated with hip-hop?
Break Dancing
Name 5 GENRES
Could include: Country, Hip-Hop, Musical Theatre, Motown, Soul, Pop, Reggae, etc.
Which instrument was not originally in this genre? Options: Piano, Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Drums
Electric Guitar
What is one thing a singer must be able to do in this genre?
Sing
What was it called when country music was popularized in the mainstream media?
Singing Cowboys
What is a sample?
When hip-hop artists take part of a pre-existing song and put it into their song in a new way
Define MOOD
The emotion or expression with with a piece of music is played
Define Early Rock 'n' Roll. What are some of the defining characteristics?
Early rock and roll was a popular dance music genre that originated in the 1950s. It was characterized by a heavy beat, simple melodies, and an aggressive sound. Early rock and roll styles often featured the piano or saxophone as the lead instrument, but electric guitars became more common in the mid-to-late 1950s
Is Motown music polished and put together or more rambunctious and wild
Polished and put together
What is Rockabilly?
An early form of rock 'n' roll, combining upbeat blues and country music
MC's transformed into what as hip-hop evolved
Rapping
Define TIMBRE
The tone quality or tone color of a piece of music. This is why you can distinguish different types of instruments, they all have their own timbres
What caused the biggest shift in the sound of R&B into Rock 'n' Roll?
R&B was a primarily black culture-dominated style of music, but when white people tried to recreate the sound either as the musicians themselves or as the sound technicians, it was too "polished" and then began the branch.
Name 2 Famous Soul Singers
Ray Charles, Same Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, James Brown
With the hit of the Great Depression, it led to a rise in radio listening. What were the country stations called?
Barn Music
Give one example of sampling
"Super Freak"/"U Can't Touch This", "Good Times"/"Rapper's Delight", "I Got a Woman"/"Gold Digger", "Ice Ice Baby"/"Under Pressure", etc.