Two instruments brought from the British Isles and commonly used in folk music are the _______ and the _______.
What is Mandolin and Fiddle
100
During the Swing era Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman were famous leaders of the ______________________. Which were very popular with audiences during World War II.
What is big bands
100
giving human characteristics to an non-human thing.
What is personification
100
Afrika Bambaataa
hip-hop
100
Earth Wind & Fire
Funk
200
The origins of American folk music were primarily found in the ________ areas of the United States.
What is rural
200
In a rebellion against the commercialization of swing music, jazz musicians formed smaller bands called ___________________ and developed a new style of jazz called bebop jazz.
What is combos
200
the basic meaning, emotion or feeling of a song.
What is the tone.
200
Tommy Dorsey
jazz (big bands)
200
Rolling Stones
Rock
300
In the late 50s and early 60s, musicians and producers began marketing folk music to _________ individuals with new themes centered around industrial workers and city life.
What is urban
300
Cool jazz was a return back to hummable melodies that were smoother, slower and ____________________ than bebop music.
What is softer
300
comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is simile
300
Usher
R&B
300
Woody Guthrie
Folk
400
Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan incorporates elements of the new style of ______________ into their folk music.
What is rock
400
The ________________________ is the instrumental part of a song. Hip-Hop DJs would string these together for teenagers to dance to.
What is the break
400
types of music. (for example: pop, hip-hop, rap, country etc.)
What is genre
400
Brothers Four
Folk
400
Benny Goodman
Jazz
500
The term ____________________ was used to describe songs with themes such as cowboys, taming of the West, the building of the transcontinental railroad and the gold rush of the 1840s
What is western
500
Rap music is popular because young people can relate to it. It’s _______________ is more than it’s musical importance.