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9 Cards in this Set
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What is the generation gap?
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In the 1950's American youth sought indepence from their parents - Vastly different music.
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What caused the generation gap?
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The younger generation did not remember the depression, they wanted excitment, troubled teens, and the bands of their parents too polished, and formal.
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What is another name for Gospel?
Where does it descend from? Has it affected popular music? |
Religious blues.
Religous spirituals. Yes |
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Does gospel music draw the line between sacred and secular?
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Generally no
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Who is the father of gospel music?
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Thomas A. Dorsey
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What caused Dorsey to write more personal, sentimental, and emotional spirituals?
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The death of his wife.
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What were the elements of black gospel music that found their way into rhythm and blues?
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Steady beat, strong rhythmic complexity, hand clapping, percussive, call-and-response, melodic improvisation, body movements and dancing
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What was music produced or played by black people called?
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Race records
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What was black popular music based on?
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The form and harmonic pattern of the blues. Quadruple. Strong backbeats on the normally weak second and fourth beats. Danceable. Syncopated rhythm. Improvisation. Call-and-response.
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