HORR COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
A funnel would capture the whole band before going down to a needle which would etch into a
wax mold for other records. - ANS what Acoustic recording process
5 instead of 7 scale
causes "bending of notes" - ANS what is the Blues Scale
all recorders used it by 1927 - ANS Electric recording process
first black artists to make a blues recording "Crazy Blues" in 1920, 1 million copies sold -
ANS Mamie Smith was the
most popular classic female blues singer in the 20s and 30s - ANS Bessie Smith was the
From Spirituals to Swing - ANS On Dec 23 1938, and Dec 24 1939 this concert took place at
Carnegie Hall
talent scout John Hammond to promote black music to white people - ANS From Spirituals to
Swing was hosted by
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, shellac (primary component in 78rpm records) - ANS In 1942 due to the US entry into the
war, the government started rationing what
James Petrillo - ANS who was the president of the American Federation of Musicians who
banned new recordings in 42
because they feared that jukeboxes and radio were depriving musicians of live work -
ANS why was the 43 ban put in place
1914 and 1939 - ANS ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Arrangers and Publishers) was
founded in what year and had a monopoly by what year
because it tried to double its fees and Broadcast Music Incorporated - ANS why did ASCAP
lose its monopoly and to who
capture German tape recording technology - ANS what caused improvement in sound quality
Magnetic Sound Tape - ANS what was the German tech called
Black marketed music - ANS Rhythm and Blues was originally used by the record companies
to describe what
the Race Charts in 1948 - ANS what was the black music chart named and when
up tempo style of blues, played by small groups and featuring horn instruments - ANS what is
Jump blues
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
A funnel would capture the whole band before going down to a needle which would etch into a
wax mold for other records. - ANS what Acoustic recording process
5 instead of 7 scale
causes "bending of notes" - ANS what is the Blues Scale
all recorders used it by 1927 - ANS Electric recording process
first black artists to make a blues recording "Crazy Blues" in 1920, 1 million copies sold -
ANS Mamie Smith was the
most popular classic female blues singer in the 20s and 30s - ANS Bessie Smith was the
From Spirituals to Swing - ANS On Dec 23 1938, and Dec 24 1939 this concert took place at
Carnegie Hall
talent scout John Hammond to promote black music to white people - ANS From Spirituals to
Swing was hosted by
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, shellac (primary component in 78rpm records) - ANS In 1942 due to the US entry into the
war, the government started rationing what
James Petrillo - ANS who was the president of the American Federation of Musicians who
banned new recordings in 42
because they feared that jukeboxes and radio were depriving musicians of live work -
ANS why was the 43 ban put in place
1914 and 1939 - ANS ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Arrangers and Publishers) was
founded in what year and had a monopoly by what year
because it tried to double its fees and Broadcast Music Incorporated - ANS why did ASCAP
lose its monopoly and to who
capture German tape recording technology - ANS what caused improvement in sound quality
Magnetic Sound Tape - ANS what was the German tech called
Black marketed music - ANS Rhythm and Blues was originally used by the record companies
to describe what
the Race Charts in 1948 - ANS what was the black music chart named and when
up tempo style of blues, played by small groups and featuring horn instruments - ANS what is
Jump blues
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