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122 Cards in this Set
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What was not an influence on soul? (what was?)
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Rock or Folk. Gospel and R&B influenced soul.
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Loud sound of rock is from what?
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Rock 'n' roll
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What music did the Byrds develop?
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Folk rock and southern California country rock style.
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Folk song style based on American folk music using acoustic guitars, banjos, and other acoustics such as washboards and thimbles for rhythm, washtub basses, spoons, and kazoos. (Lonnie Donnegan)
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Skiffle
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Which band is CLEARLY not a soul group?
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Sly & the Family Stone
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Group persona/composer of the Rolling Stones. pseudonym
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Nanker Phledge
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One of the first supergroups. What is a supergroup?
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band formed of previously famous people. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
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Which band do you know is NOT funk?
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the Temptations
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What is NOT true of Booker T and the MGs?
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They never recorded on their own. [they did]
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The rhythmic direction of funk is supplied by what?
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Bass
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Whom of the following did not influence the Beatles?
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None of the Above
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What was the house band at Motown?
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The Funk Brothers
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Southern Rock General Characteristics
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-Music is strongly aggressive
-Bands favor 2 or 3 lead guitarists -Lead guitarists have virtuosic abilities -Often play licks in harmonized thirds -Tendency to play repetitive licks at fast, break-neck tempos -Often increase tempos in ending solo sections while playing fast, repetitive licks -Rhythm sections more country-oriented (2 beat bass, stiff drumming) -Prominent Southern accents -Many narrative (ballad) songs -Lyrics often display attitudes of strong regional/national pride |
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Southern Rock Characteristics from Blues
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-Blues chord progressions (10-, 12-, & 16 bar progressions)
-Delta slide guitar techniques -Bent notes on guitar (blue notes) -Blues vocal inflections (growls, blue notes) |
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Southern Rock Characteristics from Country
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-2 beat bass lines
-Country style drumming -String bands: acoustic guitars, steel guitars, fiddles, banjo -Trebley, twangy electric lead guitars -Country vocal inflections (stutters, slides) |
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Southern Rock Characteristics from Rock n Roll
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-Hard driving rhythms
-Loud electric sound -Extremely fast tempos -Electronic distortion |
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Family in Sly and Family Stone refers to what?
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All of the Above
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Folk rock combined sounds of 1960s folk with lyrics of rock. T or F?
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False
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Producer of the Beatles
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George Martin
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Not a Stones guitarist. Who were?
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Andrew Oldman
-Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Mick Taylor, Ron Wood |
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What song form is the bridge found in?
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Standard
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Who was Pete Seeger?
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Folk singer that formed Almanac Singers with Woodie Guthrie
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Country element in southern rock?
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two beat bass
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What is a vamp?
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A stagnant guitar. Short chord progression that is repeated several times as a means of marking time.
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Why did Bob Dylan move to NY?
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To be close to Woodie Guthrie.
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Famous Motown Songwriters. Wrote for Supremes.
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Holland-Dozier-Holland
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Motown Choreographer
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Cholly Atkins
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What is a riff?
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Repeated Melodic Figure.
Short melodic and/or rhythmic pattern repeated over and over while musical changes take place. Often the harmonic and rhythmic basis of the entire song. |
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Who was not a folk rock performer?
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None of the Above
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Had its roots in traditional jazz.
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The Who
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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards alternate name
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Glimmer Twins
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Record executive that discovered Aretha and Bob Dylan.
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John Hammond
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Woodie Guthrie songs.
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All of the Above
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Reverb is what?
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Tyoe of sound distortion. Repeated several times like an echo effect.
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Ray Charles was influence by what?
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Classical Jazz
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Aretha's debut album is typical of what?
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Jazz Standards
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What was the style of James Brown's band?
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Stacatto percussive
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Who created Parliament/Funkadelic?
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George Clinton
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Booker T & the MGs were a house band of what recording studio?
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Stax Studios
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Entrepenuer who developed Motown
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Berry Gordy
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Subdominant
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IV degree
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Large Folk Singer Influence
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Woody Guthrie
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Rolling Stone influences
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Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Scotty Moore, Elvis, Little Richard, Buddy Holly
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Who was Keith Moon?
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Drummer for The Who. Died, replaced by Kenny Jones
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What is musique concrete?
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taped sounds mixed with real sounds and musical tones. Sound collage effect.
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What soul element is very much derived from gospel?
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Improvisation
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Who was Pete Meaden?
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1st Manager of The Who
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What was folk music of the 1960s modeled after
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Appalachian Folk Ballads
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What is a trait of the southern rock guitarists?
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Lead guitarists are virtuosic
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The House horn section at Stax
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the Mar-Keys
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Bob Dylan upset his fans by?
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Selling out to commercialism
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Stevie Wonder Style
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Syncopated
Heavy rhythm bass |
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Where did Funk originate?
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Jazz in the 1950s
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Who was Andrew Oldman?
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Original Stones Manager
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Who was Stu Sutcliffe?
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Original bassist for the Beatles
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What soul element is very much derived from gospel?
