MUS 152: MUSIC 152
28 Cards in this Set
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Clawhammer banjo technique is best learned
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from a teacher
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Bill monroes main instrument was
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all of these
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Akonting
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a string instrument
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Giant radio transmitters in the 1920s broadcast
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from mexico, country music, medical advertisements, unregulated by the FCC.
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Bluegrass music was named for the work of
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Bill monroe
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A Super popular country singer who died in his cadillac
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Hank Williams
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What was a source of humiliation for large populations
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Term: hillbilly and cajun, minstrelsy and blackface(ALL)
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Historically the banjo has diffused across boundaries of
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race, class, geography, gender (ALL)
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A phenomenon that featured early country stars, quack medicine, vast geographic coverage and a million watts was:
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border radio
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The star banjo player of bluegrass in the 1940s
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Earl scruggs
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A performer with oversized shoes, rolling eyes, goofy speech and dimwitted manner might be:
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hill billy recording artist, minstrel actor, sterotype, 19th century banjo player(ALL)
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The banjo was first played by european americans in which context:
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Minstrel shows
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The composer of dixie was:
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Dan emmett
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A well know composer who wrote music for minstrel shows was:
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Stephen foster
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The American Equivalent of apartheid was:
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Jim Crow
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Minstrel shows were the site of:
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racist comedy, nostalgia, formation of public opinion, musical apprenticeship. (ALL)
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The elevation of the banjo involved:
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Class issues, gender issues, mass-production, teaching methods (ALL)
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Grand Ole opry is:
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a radio program
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the person who bought the western style to country western music:
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hank williams
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20This is______
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Tom bee
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21 This musician rep.
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hillbilly music
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this is
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hank williams
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this is an example from
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africa
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the style of banjo playing is known as
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scruggs style
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this style(bill monroe)
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bluegrass
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this music would have first been heard by most americans
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on mexican radio
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this song was composed during
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19th century
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this FORM is an example of
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AABCBC
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MUS 152: EXAM 1