Msc Quizzes

Which of the following is NOT strongly associated with the piano? A) Hot Jazz B) Ragtime C) Boogie-woogie D) Stride

A) Hot Jazz

What instrument was typically featured in early Boogie-woogie music? A) Piano B) Trumpet C) Guitar D) Drums

A) Piano

Which song was based on a poem about lynchings? A) Strange Fruit B) Heartbreak Blues C) Sad Situation D) Cottontail

A) Strange Fruit

Home recording studios have made a noticeable impact in the music industry. A) True B) False

A) True

Which band was important in helping set the international stage for Rock

ABBA

Which of the following is NOT an Arena Rock band identified in the seminar six module

Aerosmith

Which of the following was NOT an aspect related to Metallica in the lecture

Androgynous

Experimental Rock is a subgenre of what other genre

Art Rock

What did John Lennon, Pete Townshend, Freddy Mercury, and David Bowie have in common

Art school

Which of the following is NOT one of the aspects that lead major record companies to attempt to control Rhythm and Blues and Rock & Roll

Artistry

What movie made "Rock Around the Clock" a hit? A) "High School Confidential" B) "The Blackboard Jungle" C) "Rebel Without a Cause" D) "East of Eden"

B) "The Blackboard Jungle"

What is an indie? A) A native musician B) A small record company C) A race car

B) A small record company

Ragtime and the Blues were the 'parents' of __________. A) Country B) Jazz C) Spirituals

B) Jazz

Which of the early Rock musicians was NOT a guitarist? A) Bill Haley B) Little Richard C) Chuck Berry D) Buddy Holly

B) Little Richard

In what part of the music would one find a bass line? A) Middle B) Lower C) Higher

B) Lower

According to the lecture, which of the following artist was NOT mentioned as crossing over into secular music? A) Sam Cooke B) Mahalia Jackson C) Aretha Franklin

B) Mahalia Jackson

Which of the following concepts was very controversial in the music industry? A) Pandora B) Napster C) Facebook D) iTunes

B) Napster

Which of the following typically does NOT feature improvisation? A) Stride B) Ragtime C) Hot Jazz D) Boogie-woogie

B) Ragtime

Who is quoted as having said "If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars."? A) Scotty Moore B) Sam Phillips C) Alan Freed D) Tom Parker

B) Sam Phillips

Whose name is most closely associated with Gospel music? A) Ray Charles B) Thomas Dorsey C) James Brown D) Little Richard

B) Thomas Dorsey

What aspect of the Jump Blues does NOT differ from Big-band Jazz? A) Back beat B) Horn riffs C) Instrumentation

B) horn riffs

Which of the following was NOT a Gospel form identified by Michael Tanner

Band

Which timbre is NOT heard in The Times They Are-a-Changin'

Bass

Which of the following is NOT one of the fashion concepts related to Punk

Bellbottoms

Of the following, what was NOT one of the factors that led the British to dominate the music scene in the early 1960s

Better musicians

Which doesn't belong with the others? Pearl Jam Soundgarden Nirvana Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain

In Choo Choo Ch'Boogie both the piano and saxophone play over a _________ progression

Blues

Which of the following artists could NOT be categorized as a 'safe song' singer from the early sixties -Bob Dylan -Bobby Rydell -Frankie Avalon -Chubby Checker

Bob Dylan

Which of the following songs references an historical event

Buffalo Soldier

Who of the following is NOT directly associated with Elvis' career? A) Sam Phillips B) Scotty Moore C) Alan Freed D) Tom Parker

C) Alan Freed

What acronym represents those artists that put everything together on their own? A) DUI B) DSW C) DIY D) DRM

C) DIY

The chord progression in Cottontail is based on what song? A) Fascinatin' Rhythm B) Alexander's Ragtime Band C) I Got Rhythm

C) I Got Rhythm

Which of the following technical advances did NOT occur prior to 1930? A) Sound recording B) Radio C) Television D) Moving pictures

C) Television

Which of the following was NOT a rallying cry against Rock & Roll in the 1950's? A) Lyric content in the songs B) Physicality of the performers C) The long hair of the musicians D) Rock Concert behavior

C) The long hair of the performers

Which of the following is NOT true? A) digital recordings can be compressed B) digital recordings do not deteriorate C) digital recordings sound better than analog recordings D) digital recordings are easier to make

