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Places and Times
Terms to know
Genres
Musical teams and bands
Musicians
100
This decade is characterized by the rise of hip-hop, alternative rock; diversity of popular styles/genres.
What is the 1990's.
100
Term for a basic blues pattern, 12 measures long, using 3 chords, 3 line lyrical pattern of AAB
What is 12-bar blues.
100
1970's cultural and musical style, do-it-yourself, anti-excess of other styles, US & UK.
What is Punk Rock
100
Songwriting team for motown particularly the "Supremes"
What is Holland-Dozier-Holland.
100
one of the earliest known pioneers of the mississippi delta country blues style.
What is Charley Patton
200
This decade is characterized by conservatism and musical responses to it; disco, punk, progressive country, reggae, salsa, funk, rap.
What is the 1970's.
200
"Album Oriented Rock" or "Mainstream rock"- increasingly male and white performers.
What is AOR.
200
Repetitive beat, steady tempo, (four on the floor), straightforward and simple lyrics, harmony, and form.
What is Disco.
200
Unofficial group of 1970's country singers including Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
What is "The Outlaws"
200
Seattle-born guitar hero, combined blues with psychedelic music, new uses of electric guitar.
What is Jimi Hendrix
300
This decade is characterized by counter-culture, vietnam war, civil rights: motown, british invasion, soul, urban folk, psychedelia.
What is the 1960's.
300
The term for Tin Pan Alley form, used by Stephen Foster, the Beatles "Yesterday", Frank Sinatra, etc.
What is AABA.
300
Influenced by R&B and country musical styles.
What is Early Rock and Rock.
300
ALternative rock band, incorporated elements of folk rock.
What is R.E.M
300
Combined crooning style with bel canto, first pop superstar to create mass hysteria at concerts.
What is Frank Sinatra.
400
Long Beach, Compton, the Bronx (NYC), Miami, etc.
What is the geographical centers of rap.
400
Founded by Berry Gordy, Jr in Detroit, all-black record label, "the sound of young america".
What is Motown.
400
1990's blend of alternative rock, hip-hop, and metal.
What is nu metal.
400
White hip-hop act, fusing hard-core punk aesthetics with hip-hop techniques.
What is Beastie Boys.
400
Later mississippi delta country blues musician, influenced later rockstars like Eric Clapton
What is Robert Johnson
500
This is the center of New York punk scene in the 1970's.
What is CBGB and OMFUG
500
began in the year 1925
What is electronic recording.
500
Rise of band leaders, not singers
What is Swing Music.
500
German electro group, influence on disco and hip-hop.
What is Kraftwerk.
500
Ragtime composer and pianist, famous for "maple leaf rag", the "entertainer" etc.
What is Scott Joplin.