MUS 115 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Golden Gate Quartet, James Reese Europe, John Philip Sousa
18 Jun 2018
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Pop, Rock, and Soul
Study Guide #1
Unit 1
Timbre, instrumentation, texture, pitch, scale, melody, harmony, chord progression
(changes), intensity, dynamics, duration, rhythm, beat, meter, measure (=bar),
performance style, form, verse, verse-chorus (refrain), introduction, strain,
rhythm section (3 functions), backbeat
Unit II
Three sources, highbrow/lowbrow, written/oral tradition, parlor song, Stephen
Foster, minstrel show, blackface, Tambo and Bones, Dan Emmett, Tin Pan Alley,
song plugger, musical comedy, George M. Cohan, “After the Ball”, lyricist,
composer, military band, concert band, John Philip Sousa, George Gershwin , Irving
Berlin,
call and response.
Unit III
Ragtime, syncopation, backbeat, Tom Turpin, Scott Joplin, James Reese Europe,
blues, 12-bar progression, Rural (Delta)[NOT Country!]/Urban (“Classic”) style
blues, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Jazz, New Orleans, Chicago, front line,
improvisation, chord progression (changes), King Oliver, Louis Armstrong.
Unit IV
“Modern Era” (technological developments), The Jazz Age, animal dances, fox trot,
fox trot rhythm, Prohibition, speakeasy, flapper, radio, records, microphone,
amplifier, talking film, Paul Whiteman, AABA, verse/chorus, crooner, Bing Crosby,
Billie Holiday, Show Boat, book musical, colloquial lyrics, Fred Astaire.
Unit V
Big band (Swing), brass, reeds, rhythm section (3 functions), arranger, Fletcher
Henderson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Duke Ellington, hot/sweet
Unit VI
Blues, 12-bar progression, Delta (rural, not Country), Blind Lemon Jefferson,
Robert Johnson, “Good Time” Blues, Hokum Bros., Boogie-woogie, 8-to-the-bar,
gospel: group/ solo, Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet (proto-Doo Wop), Mahalia Jackson,
melisma.
Unit VII
Country (folk, traditional, Old-Time, now “roots”), string band, Gid Tanner, oral
tradition, Ralph Peer, Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Southern Music,
Western: cowboy (movies, “horse opera”), Gene Autry, Western Swing
(instruments, venue), Bob Wills, Honky-Tonk (subject matter, instruments), Hank
Williams, Bluegrass (instruments), Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, “Folk”, topical songs,
Woody Guthrie, Dust Bowl, Almanac Singers, Weavers.
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Document Summary
Timbre, instrumentation, texture, pitch, scale, melody, harmony, chord progression (changes), intensity, dynamics, duration, rhythm, beat, meter, measure (=bar), performance style, form, verse, verse-chorus (refrain), introduction, strain, rhythm section (3 functions), backbeat. Three sources, highbrow/lowbrow, written/oral tradition, parlor song, stephen. Foster, minstrel show, blackface, tambo and bones, dan emmett, tin pan alley, song plugger, musical comedy, george m. cohan, after the ball , lyricist, composer, military band, concert band, john philip sousa, george gershwin , irving. Ragtime, syncopation, backbeat, tom turpin, scott joplin, james reese europe, blues, 12-bar progression, rural (delta)[not country! ]/urban ( classic ) style blues, robert johnson, bessie smith, jazz, new orleans, chicago, front line, improvisation, chord progression (changes), king oliver, louis armstrong. Modern era (technological developments), the jazz age, animal dances, fox trot, fox trot rhythm, prohibition, speakeasy, flapper, radio, records, microphone, amplifier, talking film, paul whiteman, aaba, verse/chorus, crooner, bing crosby, Billie holiday, show boat, book musical, colloquial lyrics, fred astaire.