C) digital recordings sound better than analog recordings

In New Orleans, Jim Crow laws were applied to: A) Persons that were 100% black B) Persons that were 1/16 black C) Persons that were 1/8 black D) Persons that were 1/2 black

C) persons that were 1/8 black

Which of the following features a sample of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech

Can You Feel It

What was the name of the Radio station located off shore in the British Isles

Caroline

Which of the following were NOT targets of the AIDS epidemic

Celibate priests and nuns

Which of the following is NOT a subgenre of heavy metal

Crash Metal

Which of the following was identified as being acoustic recording in the lecture? A) A Handful of Keys B) Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy C) In The Mood D) Muskrat Ramble

D) Muskrat Ramble

What city is credited as being a catalyst for bringing different ethnic groups together to create Jazz? A) New York B) Memphis C) Chicago D) New Orleans

D) New Orleans

Although many services help select material based on your interests which specializes in that feature? A) iTunes B) Napster C) Facebook D) Pandora

D) Pandora

Which of the following is NOT associated with MTV -racial bias -VJs -importance of the visual over the music -DJs

DJs

Which of the following is NOT an Art Rock band identified in the seminar six module

Deep Purple

The closest genre related to House is

Disco

Which style borrows the concept from Phil Spector's 'Wall of Sound'

Disco

Which of the following was identified as having an odd meter

Disposable Heroes

Which of the following was NOT a prominent Singer-Songwriter from the seventies

Donna Summer

What genre often had the name of a bird as the name of their group

Doo-wap

Which of the following is NOT a typical section found in a Big-band? A) Trombones B) Trumpets C) Rhythm D) Saxes E) Strings

E) Strings

Which of the following was NOT mentioned as contributing to globalization? A) European Union B) technology C) Berlin Wall D) capitalism E) democracy

E) democracy

Which of the following does not belong with the others? Eminem 2Pac Public Enemy Notorious Big

Eminem

Live Aid was established to raise awareness and relief for what suffering nation

Ethiopia

Album Oriented Rock could be found on ______ stations

FM

The best recordings come from home recording studios. False True

False

Which of the following songs has a connections to James Brown

Fame

Which of the following is NOT one of the guitar kings mentioned in the seminar five module

Frank Zappa

Which of the following is NOT a style that Ray Charles explored in his music -Jazz -Blues -Gospel -Funk -Country

Funk

Which of the following is NOT identified as being one of the 'artistic' concepts which inspired the Punk movement

Fusionism

Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a prominent Metal genre from the eighties

Gothic

Another name for Glam Metal is _________ Metal

Hair

Which of the following is NOT associated with Psychedelic Rock genre

Herman's Hermits

Ghettos are most closely related to which genre of music

Hip Hop

In I Wanna Hold Your Hand what vocal line was identified as creating a motif

I Can't Hide

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of Merseybeat

Instrumental solos

Based on information in the lecture, why did the Beatles stop touring

It was difficult to recreate their studio sound in a live performance

Which artist created a style that was more percussive and often utilized polyrhythm

James Brown

Which artist is credited with moving the emphasis to the downbeat

James Brown

Who hired traveling quartets to promote singing books in the early 20th century

James D. Vaughan

Which of the 'guitar kings' was not British

Jimi Hendrix

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s

Ken Kesey

What event in the early seventies was triggered by events surrounding the Vietnam War

Kent State

Which of the following artists is noted for his combination of Rap, Country, and Rock? Eminem MC Hammer Kid Rock Garth Brooks

Kid Rock

Which of the following had the biggest and most direct impact on House, Techno, and Trance

Kraftwerk

With respect to The Rolling Stones and The Beatles which of the following is NOT true

Limited touring

Which of the following was NOT influenced by James Brown's stage persona

Little Richard

Which audio format makes it possible for audio to be easily shared over the internet? MP3 CD MBA P2P

MP3

Which artist wrote an album that Berry Gordy (motown) was reluctant to promote

Marvin Gaye

Which of the following was NOT relevant at the beginning of the 1960s

McCarthyism

Which of the following instruments is MOST closely related to synthesis

Mellotron

Which of the following bands was accused of selling out

Metallica

Which doesn't belong with the others? Moby 2Pac Eminem Notorious Big

Moby

Which of the following features musical concrete

Money

Which soul formula was the most highly successful in terms of record sales

Motown

Which of the following was NOT identified as proto-punk

New Wave

According to the lecture, what event confirmed globalization within music? international idol competitions international use of electronic instruments loss of cultural styles New Year 2000

