MUSC 200: Final Exam
21 Cards in this Set
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Popular
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strives to be commercially successful
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Classical
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art for art's sake
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Folk
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created anonymously and passed down orally from generation to generation without the thought of commercial gain
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Riff
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a repeated pattern designed to generate rhythmic momentum
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Hook
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a catchy musical phrase or riff
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Groove
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the channeled flow of "swinging" or "funky" or "phat" rhythms
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Timbre
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the characteristic sound of an instrument
-also called tone color
-establishes the "sound print"
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Majors
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large record companies
-conservative with capital and power
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Indies
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small independent labels in marginal markets
-helped popularize blues, country, etc.
-search out new talent
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Ballad
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verses telling a story are sung to a repeating melody
-strophic musical form
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Beat
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the regular pulse
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Tempo
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the speed at which the beat moves
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Meter
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organization of the rhythmic experience
-number of beats per measure
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Rhythm
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the pattern of long and short durations and accents
-backbeat accents on beat two and four
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Syncopation
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when an accented occurs in an unexpected place like on a weak beat
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Melody
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an organized succession of pitches and rhythm
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Harmony
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the simultaneous sounding of different pitches
-vertical combination, making a chord may be consonant or dissonant
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Harmonic Progression
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the relationship between chords throughout the piece
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Minstrelsy
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first distinctly American Popular music
-started with a stage act with song, music, dance, skits
-whites dressed in blackface (burnt cork)
-stereotypical representations of black southern life
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Stephen Foster
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father of American Music
-first professional songwriting career
-influenced by European songs, light opera and minstrel songs
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
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father of the Texas Blues
-wrote "Black Snake Moan"
-meaning/independent strophes
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MUSC 200: FOLK ROCK