Sampling
True or false: sampling is being able to take a piece of a song and loop it
True
Many Jamaicans in the 1970's settled in this particular New York borough?
"Can I Kick It" by A Tribe Called Quest uses these two chords on the ukulele
F and C.
The bass player in Koffee's band used a bass that had this many strings.
Five
True or false: sampling is stealing
False: Though there can be disagreement we view sampling as a valid method of creating music.
Mobile performance setups with speakers, turntables and amplifiers were called what in Jamaican musical culture?
Soundsystem(s).
Free Fallin' by Tom Petty uses these three chords on the ukulele.
C, C and D.
Koffee sings and raps in this Jamaican style that features rapid fire vocals.
Dancehall
True or false: The goal of sampling isn't sampling. The goal of sampling is creating compelling music.
True. Attributed to recording artist Moby.
This vocal style came before rap and used singing, talking and rhyming in a very individual way.
Toasting
Name one song we have played in TAB (single string playalongs)
Koffee was how old when she performed in the video we saw?
19
Immigration from which country is seen as the clearest point from which Hip-Hop started?
Jamaica
DJ Kool Herc was known for what turntable innovation which connected the "breaks" of records back and forth instead of just letting them play until the end.
(The) Merry-Go-Round
If you see D DU D DU what does that mean for the ukulele?
Strumming pattern or 'down, down up, down,downup'
In a few of your own words and not using the title, tell me what the song "Toast" was about.
Gratitude. Thankfulness. Celebrating.
In your own words state how sampling is different from interpolation
Sampling is a direct copy of original sound.
Interpolation is a re-recording of a desired sound (re-performing)
This Jamaican toasting MC performed the song "Fever Teaser" ...scrub a dub, scrub a dub, scrub a dub...
Dennis Alcapone
This new chord is used in Post Malone's "Circles" between C and F.
C major 7.
This song is the title track of her very first project
Rapture