New Year 2000

Which of the following is NOT a category of soul -Memphis -Motown -New York -Philadelphia

New York

Which of the following was NOT used by the film industry to retain its share of the market

Newsreels

Which of the following is the result of the efforts of 1 individual typically recording most if not all the tracks? Green Day Red Hot Chili Peppers Radiohead Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails

Which doesn't belong with the others? Madonna Lady Gaga Cher Norah Jones

Norah Jones

Which of the following songs features a Sitar as a characteristic sound

Paint It Black

Which of the following was NOT a horn band mentioned in the lecture

Parliament

Which of the following was noted for his 'cleaned up' covers of Rock & Roll songs

Pat Boone

Who is associated with the concept of the 'Wall of Sound'

Phil Spector

Which of the following is NOT a Heavy Metal band identified in the seminar six module

Pink Floyd

What was different in the U.K. than in the U.S.

Pirate radio

Which of the following is NOT associated with the music of the early 1960s

Psychedelic music

Which of the following is NOT one of the bands identified as playing Hard Rock

Public Enemy

Which of the following is NOT a proper classification of Queen

Punk Rock

Break dancing is associated with which genre

Rap

Which genre tends to have more examples of political or social emphasis in the lyric

Rap

Which of the following came from the Hip Hop culture

Rap

Which artist suggested the Gospel and Blues was almost the same thing

Ray Charles

Which of the following was NOT associated with Funk

Ray Charles

Which of the following is NOT associated with the 1980s

Reality T.V.

Which genre has its roots in Jamaica

Reggae

Which of the following is NOT influenced by Disco

Reggae

Which of the following is NOT associated with the feminist movement of the 1960s

Roe versus Wade

Which of the following was NOT associated with Motown -The Supremes -Sam and Dave -Stevie Wonder -Marvin Gaye

Sam and Dave

Gospel quartets are sometimes referred to as _______ barbershop

Sanctified

Which of the following is most closely associated with the Lilith Fair? Norah Jones Alanis Morisette Sarah McLachlan Taylor Swift

Sarah McLachlan

____________ was a style that preceded 'beat' music in the U.K.

Skiffle

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Beach Boys

Skiffle Music

Which of the following did NOT have a significant Gospel influence -Smokey Robinson -Ray Charles -Aretha Franklin

Smokey Robinson

Funk is most closely related to _______

Soul

Who was NOT one of the artists that revived Doo-wop -Billy Joel -Stevie Wonder -Huey Lewis

Stevie Wonder

Which of the following was NOT a Beatles Movie

Strawberry Fields Forever

Which of the following is NOT generally credited to having been influenced by Bob Dylan

Surf Rock

Which of the following effects was used exclusively for guitars

Talk Box

Which of the following is NOT associated with the 1960s

The Aids Epidemic

Which of the following is NOT associated with the seventies

The Aids Epidemic

Which of the following does NOT refer to how the counterculture referred to the dominant culture in the 1960s

The Association

With which group did Bob Dylan have an exchange of ideas that ended up affecting the recordings of both afterwards

The Beatles

Which of the following is NOT associated with reaction against the war in Vietnam

The Black Panther Party

What conflict is the most closely associated with the Vietnam War

The Cold War

Which of the following relies on a change of tonality to tell the story in the song

The Devil Went Down To Georgia

Which of the following was NOT a significant influence in the development of Hard Rock

The Eagles

What government program helped to initiate the boom of suburban housing

The GI Bill

Which of the following were associated with The Merry Pranksters and the 'acid tests'

The Grateful Dead

Which of the following is NOT a significant part of the "Summer of Love"

The Newport Folk Festival

Which of the following is NOT a Punk band identified in the seminar six module

The Police

Which of the following is NOT a Proto-Punk band identified in the seminar six module

The Ramones

Which of the following is NOT associated with New Wave -Flock of Seagulls -Blondie -The Ramones -Police

The Ramones

Which of the following songs became more popular once an electric version was made

The Sound of Silence

Which doesn't belong with the others? 'NSYNC Boyz II Men The Spice Girls Backstreet Boys

The Spice Girls

Which of the following was NOT an event that occurred in the eighties

The Watergate Scandal

Which of the following was NOT reinforced by 1960s television

The dismantling of The Berlin Wall

What is unusual about Dylan's form in The Times They Are-a-Changin'