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Improvisation
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What soul element is very much derived from gospel?
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Improvisation
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Who was Pete Best?
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Original Beatles Drummer
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Who was Pete Meaden?
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1st Manager of The Who
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Who was Brian Epstein?
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The Beatles' Manager
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What was folk music of the 1960s modeled after
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Appalachian Folk Ballads
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What is a trait of the southern rock guitarists?
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Lead guitarists are virtuosic
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What was a characterist of Sly and the Family Stone?
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Avoided backbeat. Flat 4 Beat.
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Who was Pete Meaden?
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1st Manager of The Who
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What soul element is very much derived from gospel?
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Improvisation
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What was folk music of the 1960s modeled after
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Appalachian Folk Ballads
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Who was Pete Meaden?
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1st Manager of The Who
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What is a trait of the southern rock guitarists?
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Lead guitarists are virtuosic
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What was folk music of the 1960s modeled after
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Appalachian Folk Ballads
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The House horn section at Stax
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the Mar-Keys
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What is a trait of the southern rock guitarists?
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Lead guitarists are virtuosic
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Bob Dylan upset his fans by?
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Selling out to commercialism
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The House horn section at Stax
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the Mar-Keys
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Stevie Wonder Style
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Syncopated
Heavy rhythm bass |
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Bob Dylan upset his fans by?
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Selling out to commercialism
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Where did Funk originate?
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Jazz in the 1950s
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Stevie Wonder Style
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Syncopated
Heavy rhythm bass |
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Where did Funk originate?
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Jazz in the 1950s
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Who was Andrew Oldman?
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Original Stones Manager
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Who was Stu Sutcliffe?
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Original bassist for the Beatles
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Who was Pete Best?
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Original Beatles Drummer
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Who was Brian Epstein?
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The Beatles' Manager
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What was a characterist of Sly and the Family Stone?
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Avoided backbeat. Flat 4 Beat.
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The House horn section at Stax
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the Mar-Keys
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Bob Dylan upset his fans by?
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Selling out to commercialism
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Stevie Wonder Style
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Syncopated
Heavy rhythm bass |
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Where did Funk originate?
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Jazz in the 1950s
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Who was Andrew Oldman?
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Original Stones Manager
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Who was Stu Sutcliffe?
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Original bassist for the Beatles
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Who was Andrew Oldman?
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Original Stones Manager
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Who was Pete Best?
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Original Beatles Drummer
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Who was Stu Sutcliffe?
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Original bassist for the Beatles
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Who was Brian Epstein?
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The Beatles' Manager
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Who was Pete Best?
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Original Beatles Drummer
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What was a characterist of Sly and the Family Stone?
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Avoided backbeat. Flat 4 Beat.
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Who was Brian Epstein?
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The Beatles' Manager
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What was a characterist of Sly and the Family Stone?
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Avoided backbeat. Flat 4 Beat.
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Motown Characteristics
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-A lead singer supported by backup singers
-Close vocal harmonies -Voices predominant over instruments -Band is very much in the background -More polished sound than Soul -Not too many instrumental riffs or vamps -Strong beat generally emphasizing all four beats in a measure equally (flat four beat) -Some emphasis of backbeat, often with handclaps -Very often uses a string orchestra in background -In performances, very visually oriented with choreographed moves by backup singers (visual, not aural; not felt on recordings) |
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The Beatles 2nd Period
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Experimentation
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The Beatles 1st Period
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Initiation
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The Beatles 3rd Period
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Maturity
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The Who 2nd period Characteristics
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-intricate songs
-polyphonic, layered -longer -long intros -use of synth for polyphonic layers -Daltry screams -bass lines more melodic -melodic guitar, solos chordal -drumming maniacally busy |
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Funk Brothers?
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Gave Motown acts a uniform sound
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MGs
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House band for Stax
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The Famous Flames?
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Small gospel group James Brown started his career in. Formerly called the Swannees
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Muscle Shoals
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Memphis soul sound developed here in Alabama in Fame recording studios.
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Two beat bass
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1st and 3rd
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Flat-four beat
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motown sound. rhythm style with all 4 beats equally accented.
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MC
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“Master of Ceremonies”; “Mic Controller”
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Aleatory/Aleatoric
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Method of composition in which pitches, rhythms, motives and other decisions are left to the performer's discretion. Also chance music, as what happens is chance.
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Melismatic/Melisma
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(commonly known as vocal runs or simply runs) technique of changing the note (pitch) of a syllable of text while it is being sung
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Backbeat
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beats 2 and 4. rock 'n' roll
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Tonic
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1st pitch. central/main/home chord of a key
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Dominant
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5th pitch
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concept album
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album unified by a theme
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scratching
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moving a vinyl record back and forth to produce a scratching sound
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Developed political protest movement in folk
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Peter, Paul, and Mary
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Otis Redding
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Top performer at Monterey Pop Festivel. Top international singer in 1967.
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Sly Stone
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Effective statements against racism and influence on development of funk
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Gil Scott-Heron
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Founder of rap or politcal rap
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Aretha
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Lady Soul
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Public Enemy
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hip hop
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