MUS 106 Final Exam Study Set With Complete
Solutions
Minstrelsy - ANSWER - American form of entertainment developed in the 19th century
of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface
or, especially after the U.S. Civil War, by black people
- after the decline in popularity of minstrelsy, Vaudeville and the Broadway Musical
Revue became popular
Ragtime - ANSWER - music characterized by syncopation (through melodic line and
regularly accented accompaniment), evolved by black American musicians in the 1890s,
and played especially on the piano
Tin Pan Alley - ANSWER - comprised the commercial music of songwriters of ballads,
dance music, and vaudeville, and its name eventually became synonymous with
American popular music in general
- Tin Pan Alley pop = the dominant hi-brow popular music for the first half of the 20th
century and beyond
- Tin Pan Alley pop was the established, industry-standard, mainstream popular music
against which rock and roll would rebel in the 1950s
Hillbilly Music - ANSWER - Hillbilly Music, one of the two styles, that would serve as
primary influences on rock and roll
- folk music combined with elements of popular music in which the banjo, fiddle, and
guitar are principal instruments
,- originated in mountain regions of the southern U.S.
During the 1920s and 1930s, the style of music we now know as country and western
was called HBM
- There were African-Americans who performed hillbilly music
Race Music - ANSWER - The most common form of race music = The Blues
- broken into two sub-styles: country blues and classic blues
- Note that the term country blues has nothing to do with country and western music,
but rather distinguishes this more rural style from the more urban, cosmopolitan classic
blues style
- Race music would serve as second of the two primary influences on the style of rock
and roll
Hot Jazz - ANSWER - Hot jazz got its name from its blazing tempos and fiery
improvisations
- It originated in New Orleans in the early 1900s, but Louis Armstrong's early bands
helped spread hot jazz' blend of ragtime, blues, and brass band marches to Chicago and
New York
- Its musical culture lead up to the jazz age, and the style of New Orleans jazz
Sweet Jazz - ANSWER - The consummate flapper = silent film star Clara Bow
- Rudolph Valentine served as the model for the male version of a flapper = known as a
"sheik"
- Paul Whiteman = the self-titled "King of Jazz"/had his own logo.. The "potatohead"
, logo
Swing - ANSWER -Swing Jazz helped Americans cope with anxiety caused by Great
Depression.
- Boosted careers of some black bandleaders.
- Dance steps developed by black teenagers.
Jump Music - ANSWER - Jump blues is an up-tempo style of blues, usually played by
small groups and featuring saxophone or brass instruments
- It was popular in the 1940s and was a precursor of rhythm and blues and rock and roll
- Appreciation of jump blues was renewed in the 1990s as part of the swing revival
'50s Rock and Roll - ANSWER - The forces in place before the "rock and roll revolution"
included: war, and in particular, World War II, as a vehicle for cultural exchange/ASCAP
and BMI, two competing performance rights organizations, and their effects on the
music industry, as well as racial considerations in their membership/the idea of teenagers
having their own money - this served as the basis for some big changes in the way music
was to be marketed
- derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and
a simple, repetitive phrase structure
Schlock Rock - ANSWER - This formulaic, industry standard, squeaky clean style almost
killed rock and roll
Solutions
Minstrelsy - ANSWER - American form of entertainment developed in the 19th century
of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface
or, especially after the U.S. Civil War, by black people
- after the decline in popularity of minstrelsy, Vaudeville and the Broadway Musical
Revue became popular
Ragtime - ANSWER - music characterized by syncopation (through melodic line and
regularly accented accompaniment), evolved by black American musicians in the 1890s,
and played especially on the piano
Tin Pan Alley - ANSWER - comprised the commercial music of songwriters of ballads,
dance music, and vaudeville, and its name eventually became synonymous with
American popular music in general
- Tin Pan Alley pop = the dominant hi-brow popular music for the first half of the 20th
century and beyond
- Tin Pan Alley pop was the established, industry-standard, mainstream popular music
against which rock and roll would rebel in the 1950s
Hillbilly Music - ANSWER - Hillbilly Music, one of the two styles, that would serve as
primary influences on rock and roll
- folk music combined with elements of popular music in which the banjo, fiddle, and
guitar are principal instruments
,- originated in mountain regions of the southern U.S.
During the 1920s and 1930s, the style of music we now know as country and western
was called HBM
- There were African-Americans who performed hillbilly music
Race Music - ANSWER - The most common form of race music = The Blues
- broken into two sub-styles: country blues and classic blues
- Note that the term country blues has nothing to do with country and western music,
but rather distinguishes this more rural style from the more urban, cosmopolitan classic
blues style
- Race music would serve as second of the two primary influences on the style of rock
and roll
Hot Jazz - ANSWER - Hot jazz got its name from its blazing tempos and fiery
improvisations
- It originated in New Orleans in the early 1900s, but Louis Armstrong's early bands
helped spread hot jazz' blend of ragtime, blues, and brass band marches to Chicago and
New York
- Its musical culture lead up to the jazz age, and the style of New Orleans jazz
Sweet Jazz - ANSWER - The consummate flapper = silent film star Clara Bow
- Rudolph Valentine served as the model for the male version of a flapper = known as a
"sheik"
- Paul Whiteman = the self-titled "King of Jazz"/had his own logo.. The "potatohead"
, logo
Swing - ANSWER -Swing Jazz helped Americans cope with anxiety caused by Great
Depression.
- Boosted careers of some black bandleaders.
- Dance steps developed by black teenagers.
Jump Music - ANSWER - Jump blues is an up-tempo style of blues, usually played by
small groups and featuring saxophone or brass instruments
- It was popular in the 1940s and was a precursor of rhythm and blues and rock and roll
- Appreciation of jump blues was renewed in the 1990s as part of the swing revival
'50s Rock and Roll - ANSWER - The forces in place before the "rock and roll revolution"
included: war, and in particular, World War II, as a vehicle for cultural exchange/ASCAP
and BMI, two competing performance rights organizations, and their effects on the
music industry, as well as racial considerations in their membership/the idea of teenagers
having their own money - this served as the basis for some big changes in the way music
was to be marketed
- derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and
a simple, repetitive phrase structure
Schlock Rock - ANSWER - This formulaic, industry standard, squeaky clean style almost
killed rock and roll