The sections are not consistent in length

The Brill Building correlates to what earlier concept

Tin Pan Alley

Which of the following is NOT associated with Glam Rock

Tommy

What event helped to alert the country of the inappropriateness of segregation

WWII

Which of the following does NOT rely on the internet for the delivery of music? Rhapsody Pandora XM radio iTunes

XM radio

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Haight-Ashbury area

Yippies

The ending of Flashlight feature the vocal singing

a cappella

an approaching train would best suggest which of the following

a crescendo

walking away would best suggest which of the following

a decrescendo

A driving rain would best suggest which of the following

a fast tempo

Approaching a stop sign would best suggest which of the following

a ritardando

Opening a door to a room full of children would best suggest with of the following

a suddenly louder dynamic change

Going underwater at a community pool would best suggest which of the following

a suddenly softer dynamic change

Although the tonality of Smells Like Teen Spirit is ambiguous, it leans more towards: major minor

minor

Chain of Fools is mostly what tonality

minor

Paranoid is in a _________ tonality

minor

What dominant tonality is featured in Sunshine of Your Love

minor

The 'answer' in Disposable Heroes was reinforced by

monophony

Which is not a texture in Nice Dream? layers monophony polyphony homophony

monophony

The lyric "Hello" in Smells Like Teen Spirit serves as an example of a _________ in the song. riff chorus motif hook

motif

According to seminar six module, which of the following is NOT a theory as to the origins of Heavy Metal

nuclear power

What aspect of the yippie movement is NOT consistent with that of the hippies

peaceful resolution

The vocal section near the end of Paranoid features what texture

polyphony

What made synthesizers in the seventies more accessible than those from the sixties

presets

Who were the yuppies

rich young urbanites

Primes (such as A') are used after letter to indicate

sections that are similar but with a slight difference

What unusual instrument is NOT hear in Good Vibrations -Theremin -harpsichord -sitar -sleigh bells -jews harp

sitar

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of Heavy Metal guitar playing

skank

The vocal in Paranoid features

syncopation

To give it more energy, the chorus of The Middle features: faster tempo a polyphonic texture syncopation

syncopation

To give it contrast, the second to last verse of The Middle features: Dobro sax string section synthesizer

synthesizer

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of Heavy Metal as discussed in the seminar six module

synthesizers

What makes an artist classified as MOR

taking fewer chances

The ______ changes between the verse and chorus in Walk This Way

tempo Got wrong (not meter or dynamics)

In Smells Like Teen Spirit, what changes the most frequently? tonality timbre texture rhythm

texture

Which of the following is NOT associated with the counterculure of the 1960s

the 'Beat' generation

Besides once in the beginning, Disposable Heroes features three contrasting grooves primarily controlled by

the backbeat

What adds to the dramatic element of White Rabbit

the vocal gets higher

Which of the following was NOT an aspect of feminism in the seventies

third wave

How many guitars are playing at the end of Walk This Way

three

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of the Hip Hop culture

toasting

In an acoustic setting, which of the following instruments would generally be the loudest

trombone

In an acoustic setting which of the following would generally be the softest

violin

Which of the following does not change in Roundabout

virtuosity

Which of the following was NOT an innovation of the Beatles

virtuoso guitar techniques

Which of the following was NOT a song associated with fay rights from the seventies

"Dancing Queen"

Which of the following was NOT a song that dealt with environmental issues? "Too Much" "Aerials" "Another Way To Die" "Green Light"

"Green Light"

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Psychedelic Rock genre

"Handsome Johnny"

Which of the following songs is a reference to the world's ecology

"Mercy Mercy Me"

Which of the following was NOT a feminist song from the seventies

"No Woman, No Cry"

Which of the following does NOT claim to be something other than what has been suggested by others? "Puff the Magic Dragon" "Sixty Minute Man" "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" "Eight Miles High"

"Sixty Minute Man"

Which of the following is NOT a merger of Rap and another style -"Rapture" -"Walk This Way" -"The Message"

"The Message"

Which of the following songs was not a victim of censorship? "God Save the Queen" "Street fighting Man" "The Message" "Ohio"

"The Message"

Which of the following songs was NOT an anti-war song

"White Rabbit"

Which song was recorded just before the artist's death

(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay

Which of the following is NOT true MP3s have replaced CDs MP3s make it easier for piracy MP3s have resulted in reduced recording profits MP3s have resulted in fewer record stores

(got wrong) [not "MP3s have resulted in reduced recording profits"] Guess: MP3s have replaced CDs

