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Exam 1 Music History Of Rock And Roll: Q’s With A’s
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Exam 1 Music History Of Rock And Roll: Q’s With A’sRhythm Right Ans - -most Dominant musical element
- Organized in time
- patterns are produced by the Length of the sound.
(VOICE AND HORNS ARE NOT PART OF RHYTHM!!!!!!!)
Melody Right Ans - -The arrangement of INDIVIDUAl notes in time to
create a musical LINE or Phrase
- The most prominent VOICE or INSTRUMENT.
Harmony Right Ans - - Combination or more than one note (pitch) at a time
-adds color to a song
- Can be instrumental or vocal
Timbre Right Ans - - Tonal quality of a sound that distinguishes it from
other sounds
- Timbre is described using descriptive adjectives:
EX: Dark, bright, rich, thin, raspy, nasal, smooth, rough
Texture Right Ans - -Thickness of sound
Describes as "light" "heavy" "thin" "thick"
Form Right Ans - - music is organized and constructed
-Can Evaluate the form by breaking it into sections
- Compare different songs by looking at the similarities and differences of
their formal structure
In Rock music, which is usually the most dominant element? Right Ans -
Rhythm/ Beat (regular rhythmic pulse)
Beat Right Ans - - Organized into (rhythmic bars) groups of 4 (or 2 or 3 of
6) beats: is called a measure or bar.
AABA form Right Ans - - The verse and the bridge are based on different
music.
- Most AABA songs occur in a 32 bar pattern that combines 4, 8 measure
phrases
, Simple Verse Form Right Ans - - Is when all the verses are based on the
same music and there is NO CHORUS
Simple Verse-Chorus Form Right Ans - - Is when the Verses and Choruses
are based on the same music
Contrasting Verse-Chorus Form Right Ans - - Is when the Verses and
Choruses are based on DIFFERENT MUSIC
What is TIN PAN ALLEY?
(3Things) Right Ans - -Refers to : An area of New York and the body of
music from this area of NYC
-Often in AABA form
-AABA form unified tin pan alley into its own genre
What was the unit of trade during the tin Pan Alley era? Right Ans - Music
Sheets
During the Tin Pan Alley era what did they focus on marketing: The recording
of a song, the song itself or the musician singing the song? Right Ans -
Focused on marketing the song itself.
how were marketing practices
different from today's marketing practices? Right Ans - -Marketing the
song itself rather then a version of a song. Many versions of the same song.
why was it called Tin Pan Alley? Right Ans - -Worked on old pianos that
sounded like tin pans
Most Tin Pan Alley tunes had the same song form, what was this form? (Hint :
Elements of music) Right Ans - AABA Form
Popular Artist before Rock n' Roll
Frank Sinatra (what did " Sinatramania" refer to?) Right Ans - first teen
idol (ole)
Popular Artist Before Rock n' Roll
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