Rim 3000 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

-entertainment performance before recording was live - correct answerwas for upper classes - leisure time -pianos manufactured in what decade in U.S. - before were imported from where - correct answer1820's, Europe Before pianos became American-made in 1830's were - correct answerstatus symbols - expensive (introduced to middle class in pubs, saloons) - invented printing press (1400's) - correct answerJohannes Gutenberg - helped developed changes from analog/mechanical electronic ...

Minstrel Shows - correct answerMainly white performers who artificially blackened their skin and enacted parodies of African American music, dance, dress and dialect Stephen Foster (1826-1864) - correct answerThe father of American music First person to be the full time professional songwriter i. "Oh! Susanna" 1848 ii. "My Old Kentucky Home" iii. "Camptown Races" iv. "Way down upon the Swanee river" (old folks at home) v. "I dream of Jeannie" vi. "Beautiful Dreamer" ...

(Through 1940) This recording artist's 1920 "Crazy Blues" is considered the first race/blues recording. - correct answerMamie Smith (Through 1940) He was a Producer and A&R exec at Columbia who "discovered" Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Basie. Then later in his career- Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, and Stevie Ray Vaughan to name a few. - correct answerJohn Hammond (Through 1940) Known as "The King of Jazz" and had a major hit with "Whispering" in 1920. - co...

ballad - correct answerA narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style. "Barbara Allen" - correct answerOne of the most widely performed examples of the British Ballad tradition, first definitively documented in London in 1666. aka "Barbary Allen". black spirituals - correct answerAfrican American slaves forged alternative interpretations of spirituals that bore double meanings of religious salvation and freedom from slavery. ...

Who was Homer Capehart? - correct answerInvented the Simplex (device that enhances jukeboxes) What was the importance of jukebox operators? - correct answerThey pulled the industry out of the Great Depression Who was Louis Armstrong? - correct answerOriginator of Swing What kind of music was played earlier in the evening? - correct answerSweet Jazz Who was Benny Goodman? - correct answerPrimary instrument was clarinet; signed by John Hammond Who was the King of Swing? - correct an...

Syncopation - correct answerAn accent that comes between the beats at a regular rhythm, rather than on them Groove - correct answerThe channeled flow of rhythms Riff - correct answerA repeated pattern designed to generate rhythmic momentum Timbre - correct answerTone color, the "gain" at a singer's voice, a soundprint Melisma - correct answer-Singing several notes to one syllable -African American Stream Tango - correct answer-Argentina -Contribution to Latin American Strea...

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funk music - correct answera musical style derived from R&B and soul music characterized by repeated rhythmic figures and a strong bass line characterized by: strong, dance oriented rhythms; catchy melodies; call and response exchanges between voices and instruments; heavy reliance on repeated, rhythmically interlocking patterns James Brown - correct answer-one of the prime inspirations for funk music 1970's hits included: "Super Bad" (#13 Pop/#1 R&B, 1972); "Hot Pants" (#15 Pop/ #1...

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