Match with respect to Bob Dylan 1. Peter Paul and Mary 2. Joan Baez 3. Going electric 4. The Byrds

1. "Blowin' in the Wind" 2. Civil Rights activism 3. Newport Folk Festival 4. "Mr. Tambourine Man"

Make the connections: "Hot Jazz", Stride 1. Louis Armstrong 2. Fats' Waller

1. "Hot Jazz" 2. Stride

Match the following: Alternative, Merging, Metamorphosis 1. College Rock 2. Electronica 3. Funk Metal 4. Industrial Rock 5. Jangle Pop 6. Post Rock 7. Rapcore

1. Alternative 2. Metamorphosis 3. Merging 4. Alternative 5. Alternative 6. Metamorphosis 7. Merging

Match the song with the artist 1. "Chain of Fools" 2. "What'd I Say?" 3. "Papas Got a Brand New Bag" 4. "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay"

1. Aretha Franklin 2. Ray Charles 3. James Brown 4. Otis Redding

Make the connections 1. Pink Floyd 2. Frank Zappa 3. The Sex Pistols 4. Iron Maiden 5. Elton John 6. Boston

1. Art Rock 2. Experimental Rock 3. Punk Rock 4. Heavy Metal 5. Glam Rock 6. Arena Rock

Match the following: Bakersfield Sound, Nashville Sound 1. Buck Owens 2. Charlie Pride 3. Glen Campbell 4. Merle Haggard 5. Patsy Kline

1. Bakersfield Sound 2. Nashville Sound 3. Nashville Sound 4. Bakersfield Sound 5. Nashville Sound

Match the song with the band 1. "Love Me Do" 2. "There's a Kind of Rush" 3. "Paint It Black" 4. "Glad All Over"

1. Beatles 2. Herman's Hermits 3. The Rolling Stones 4. The Dave Clark Five

Match the following: Big Yellow Taxi, Brother Louie, Don't Stop Me Now, I Will Survive, Love to Love You Baby, Ohio, Ziggy Stardust 1. environment 2. feminism 3. homosexuality 4. Kent State 5. outer space 6. racial discrimination 7. sexuality

1. Big Yellow Taxi 2. I Will Survive 3. Don't Stop Me Now 4. Ohio 5. Ziggy Stardust 6. Brother Louie 7. Love to Love You Baby

Match the following 1. Manager 2. Recording Engineer

1. Brian Epstein 2. George Martin

1. McCartney 2. The Beatles 3. Mick Jagger

1. Brian Wilson 2. Bob Dylan 3. James Brown

1. Country Rock 2. Southern Rock 3. Outlaw Country

1. Creedance Clearwater Revival 2. 38 Special 3. Waylon Jennings

Match the artists with their influencers: Buddy Holly, Elvis, Little Richard 1. Buddy Holly 2. James Brown 3. Beatles

1. Elvis 2. Little Richard 3. Buddy Holly

Make the connections: Gothic Rock, Emo, Metalcore, Lo-fi 1. Jimmy Eat World 2. Avenged Sevenfold 3. Bauhaus 4. Guided by Voices

1. Emo 2. Metalcore 3. Gothic Rock 4. Lo-fi

1. Album Orient Rock 2. The Brill Building 3. What sixties group had a dual connection to MTV

1. FM 2. Tin Pan Alley 3. The Monkees

1. __________ is what makes a Blues scale different from a typical European scale. 2. ________ is what gives Ragtime its name 3. __________ exists when an artist is making it up as the song is being played

1. Flattened notes 2. syncopation 3. improvisation

Match the following: Radiohead, Lilith Fair, Kyoto Protocol, Auto-Tune, Frank Zappa 1. Censorship 2. Feminism 3. Environment 4. Cher 5. pay what you want

1. Frank Zappa 2. Lilith Fair 3. Kyoto Protocol 4. Auto-Tune 5. Radiohead

Match the style with the beat emphasis 1. one 2. one two three and four 3. two and four

1. Funk 2. Disco 3. Soul

Match the following: Ramones, Arena Rock, Velvet Underground, Glam Rock 1. David Bowie 2. Queen 3. Proto-Punk 4. Punk

1. Glam Rock 2. Arena Rock 3. Velvet Underground 4. Ramones

1. James Brown 2. Smokey Robinson 3. Aretha Franklin 4. Gladys Knight

1. Godfather of Soul 2. Miracles 3. Queen of Soul 4. Pips

1. Bob Seger 2. Billy Joel 3. Alabama

1. Heartland Rock 2. Singer-Songwriter 3. Country Rock

Match the following musical characteristics 1. technical proficiency 2. androgynous 3. stripped down rock

