MUCO 120 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
Chuck Berry - Answers early rock n' roller
Little Richard - Answers Richard Wayne Pennimen, blended electric blues, boogie woogie, and R&B at
dawn of rock n roll
Falsetto - Answers singing above modal/ormal speaking/singing range, higher in pitch
12-bar blues - Answers standarized blues form, repeating harmonic progression built around 3 chirds
(first, fourth, fifth chords of the key), lasts 12 bars
Elvis - Answers King of Rock and Roll
Rockabilly - Answers first wave of southern, country/western influenced white rockers, Sun Records, 12
bar blues, yodeling/vocal hiccups, rythm section
Rolling Stones - Answers A British rock group who cultivated an image as "bad boys" in deliberate
contrast to the friendly public image projected by the Beatles.
The Kinks - Answers precursors of heavy metal and punk rock, later known as "power chord" playing.
Motown - Answers is the term that refers to the style of music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the
late 1960's. The Sound was a mixture of several popular musical styles and can be considered a form of
soul music.
Soul - Answers based in gospel influences, applied gospel sounds to secular themes
James Brown - Answers the "Godfather of Soul" was a tireless producer, manager, writer, and agent who
was known for his lively stage shows that worked him to the point of exhaustion.
Berry Gordy - Answers founder of Motown Records, kept managerial and financial control within african
american community
Phil Spector - Answers Pioneering and influential music producer associated with the "wall of sound"
who founded Philles records at the age of twenty-one.
Hippies/Counterculture - Answers A cultural movement that took place in America and Great Britain in
the 1960s, against the war in Vietnam, pro civil rights, women's rights, and sexual freedom,"Flower
Children" Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in 1969, music like the Beatles and used marijuana,
LSD, and other drugs.
Disco - Answers 1975-1980, rock fans saw disco as opposite of rock,bithered in black and latin
nightclubs, considered a "gay" music, elitest, urban music for clubs in major cities
Glam rock - Answers a style of rock music first popular in the early 1970s, characterized by male
performers wearing exaggeratedly flamboyant clothes and makeup., Bowie
Chuck Berry - Answers early rock n' roller
Little Richard - Answers Richard Wayne Pennimen, blended electric blues, boogie woogie, and R&B at
dawn of rock n roll
Falsetto - Answers singing above modal/ormal speaking/singing range, higher in pitch
12-bar blues - Answers standarized blues form, repeating harmonic progression built around 3 chirds
(first, fourth, fifth chords of the key), lasts 12 bars
Elvis - Answers King of Rock and Roll
Rockabilly - Answers first wave of southern, country/western influenced white rockers, Sun Records, 12
bar blues, yodeling/vocal hiccups, rythm section
Rolling Stones - Answers A British rock group who cultivated an image as "bad boys" in deliberate
contrast to the friendly public image projected by the Beatles.
The Kinks - Answers precursors of heavy metal and punk rock, later known as "power chord" playing.
Motown - Answers is the term that refers to the style of music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the
late 1960's. The Sound was a mixture of several popular musical styles and can be considered a form of
soul music.
Soul - Answers based in gospel influences, applied gospel sounds to secular themes
James Brown - Answers the "Godfather of Soul" was a tireless producer, manager, writer, and agent who
was known for his lively stage shows that worked him to the point of exhaustion.
Berry Gordy - Answers founder of Motown Records, kept managerial and financial control within african
american community
Phil Spector - Answers Pioneering and influential music producer associated with the "wall of sound"
who founded Philles records at the age of twenty-one.
Hippies/Counterculture - Answers A cultural movement that took place in America and Great Britain in
the 1960s, against the war in Vietnam, pro civil rights, women's rights, and sexual freedom,"Flower
Children" Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in 1969, music like the Beatles and used marijuana,
LSD, and other drugs.
Disco - Answers 1975-1980, rock fans saw disco as opposite of rock,bithered in black and latin
nightclubs, considered a "gay" music, elitest, urban music for clubs in major cities
Glam rock - Answers a style of rock music first popular in the early 1970s, characterized by male
performers wearing exaggeratedly flamboyant clothes and makeup., Bowie
