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Music 162 Final
Music 162 Final
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Undergraduate 1
06/04/2012

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Who was a grunge band that became famous during the nineties?
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Nirvana
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Swing Band was popular when?
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1935-45
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Walk ths Way by Run DMC has styles of?
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Hip-Hop, rock and heavy metal
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Chuck Berry was a-
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singer, songwriter and guitarist
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The three biggest records during 1980's were?
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Graceland, Thriller, Born in the USA
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Which one of these is NOT a soul singer?
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The three that are: James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles
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What invention helped bring a softer side to music?
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Electronic microphone
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts club band had everything except-
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it was NOT actually a live performance
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The Beatles career contained this-
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They broke up after ten years of touring
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Who wrote "whats cookin good lookin"
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Hank Williams
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What was the first place for music to originate in NY?
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Tin Pan Alley
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Who was influential in folk and wrote "Blowin in the Wind?"
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Bob Dylan
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What did Bob Dylan do at the 1965 Newport Festival that shocked everyone?
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Played with electrical amplification
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Which was something that was NOT popular from Latin American music?
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Fox trot (Other selections are mambo, tango, salsa)
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Which of these was NOT a performer/singer (or something like that)
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James Reese Europe
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Country and Western and Rhythm and Blues came from which two forms?
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Hillbilly and race music
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Who were two major disco performers?
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Chic and Donna Summers
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Why did swing band become unpopular after WWII?
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It became difficult to put large bands together because so many people were off fighting/Economic factors made it difficult to travel during wartime
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Phil Spektor made what kind of music?
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"A Wall of Sound"
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Hillbilly music was marketed to who?
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rural whites, urban whites, african americans
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Stephen Foster is know for...
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Parlor songs
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Tin Pan Alley had different ...
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songwriters, musicians, composers etc.
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Which was NOT one of the big artists of the 80's?
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Lauryn Hill
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The typical path of 60's bands (beach boys and the beatles) was:
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master the current styles, expand on those styles with original pieces, create completely new music
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What was the ultimate "live" band that would have long jams?
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The Grateful Dead
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Who revolutionized teh guitar?
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Hendrix
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What instrument was used by blues artists?
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The Guitar
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"My Blue Heaven"
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-Sung by Gene Austin
-Crooning style on the Electronic microphone
-Tin Pan Alley
-Two part verse-refrain form
-AABA style
-the lyrics represent the American dream
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"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"
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-Sung by Louis Jordan
-Jump blues style of R&B
-12 bar blues verse, alternating with 8 bar chorus
-Combines African American music and Tin Pan Alley
-About man back from war looking for work, hopping freight trains from city to city looking for work
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"Ove Coma Va"
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-Blues, salsa, rock all played a contributing factor in his music
-fluid lead guitar
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