history of rock and roll exam 1 LECTURE 1 Popular Music Before Rock n Roll Correct 100%.
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History of rock and roll
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History Of Rock And Roll
Life in America before rock and roll - ANSWER No radios,TVs, CDs, tapes ETC...
IF YOU WANT TO hear music play it yourself.
Local music will have? - ANSWER Minstrel shows
what was White America like? - ANSWER Parents would choose what the family listened to
what was Black America like? ...
history of rock and roll exam 1
LECTURE 1 Popular Music Before Rock
n Roll Correct 100%.
Life in America before rock and roll - ANSWER No radios,TVs, CDs, tapes ETC...
IF YOU WANT TO hear music play it yourself.
Local music will have? - ANSWER Minstrel shows
what was White America like? - ANSWER Parents would choose what the family listened to
what was Black America like? - ANSWER Still slaves.
Music on the plantation in the fields and on the front porch
Music during "spiritual meetings"
Not much money for musical instruments so they used their voice.
Traveling Minstrel shows (1830-1900) date not important. - ANSWER
What is the Traveling Minstrel Show? - ANSWER Traveling Mistrel shows is the 1st Indigenous form
of American entertainment. Such as Comic Skits, Variety Acts, dancing and music.
Who were the performers of the Minstrel shows? - ANSWER Performed by White People in BLACK
FACES.
Who were the two composers of the TIN PAN ALLEY? - ANSWER Irving Berlin and George Gershwin
What is Crooning?
, What else do you need in order to be heard? - ANSWER Crooning is a smooth singing style based on
opera but quieter.
You need a microphone in order to be heard.
Who is the first multimedia star who sang "White Christmas" using crooning style? - ANSWER Bing
Cosby
What is Big Band/ Swing Era - ANSWER Big Band is a large ensemble that plays jazz
What instrument do you need in a Big band/ Swing ? - ANSWER Trumpets, Trombones, Saxophones
and Rhythm section such as bass, drums, piano and guitar.
BIG BAND = - ANSWER DIXIELAND JAZZ
How were the African Americans portrayed in Minstrel shows? - ANSWER They see them as
ignorant, lazy, joyous and musical, very racist.
He is a White American composer in the minstrel tradition "Camptown Races" (1850) "Old Kentucky
Home" (1853)
He also told performers not to mock slaves but garner SYMPATHY. - ANSWER Steven Foster
__________ district in Manhattan? - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley
it dominated the music publishing industry, sound of pianos and different tunes at once like banging
on "tin cans" - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley
Big Band Used a " shuffle= - ANSWER shuffle means swing rhythm feel taken from BLUES MUSIC
BIG BANDS INSTRUMENTS ARE FOR? - ANSWER FOR SWING DANCE
First country music performer who is a "hillbilly" and to be the first broadcast on radio and recorded
on record - ANSWER Fiddlin John Carson
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