Quiz 1 Study Guide
Quiz I—Study Guide Format: 5 listening questions (2 points each), 10 multiple choice questions (2 points each), 2 short answer (5 points each)
Listening/Musical Examples—may be played *or* come up in other questions
• “Zip Coon,” George Washington Dixon (1828) – minstrelsy o verse-chorus form, story song, voice & fiddle
• “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair,” c. Stephen Foster (1854) – parlor song o AABA form (B= new melody), piano & voice
• “Maple Leaf Rag,” Scott Joplin (1898) - ragtime o musically complicated, bass with left hand (steady rhythm w/ beat), right hand plays off beat (syncopation), formal sections
• “Come Fly With Me,” Frank Sinatra (1958); Michael Bublé (2003) – crooners o Smooth, deep, voice, sentimentality
• “Keep on the Sunny Side,” The Carter Family (1927) - hillbilly o guitar style, first chorus form (has verse & chorus), optimistic lyrics, low pitch
• “Crossroad Blues,” Robert Johnson (1937) – race music/classical blues
• “Mannish Boy,” Muddy Waters (1955) – blues more into R&B o hyper-masculinism, stylistic features → call-and-response, away from older blues format, backing instruments (harmonica, drum set, guitar, shouts), single line guitar
• “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean,” Ruth Brown (1953) – R&B
• “Johnny B. Goode,” Chuck Berry (1958) – r&b/rock
• “Tutti Frutti,” Little Richard (1955); also Elvis and Pat Boone versions – r&b/rock, white artists to cover black hits
• “Hound Dog,” Elvis Presley (also Big Mama Thornton)
Terms/concepts
• Acoustic vs. electric guitar o Acoustic – no electrical amplification, softer o Electric – amplified, louder
• Backbeats o Strong accent on one of the normally unaccented beats of the bar, esp. in jazz & popular music
• Blackface o What minstrel performers would do before performance, paint face brown (both whites and blacks did this)
• Blues o Musical features
• West African traditions
• Flatted “blue notes”
• Originally for AA, but everyone else liked it
Listening/Musical Examples—may be played *or* come up in other questions
• “Zip Coon,” George Washington Dixon (1828) – minstrelsy o verse-chorus form, story song, voice & fiddle
• “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair,” c. Stephen Foster (1854) – parlor song o AABA form (B= new melody), piano & voice
• “Maple Leaf Rag,” Scott Joplin (1898) - ragtime o musically complicated, bass with left hand (steady rhythm w/ beat), right hand plays off beat (syncopation), formal sections
• “Come Fly With Me,” Frank Sinatra (1958); Michael Bublé (2003) – crooners o Smooth, deep, voice, sentimentality
• “Keep on the Sunny Side,” The Carter Family (1927) - hillbilly o guitar style, first chorus form (has verse & chorus), optimistic lyrics, low pitch
• “Crossroad Blues,” Robert Johnson (1937) – race music/classical blues
• “Mannish Boy,” Muddy Waters (1955) – blues more into R&B o hyper-masculinism, stylistic features → call-and-response, away from older blues format, backing instruments (harmonica, drum set, guitar, shouts), single line guitar
• “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean,” Ruth Brown (1953) – R&B
• “Johnny B. Goode,” Chuck Berry (1958) – r&b/rock
• “Tutti Frutti,” Little Richard (1955); also Elvis and Pat Boone versions – r&b/rock, white artists to cover black hits
• “Hound Dog,” Elvis Presley (also Big Mama Thornton)
Terms/concepts
• Acoustic vs. electric guitar o Acoustic – no electrical amplification, softer o Electric – amplified, louder
• Backbeats o Strong accent on one of the normally unaccented beats of the bar, esp. in jazz & popular music
• Blackface o What minstrel performers would do before performance, paint face brown (both whites and blacks did this)
• Blues o Musical features
• West African traditions
• Flatted “blue notes”
• Originally for AA, but everyone else liked it