Civil Rights Movement and Hippie Culture
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"
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
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.
Music is commonly written on a set of five lines and four spaces called a __________?
Staff
Hippie Culture was born in this city in California
San Fransisco
Free points!!
$200!!
This is the meaning of the abbreviation "MC".
Master of Ceremonies
This is the shortest distance you can travel between two different notes.
Half step
This famous intersection became synonymous with Hippie Culture
Haight and Ashbury
What is the primary (non-musical) characteristic of Glam Rock bands like Slade, Sweet, and David Bowie?
Glitzy costumes and fun/party vibe
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
This is the pattern of steps between 8 notes that make up a major scale
W W H W W W H
The Monterey Pop Festival and the "Human Be-In" were smaller events that led to this massive music and arts festival in 1969
Woodstock
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.
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
Using the left picture on the marker board, name that interval!
A fourth
Left-handed, strung backwards
Used MANY electronic effects
(Many others)
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"
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)
Using the picture on the right side of the marker board, identify that as a MAJOR or MINOR third.
Major third