Idioms + Characteristics
Characteristics of blues music?
Use of guitar (Bottleneck), "blue" notes, secular/day to day themes, AAB form
People of Tin Pan Alley
Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin
Where was country music primarily located before 1950 and where was western music primarily located before 1950
Southern part of America
Oklahoma, Texas
What is instrumentation?
The instruments being played or performed in a song
Musical term "tempo" refers to
How fast or slow a song is, BPM
Characteristics of gospel music?
Religious and hopeful themes, Hymns and spirituals, Voice is main focus, has a choir, call and response
What made the Andrews sisters unique?
First truly american genre of music
Jazz
What are the triads for the music alphabet? What is the music alphabet?
ACE, EGB, BDF, FAC, CEG, GBD, DFA
ABCDEFGABC...
What is payola?
The money musicians earn when people listen to their music
Idioms of western music?
Cowboy aesthetic, lonely or independent, use of banjo
Name at least 2 blues singers
Muddy waters, Bessy smith
Where is Tin Pan Alley located
New York City
What are the four standard rock instruments?
Vocal, Guitar, Drum, Bass
What is a melody
The main idea of a song, what the lyrics line up with
Defining characteristics of pop in early 1950's?
Catchy melodies, lyrics about love, strong rhythms, big band and swing, emphasis on vocals
Who was the first national star of country music?
Who was the first big artist of western music?
Jimmie Rogers
Spade Cooley (Western swing style)
Define Indie
Not belonging to a record company, purposefully unpolished or an noncommercial style of music played by rock or pop group
What is chord progression
How chords move through a song, establishes the harmonic foundation
What is a chord
3 or more notes being played at once
Idioms of country music?
Family values, use of guitar and violin
Who had the most power over popular music in the 1930's and 40's?
Who was the most important singer in the early 1940's?
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
First bluegrass group
Bill Monroe and his bluegrass boys
What instruments are commonly found in a standard big band (jazz)?
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Piano,
What is a idiom when referring to music?
Constant characteristics that are used to make an artist or song distinct