MUH 2019 Modern Popular Music Fall 2014 Final Exam Study Guide Clancy Apgar The final exam will take the form of multiple choice Please bring a No 2 pencil on the day of the exam as you will fill out a scantron exam sheet You will have 2 hours to complete your final exam and it will be held on Thursday 11th December from 12 30pm 2 30pm in LON 201 If you are finished before time please feel free to submit your exam and leave All questions are taken from the lecture and reading assignments All musical examples for the listening portion of the exam can be found under the Sound Tracks tab on Blackboard When studying these please be able to identify its title performer genre and basic musical characteristics When asked about a specific artist or group simply learn their names what genres of music they were associated with what instrument they played if any and what were their major contributions to popular music Good luck How to Study Popular Music What are the 5 basic elements of music 1 Sound and silence combo of both 2 Organization sounds and silences organized in some way 3 Humans produce hear perceive intend 4 Intention and perception pop music a lot of people perceive it as music which makes it popular 5 Assumptions ex all black people listen to hip hop humans are ties to experience which provide the assumptions Popular music is music that is 4 answers o mass reproduced o disseminated via the mass media o listened to by large numbers o draws upon a variety of preexisting musical traditions Define the following terms timbre genre lyrics o Timbre tone quality of sound tone color ex singing versus guitar can identify instruments o Genre the category of a given work determined by a communication off performance medium and social function o Lyrics the words of a song may include dialect How has technology affected music o makes it readily available o enhanced weakened music making process o change in timbres ex launch pad o change in fan club and or relationship o overnight successes ex Justin Bieber What was the first form of musical and theatrical entertainment to be regarded as The Minstrel Show American o The Minstrel Show When was the Minstrel Show popular MUH 2019 Modern Popular Music Fall 2014 o 19th century What is the Minstrel Show o white people painted faces black and performed The Minstrel Show emerged from o working class white Americans where interracial interactions were common wasn t meant to be racist identified themselves with African Americans because they were also struggling o a character played by Thomas Dartmouth Daddy Rice Cake Walk dance o Be able to identify Jump Jim Crow song track Who is Jim Crow Fiddle Who is Zip Coon o another famous Minstrel character o Be able to identify Zip Coon song track sounds like Zip A Dee Doo Dah What is Vaudeville How did that differ from the Minstrel Show o Vaudeville was a variety show involved acts of varying characteristics although there were minstrel acts in it Reading Assignment 1 Why did the radio become more popular than the phonograph o It was more affordable In 1920 what were the three commercial radio stations created in the United States and what cities were they located 1 KDKA Pittsburgh 2 WWJ Detroit 3 WJZ Newark New Jersey What was the first film to exploit sound successfully in 1927 o The Jazz Singer Social Dance o New York What major city was the hub for popular culture in the early 1900s What major technological advancements impacted the music industry in the early 1900s o Phonograph recorded music instead of sheet music o Radio and television were introduced How was ASCAP important to the music industry in the early 1900s o American Society for Composers Authors and Publishers ASCAP made sure that artists made money wen their music was played on the radio What were cabarets o establishments offering food drinks floor shows and dancing established what was popular socialization established dances Who were Irene and Vernon Castle o arguably the biggest superstars around the time of WWI their fashion became popular expanded the range of popular dance changed complex ballroom dances to simple social dances attracted million to ballroom dancing MUH 2019 Modern Popular Music Fall 2014 Jazz Where was jazz invented o Congo Square New Orleans What is ragtime o Style of music that emphasized rhythmic syncopation ragged time What were the major differences between the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and King Oliver s Creole Jazz Band they invented it o Original Dixieland Jazz Band white first recorded jass therefore they said o King Oliver s Creole Jazz Band black one of the earliest recordings of African American jazz musicians first authentic evidence of a mature jazz style focused on improvisation Who was King Oliver and what was his relationship to Louis Armstrong Who was Armstrong o King Oliver was an American Jazz cornet player who pioneered the use of mutes was the bandleader to King Oliver s Creole Jazz Band and was a teacher and mentor to Louis Armstrong o Be able to identify Dipper Mouth Blues song track Who is Paul Whiteman and why was he so significant to jazz o Paul Whiteman was a musician and businessman who led the Ambassador Orchestra a 7 piece dance band recorded hits that were performed with Vernon and Irene Castle and between 1920 1934 had 28 number one records and 150 records ranked in the top 10 He hired leading white jazz musicians and established over 60 bands by 1930 o Be able to identify Anything Goes song track How did jazz impact the main stream in the early 1900s o fed into the syncopation dance craze o was considered novelty music o audiences grew due to South to North migration o intermingling of races Tin Pan Alley What is Tin Pan Alley and what city was it located in o a collection of music publishers and songwriters who dominated pop music in the Tin Pan Alley was made up of composers lyricists performers and publishers of Jewish late 19th century early 20th century o located in New York descent Tin Pan Alley songs covered what themes or topics o romantic ideal and living successfully What is crooning MUH 2019 Modern Popular Music Fall 2014 o a soft soothing singing style that emerged with the introduction of the electric o George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist who studied European microphone Who is George Gershwin music and worked with Paul Whiteman o Be able to identify I ve Got Rhythm What is a standard o a song that has a continued appeal songs that have lasted
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