Civil Rights Movement and Hippie Culture
1970s - Evolution of Rock
Birth of Hip Hop Culture
Music Theory Basics
100

This was the primary reason that music from the Civil Rights Movement was simple and easy to memorize

Needed to be able to teach songs to MANY people "in the moment"

100

Black Sabbath, based out of England, is considered by many to be the first "Heavy Metal" band.  What about there music was heavier than others before?

Drums played a much bigger role

Looser guitar strings

Gritty sounds (machines and factories)

Lyrics about hard work/life

100

Having two turntables allowed DJs to easily change from one record to another with no space between.  Why was this CRITICAL to the rise of Hip Hop and especially rapping over a beat

You could rap for more than 4-8 bars at a time. It created a long platform that rappers could use.

100

Music is commonly written on a set of five lines and four spaces called a __________?

Staff

200

Hippie Culture was born in this city in California

San Fransisco

200

Free points!!

$200!!

200

This is the meaning of the abbreviation "MC".

Master of Ceremonies

200

This is the shortest distance you can travel between two different notes.

Half step

300

This famous intersection became synonymous with Hippie Culture

Haight and Ashbury

300

What is the primary (non-musical) characteristic of Glam Rock bands like Slade, Sweet, and David Bowie?

Glitzy costumes and fun/party vibe

300

This was the first commercially released rap record (1979)

Rapper's Delight

I said-a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie
To the hip hip hop-a you don't stop the rock
It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

300

This is the pattern of steps between 8 notes that make up a major scale

W  W  H  W  W  W  H

400

The Monterey Pop Festival and the "Human Be-In" were smaller events that led to this massive music and arts festival in 1969

Woodstock

400

Love it or Hate it, Progressive Rock artists like Rush, Meatloaf, and Genesis often divided their audiences.  What aspect of their playing was so divisive?

Technically proficient (virtuoso) players with outrageously long extended songs.

400

This term describes the process of borrowing musical content from one song and using it as a background or break beat for a different song.

Sampling

400

Using the left picture on the marker board, name that interval!

A fourth

500
Describe two unique features about the way Jimi Hendrix played the guitar

Left-handed, strung backwards

Used MANY electronic effects

(Many others)

500

Name one defining characteristic of a Punk Rock song in the mid-1970s?  What was so different about Punk songs as compared to Prog rock before it?

Songs were SUPER SHORT - back to the basics of good old "rock and roll"

500

CHALLENGE:  Using these five words/themes, describe how Hip Hop was born:

The Bronx, DJ Cool Herc, the break beat, parties, turntable/records

(must be approved for full points)

500

Using the picture on the right side of the marker board, identify that as a MAJOR or MINOR third.

Major third

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