- Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

MUS505 Final Exam Q&A (Graded A+) What are the Musical Characteristics of Electric Blues? - Rhythm section now possible: piano, drums, bass Power in voice Use of distortion on a guitar and bottleneck sliding Unsettled rhythm Buzzing timbres Voice is rough Lyrics centre on the depression, isolation, sex & masculinity What does R&B stand for? - Rhythm & Blues What is Jump Blues? - 1st successful genre of R&B Combining elements of swing and blues. What are the Musical Character...

-

15 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

Academicmines

MUS505 Final Exam Q&A Correctly Solved music results from the interaction between music sonic materials and the ___________ we attach to these sounds - meanings the most commonly used music for in Tin Pan Alley songs was - AABA Which one of the following musicians is associated with the 'jump band' style, which was a direct ancestor of rock and roll - Louis Jordan The talented African American pianist and conductor who was controversially hired in 1913 by a famous white husband-and...

-

5 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

Academicmines

MUS505 Final Exam Complete Key Questions with 100% Correct Solutions||UPDATED 2025/2026 A+ GRADED!!!<< BRAND NEW VERSION>> Simon and Garfunkel - ANSWER start as a straight up acoustic folk group, find commercial success by adding electric instruments to their recording Jimi Hendrix - ANSWER Sets template for "wild man" rock guitar player Most influential electric guitar player in history: Pioneered new sounds using extreme volume and externa...

-

57 pages

Written in 2024/2025

Grade A+

SmartscoreAaron

Mus505 Exam Questions and Answers Completely Solved Streams of Traditional:Sources of Popular Music - 1)European American Stream 2)African American 3)Latin Music European Stream - a)British Ballads (Barbara Allen) b)Broadsides c)Pleasure Gardens( public performance) d)English Ballads Opera (Composed music and Ballads) e)Italian Opera f)Dance Music (Square Dancing) g)European Folk Music (Immigrants) h)Religious Music African American Stream - a)Call and Response (Voice calls and...

-

11 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

Academicmines

MUS505 Final Exam Questions and Answers Solved The 1960s defining moments - - The Viet Nam War (America lost its innocence, many protest songs created) - Rural-urban divide (clear separation between music) Rural-urban divide - - clear separation between country music charts, R&B charts, and pop music charts - genres reflected social divisions as much as musical differences distinct cultural differences between rural south and urban north (youth and parent cultures) - media was a mix...

-

42 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

Academicmines

MUS505 Final Exam with Complete Solution The Standard (Standards) - Tin Pan Alley songs were still popular in the 1950s and became known as______ Songs were known by the general mainstream population Not attached to a particular artist, performed by different artists follows a familiar formula Tin Pan Alley Pop Song Model - professional songwriters and producers crafting songs for musicals, movies, and artists "Song factory" system keeps shaping pop music artists are not ...

-

32 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

Academicmines