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In the 1970's rock musicians focused more on the tradition than on experimentation. Answers: True False
False
The roots of the globalization of hip hop began with Afrikaa Bambataa and the Zulu nation. In which decade did Afrikaa Bambataa found this organization?
1970s
What musician was mentioned in the lecture video as solidifying the rock 'n' roll sound? Answers: Muddy Waters John Lennon Buddy Holly Kurt Cobain none of these
Buddy Holly
What types of dance/electronic music form the basis of what we know as EDM today? Answers: Acid House, Jungle, Ambient, and Swish Chicago House, Detroit Techno, Acid House, Jungle, and Hardcore none of these Chicago House, Acid House, Afro-Rock, Jungle, and Dark Electronica Detroit Techno, New York Spin, Acid House, Jungle, and Hardcore
Chicago House, Detroit Techno, Acid House, Jungle, and Hardcore
The Belleville 3 are credited with ushering in... Answers: Brooklyn Disco New York Swing Detroit Techno none of these Chicago Jazz
Detroit Techno
Two weeks ago you watched videos related to making the best possible presentations. According to the videos, using bullet points and reading from the projection screen are effective ways to get your points across to an audience. Answers: True False
False
The Belleville 3 are... Answers: a group of guys who developed the house sound in the Detroit area none of these hip hop pioneers a group of guys who developed the techno sound in the Chicago area Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, and Derrick May
Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, and Derrick May
Shuker considers musical meaning to derive from... Answers: contexts exclusively texts exclusively none of these audiences exclusively artists exclusively
None of these
Form is a term used to identify.. Answers: patterns within a song all of these (except 'none of these') how many musicians are part of the ensemble none of these how fast a song is being played
Patterns within a song
The Beach Boys were influenced by which group(s) in the development of their close vocal harmonies? Answers: none of these The Fugees all of these (except 'none of these') The Ronettes The Dixie Chicks
The ronettes
One of reason that gang violence increased during the 1970's in the Bronx was that middle class families had been displaced by the construction of a new highway. Answers: True False
True
According to Fabbri, a musical genre is... Answers: a set of musical events governed by social rules none of these all of these (except 'none of these) a group of people who listen to the same type of music a set of musical events arising from a subculture
a set of musical events governed by social rules
What technology allowed hip hop music move from the Bronx to other areas?
cassette tape
In his letter to his nephew, James Baldwin writes that most of humankind has been best at... Answers: destruction and death building people up none of these forgiveness sarcasm
destruction and death
The beginning of the Led Zeppelin song in the lecture video features what instrument? Answers: tambourine vocals drumset guitar none of these
guitar
Identify which texture is most common in popular music: Answers: polyrhythmic none of these polyphonic contrapuntal homophonic
homophonic
The first rap to be performed on a music video on MTV was...
rapture by blondie
Rock 'n' roll developed out of which genre of music? (choose the best answer) Answers: honky tonk rhythm and blues jazz disco crunk
rhythm and blues
According to Shuker, virtual bands are... Answers: all of these (except 'none of these') sometimes called cartoon bands because the band members are animated characters none of these at the bottom of the rock band hierarchy an old phenomenon dating back to the 1800's
sometimes called cartoon bands because the band members are animated characters
According to the lecture video, which types of music came together to from the sound of disco? Answers: latin, funk, jazz, and rap none of these sweet soul, funk, and latin sweet soul, rock, and latin sweet soul, latin, and rap
sweet soul, funk, and latin
Gangsta Rap of the 1990's contains themes of violence, but Gangsta Rap was always distinct from actual gang violence. T/F
False
Gangsta Rap was generally well recieved by the public and by politicians. T/F
False
In the article you read for this week, McLeod argues that electronic/dance music tends to have fewer subgenres than rock music. Answers: True False
False
Negus considers recording technologies to have had no influence on the nature of the popular music audiences. Answers: True False
False
Simon Frith thinks that all rock music should be considered pop music. Answers: True False
False
The main elements of Hip Hip were present before the Civil Rights movement. Answers: True False
False
Disco (and electronic dance music that came after it) typically has a rhythmic emphasis on all four main beats. Answers: True False
True
Fabbri contends that the most important function of musical genres is to help us speak about musical events. Answers: True False
True
In this course you will read some texts, watch a lecture video, take a quiz, attend a reading group session and attend class on a weekly basis. Answers: True False
True
Kraftwerk is a German musical group that pioneered mixing electronic music with popular music. Answers: True False
True
One critique of Hebdiges theory of subculture is that it retains the elitism of Adorno's theory. Answers: True False
True
Scholars contend that there are dominant readings of popular culture texts (which include the convention of the pop song); those readings are determined by a a variety of factors and can deviate from authors'/artists' intentions. T/F
True
What instrument(s) are being played in the song "The love I lost" by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes? Answers: strings electric guitar keyboards and organ all of the above
all of the above
A common pattern in popular music is: Answers: none of these ABABCB verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus ababcb all of these (except 'none of these')
all of these
Hip Hop has four main elements. There are... (choose the best answer) Answers: none of these DJing, MCing, B-boying/B-girling, and Graffiti DJing, MCing, Dancing, and Writing all of these (except 'none of these') DJing, MCing, Breakdancing, and Graffiti
all of these
In the lecture video, I mentioned some reasons popular music is worth studying. What are some of those reasons? (choose the best answer) Answers: popular music has emotional power popular music is ubiquitous all of these (excluding 'none of these') none of these popular music expresses societal values and ideals
all of these
Regressive listening is... (Choose only one correct answer.) Answers: when listeners remain in an infantile state something that prevents people from thinking critically about their lives a concept developed by Adorno considered an elitist concept by some scholars all of these
all of these
What are some thematic considerations used to 'read' music videos according to the Shuker text? Answers: all of these the mood of the video modes of sexuality the sounds of the music as they relate to the visual themes narrative structure
all of these
The UK raves of the 1990's are most often associated with which substance? (choose the best answer) Answers: cocaine candy/sugar marijuana none of these alcohol
none of these
Two pioneers of hip hop were... Answers: all of these (except 'none of these') none of these Afrika Bambaataa and James Dean James Brown and DJ Kool Herc James Brown and James Dean
none of these