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Musical Terms I
Progressions and Forms
People and Names
Musical Terms II
100
Bessie Smith released "Mama's got the Blues" in this year.
What is 1923
100
An emphasis on beats 2 and 4 usually articulated by the snare drum
What is backbeat
100
I IV V IV
What is the "La Bamba" chord progression
100
Murderous creator of the "wall of sound"
Who is Phil Spector
100
The “story telling” section of music in which the words change with each repetition of the melody.
What is the verse
200
Bill Haley and the Comets shook, rattled, and rolled in this year.
What is 1954
200
Dramatic change in the texture, usually an instrumental solo
What is a break
200
A form favoured in Tin Pan Alley songs.
What is 32 bar form or AABA
200
Not as rockin' as Little Richard
Who is Pat Boone
200
The number of musical forces and how they are deployed.
What is texture
300
Little Richard recorded "Tutti Frutti" in this year.
What is 1955.
300
Rhythmic accents that are out of phase with the beat or emphasize a normally unaccented beat.
What is syncopation
300
It consists of three four-bar phrases and three chords.
What is the 12-bar blues progression.
300
First to record Elvis, innovator of "slap back" recording technique.
Who is Sam Phillips
300
A series of bars forming a musical “sentence”; usually four or eight bars long.
What is a phrase
400
Bo Diddley released a song of the same name in this year.
What is 1955
400
Formal term describing the instrumental extensions of the melody line
What is a fill
400
A repeating section of both words and music; often including the title phrase and the most memorable portion of melody.
What is a chorus, as used in verse-chorus forms.
400
Place where Carole King and Gerry Goffin worked.
What is the Brill Building
400
A 2-bar syncopated pattern that organizes most Afro-Caribbean music.
What is clave
500
"Please please please," sang James Brown in this year.
What is 1956
500
A cycle of beats articulated by an accent pattern that usually emphasizes the first beat (downbeat) of the cycle.
What is a bar or measure
500
I VI IV V
What is the "Heart and Soul" chord progression.
500
Had the T.B. Blues.
Who is Jimmy Rodgers
500
Contrasting or transitional section of music; section of music between the verse and the chorus.
What is a bridge.