1. Heavy Metal 2. Glam Rock 3. Punk

Match the following: Heavy Metal, Punk 1. lower tuning 2. piercing 3. spiky hair 4. stripped down Rock 5. sweep picking 6. tapping 7. technical playing

1. Heavy Metal 2. Punk 3. Punk 4. Punk 5. Heavy Metal 6. Heavy Metal 7. Heavy Metal

Match the concepts: Hot Jazz, Swing 1. More improvisation. 2. accented syncopation 3.smaller instruments 4. 2-beat 5. 4-beat 6. louder dynamic

1. Hot Jazz 2. Swing 3. Hot Jazz 4. Hot Jazz 5. Swing 6. Swing

Match the following with the location most associated with that genre's beginning 1. Chicago 2. Detroit 3. New York (South Bronx)

1. House 2. Techno 3. Rap

1. British Invasion 2. Pirate Radio 3. what did John Lennon and Pete Townshend have in common 4. the genre that had the most direct influence on Mersey beat

1. International 2. Caroline 3. they both attended art school 4. skiffle

Match the following alternative sub-genres with the artist: 1. R.E.M. 2. Sonic Youth 3. Nine Inch Nails 4. Alice in Chains 5. Uncle Tupelo's

1. Jangle Pop 2. Noise Rock 3. Industrial 4. Metal 5. Country

Match the guitar king with the group 1. Led Zeppelin 2. The Experience 3. The Yardbirds

1. Jimmy Page 2. Jimi Hendrix 3. Eric Clapton

1. Chuck Berry 2. Elvis 3. Blackboard Jungle 4. Muddy Waters 5. Buddy Holly 6. Little Richard

1. Keith Richards 2. Sam Philips 3. Rock Around the Clock 4. Mick Jagger 5. The Beatles 6. James Brown

Match the writers 1. The Beatles 2. The Rolling Stones

1. Lennon/McCartney 2. Richard/Jagger

Match the following 1. Material World 2. Whip It 3. Rapture 4. Kiss 5. Hit Me with Your Best Shot

1. Madonna 2. Devo 3. Blondie 4. Prince 5. Pat Benatar

Match the following: Mainstream, Revival 1. Country 2. Garage Rock 3. Hip Hop 4. Singer-Songwriter 5. Ska

1. Mainstream 2. Revival 3. Mainstream 4. Mainstream 5. Revival

Match the following 1. Disposable Heroes 2. Piano Man 3. Thriller 4. The Devil Went Down to Georgia

1. Metallica 2. Billy Joel 3. Michael Jackson 4. Charlie Daniels

Make the connections 1. Woodstock 2. Monterey Pop Festival

1. New York 2. California

1. 2Pac 2. Eminem 3. Gothic Rock 4. Grunge 5. Kid Rock 6. Nine Inch Nails

1. Notorious B.I.G. 2. 8 Mile 3. Alice Cooper 4. Seattle 5. Rock Country Rap 6. Trent Reznor

Match the following: Outlaw Country, Country Rock, Southern Rock 1. Willie Nelson 2. Lynyrd Skynyrd 3. The Eagles

1. Outlaw Country 2. Southern Rock 3. Country Rock

1. Blowing in the Wind 2. Mr. Tambourine Man 3. Newport Folk Festival 4. The Weavers 5. This Land Is Your Land

1. Peter Paul and Mary 2. The Byrds 3. Bob Dylan 4. Pete Seeger 5. Woodie Guthrie

Match the following 1. Siouxsie and the Banshees 2. Culture Club 3. Devo 4. U2

1. Post-Punk 2. New Wave 3. New Wave 4. Post-Punk

1. Hip Hop 2. House 3. Techno

1. Rap 2. Disco 3. The Belleville Three

Match the artist with the genre 1. Blues-based 2. Motown 3. Stax

1. Ray Charles 2. Smokey Robinson 3. Otis Redding

1. Alan Freed 2. Jack Kerouac 3. Joseph McCarthy

1. Rock and Roll 2. The Beat Movement 3. The Red Scare

1. Andrew Loong Oldham 2. Brian Epstein 3. double-tracking 4. Help 5. Lennon/McCartney 6. Paint It Black 7. Richard/Jagger 8. The Quarrymen 9 'bad boy'

