Rock
Pioneered by Chuck Berry, this stringed instrument shaped the early sound of rock-n-roll.
What is the electric guitar?
The drum machine that continues to serve as the quintessential percussion sound of hip-hop music
What is the Roland 808?
This type of music-making involves making a new version of someone else's published song.
What is a remix?
This drumbeat is commonly used in pop music.
True or False: You need an instrument to be able to use MIDI functions in a DAW.
What is FALSE!!!
This musical group, often considered the greatest rock band of all time, influenced several music technology innovations that reverberate in music production today.
Who are The Beatles?
This technique involves taking a piece of someone else's music (or other sound bite) and using it as a building block in an original piece of music.
What is sampling?
This expression describes the most common drum pattern found in electronic dance music.
What is four on the floor?
This electronic instrument is commonly heard in both pop and EDM accompaniments.
What is the synthesizer?
This is the four-word phrase that "MIDI" stands for
What is Musical Instrument Digital Interface?
This early American R&B artist heavily influenced the Beatles and Rolling Stones; the Beatles often covered his tune, "Johnny B. Goode"
Who is Chuck Berry?
A technique invented by Grand Wizard Theodore in which a DJ places their hand on a record to add a new sound to a mix.
What is scratching?
This 1970's genre, with its catchy hornlines and danceable drumbeat, created a club culture for EDM in the United States.
What is disco?
This artist, who also produced the soundtrack to the Lion King, stands as a quintessential example of pop rock music.
Who is Elton John?
At its most broad, this is what MIDI is and does in a DAW or notation software.
What is a messaging protocol?
Three instruments you typically hear with the vocals in a "rock band" instrumentation
What are drumset, electric bass, and electric guitar?
Who is DJ Kool Herc? (or Clive Campbell)
This drum machine (from Roland, but NOT the 808) stands as the most commonly used drum machine sound in EDM
What is the 909? (will accept 303)
Through their artistic competition with The Beatles, this group became an extremely well-regarded pop rock band in the 1960's.
Who are the Beach Boys?
Ikutaro Kakehashi, as CEO of this company, collaborated with an American engineer to create MIDI.
What is Roland?
This edgy, fast-paced subgenre of rock gained a massive following in Washington, DC, and earned some mainstream popularity in the 2000's
What is punk rock?
The Furious Five made music with this famous DJ, who invented the Queueing System for old-school hip-hop.
Who is Grandmaster Flash?
These two cities served as the initial epicenters for EDM in the United States (name both).
What is New York and Chicago?
The first song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Name song OR artist).
What is "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson?
The recording engineer who, as an employee for Sequential Circuits, developed the MIDI protocol.
Who is DAVE SMITH?