1. Rolling Stones 2. The Beatles 3. The Beatles 4. The Beatles 5. The Beatles 6. Rolling Stones 7. Rolling Stones 8. The Beatles 9. Rolling Stones

Match the personality with the company 1. Otis Redding 2. Berry Gordy

1. Stax 2. Motown

Match the song with the artist 1. "Fingertips2" 2. "Baby Love" 3. "ABC" 4. "The Way You Do the Things You Do"

1. Stevie Wonder 2. Supremes 3. The Jackson Five 4. The Temptations

Make the connections: Stride, Boogie-Woogie 1. Ragtime 2. Piano becomes a band

1. Stride 2. Boogie-woogie

Match the following: Chicago, Hip Hop, Rave, Techno, Trance 1. Belleville Three 2. Detroit 3. Drug induced 4. House 5. hypnotic 6. New York 7. Rap

1. Techno 2. Techno 3. Rave 4. Chicago 5. Trance 6. Hip Hop 7. Hip Hop

Match the following: That'll Be The Day, Rock Around the Clock 1. separate chorus and verse 2. combined chorus and verse

1. That'll Be The Day 2. Rock Around the Clock

Make the connections 1. Ed Sullivan 2. Andrew Loong Oldham 3. James Brown

1. The Beatles 2. The Rolling Stones 3. Mick Jagger

1. counterculture 2. hippies 3. MKULTRA 4. Summer of Love

1. The New Left 2. The Human Be-in 3. CIA 4. Monterey Pops Festival

Make the connections 1. Peter Seger 2. Bob Dylan 3. Betty Friedan 4. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

1. The Weavers 2. Woodie Guthrie 3. NOW 4. civil rights

Match the following: compilation albums, Ethiopia, me generation, Mellotron, portable audio, Thriller 1. Compact Discs 2. Live Aid 3. mix tapes 4. sampling 5. Walkman 6. Yuppies

1. Thriller 2. Ethiopia 3. compilation albums 4. Mellotron 5. portable audio 6. me generation

Make the connections 1. "Turn on, tune in and drop out" 2. 'acid tests' 3. "What's Going On"

1. Timothy Leary 2. Ken Kesey 3. Marvin Gaye

Make the connections 1. hypnotic repetition 2. mostly instrumental 3. more vocal oriented 4. drug induced

1. Trance 2. Techno 3. House 4. Rave

1. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 2. Students for a Democratic Society 3. The Cold War 4. The Establishment

1. Vietnam 2. Vietnam 3. Vietnam 4. Big Brother

Make the connections 1. art driven 2. Tin Pan Alley 3. money driven 4. itinerant Blues 5. MOR

1. alternative 2. mainstream 3. mainstream 4. alternative 5. mainstream

Match the following relating to Rockabilly influences: back beat, walking bass, shuffle rhythm, vocal stylization, rhythm section, twanging guitar 1. Gospel 2. Swing 3. Hot Jazz 4. Boogie-woogie 5. Field Holler 6. Country

1. back beat 2. walking bass 3. rhythm section 4. shuffle rhythm 5. vocal stylization 6. twanging guitar

1. Betty Friedman 2. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 3. Nation Organization of Women 4. Respect 5. The Black Panther Party 6. The Pill

1. feminism 2. Civil rights movement 3. feminism 4. feminism 5. Civil rights movement 6. feminism

match the following: guitar, voice 1. Skank 2. Talk box 3. Toasting 4. Vocoder

1. guitar 2. guitar 3. voice 4. voice

Match the following: audio compression, globalization, home recording studio, internet promotion, Napster, recommender system, social media 1. DIY 2. In Rainbows 3. MP3 4. New Year 2000 5. P2P 6. Pandora 7. word of mouth

1. home recording studio 2. internet promotion 3. audio compression 4. globalization 5. Napster 6. recommender system 7. social media

1. The Doors 2. The Grateful Dead 3. The Who

1. organ 2. Bluegrass 3. Rock Opera

Match the following: First Amendment, global warming, pitch correction, Sarah McLachlan 1. Auto-Tune 2. Kyoto protocol 3. Lilith Fair 4. Censorship

1. pitch correction 2. global warming 3. Sarah McLachlan 4. First Amendment

Make the connections 1. The Who 2. Grateful Dead

1. power trio 2. Bluegrass

Match the following as they apply to Disco: unlikely association, predecessor, wall of sound 1. TSOP 2. multiple tracks 3. Kiss

1. predecessor 2. wall of sound 3. unlikely association

1. Chubby Checker 2. Beach Boys 3. Phil Spector 4. James Brown

1. safe songs 2. concept album 3. Wall of Sound 4. polyrhythms

Match the following: Beatboxing, Dub, Hip Hop, rap, Scratching 1. back-cueing 2. break beat 3. break dancing 4. ghettos 5. Graffiti 6. toasting 7. vocal percussion

1. scratching 2. Dub 3. Hip Hop 4. Hip Hop 5. Hip Hop 6. rap 7. beatboxing

Match the following: Disco, Reggae, singer songwriter, Funk 1. James Taylor 2. Rick James 3. Bee Gees 4. Bob Marley

1. singer songwriter 2. Funk 3. Disco 4. Reggae

Make the connections 1. The invention that made it possible for the youth to listen to music of their choosing 2. The invention that stole some of the glory, as well as revenue from the film industry in the 1950s

1. the transistor 2. television

Match the following with respect to That'll Be The Day: verse, chorus 1. faster harmonic progression 2. slower harmonic progression

1. verse 2. chorus

Match with respect to Walk This Way 1. Run DMC 2. Aerosmith

1. verse 2. chorus

With respect to Rock Around the Clock, match the following: verse, chorus 1. more disjunct 2. more conjunct

1. verse 2. chorus

With respect to Good Vibrations, match the following 1. minor 2. major 3. thinner texture 4. thicker texture

1. verse 2. chorus 3. verse 4. chorus

Which of the following designations would best represent a song made from just verses

A A A

A verse within the Blues has what characteristic form

A A B

Which of the following designations would best represent a verse / chorus structure

A A B

Which of the following designations would best represent a verse / chorus / bridge structure

A B C

What did Elvis and the Beatles have in common?

A manager that aggressively promoted them

Which of the following was NOT a Rockabilly performer? A) Buddy Holly B) Elvis Presley C) Jerry Lee Lewis

A) Buddy Holly

Which of these songs is NOT one that is considered to be the first Rock & Roll song? A) Choo Choo Ch'Boogie B) Rocket 88 C) Rock Around the Clock D) That's All Right (Mama)

A) Choo Choo Ch'Boogie

While many white musicians appropriated Rhythm and Blues to help create Rock & Roll, what African American musician did the same by appropriating Country? A) Chuck Berry B) Big Joe Turner C) Little Richards D) Louis Jordan

A) Chuck Berry

Which of the following is a vocal concept

beatboxing

Which of the following does NOT create continuity in the chorus of Disposable Heroes -the hook -motif -chromatic guitar line -call and response

call and response

Which of the following does NOT create continuity in the guitar solo from Disposable Heroes -changes in groove -change in timbre -repeated melodic ideas -harmonic progression

change in timbre

In Choo Choo Ch'Boogie, the ___________ features the 'hook'

chorus

The harmonic progression of I Wanna Hold Your Hand is faster in the

chorus

According to the seminar seven module, what technology created a financial opportunity for record companies

compact discs

A later version of a song is called a

cover

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of sampling

creating sounds from electronic sources

Nice Dream is unusual because it begins with: distortion feedback dissonance polyphony

dissonance

Nice Dreams changes the 'dream' by adding a section near the end that features: disjunct melodies conjunct melodies consonance dissonance

dissonance

The Middle has several ____________ contrasts that help give it a more dramatic effect. rhythm dynamic melodic timbre

dynamic

In the Beat It analysis, Jackson's interjections were compared to

field holler

Which of the following is NOT a way that continuity is created in Beat It -guitar hook -vocal hook -guitar solo -guitar groove

guitar solo

Unusual for Swing, Cottontail features what texture almost exclusively? A) monophony B) homophony C) polyphony

homophony

What did the Stax and Motown recording systems have in common

in house rhythm sections

The main 'hook' in Paranoid is in the

instrumental

According to Scaruffi, another contribution of the British Invasion was that it made American Rock and Roll more:

international

Which of the following was NOT true with respect to tape recorders

it dramatically boosted recording sales

What is unusual about the harmonic progression of Chain of Fools

it only has subtle changes within one chord

Most of the texture in Flashlight are a result of

layering

The thicker texture at the beginning of Beat It is created through

layering

The tonality in White Rabbit is

major

What dominant tonality is featured in The Times They Are-a-Changin'

major

What is the nickname for the seventies

me generation