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Part X
Rock
1. How has rock been defined?
A. As a folklike guitar-based style associated with rural white Americans
2. Early rock grew mainly out of __________, a dance music of African Americans that fused blues, jazz, and gospel styles.
D. Motown
3. An African American dance music that fused blues, jazz, and gospel styles is known as _______.
A. country and western
4. A folklike, guitar-based style associated with rural white Americans is known as ______.
D. Motown
5. The first big hit of the earliest leading rock and roll group was _______.
A. A Day in the Life
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Learning Objective: Discuss the roots of rock and trace its development
Topic: Rock
Feedback: Bill Haley’s, Rock Around the Clock is often identified as the first big hit of the new rock style.
6. In the 1950’s it was customary to have white performers record songs already released by black performers.
This practice was called _______.
A. dubbing
7. Alan Freed is best remembered as the person who did what?
A. Became the first successful rock singing star
8. ______________ is described as a type of soul music that blended rhythm and blues with popular music.
A. Country and western
9. The Beatles’s influence on American rock music may be seen through later performers’ use of _______.
A. “classical” and nonwestern instruments
10. Many of the bands in the second British invasion (1980s) used electronic technology and often featured ______.
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C. female singers
D. psychedelic light shows
11. Bands such as New Order and The Cure were part of _______.
A. psychedelic rock
12. Rock is based on a powerful beat in quadruple meter with strong accents on _____________ of each bar.
D. all four beats
13. The harmonic progressions of rock are usually ________.
A. limited to only two chords
14. What is characteristic of rock songs?
A. They are always built on modes, rather than the traditional major or minor scales.
15. The instrument that most transformed rock from its early dependence on piano-based instrumentation was _______.
A. the drum set
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B. the electric guitar
C. the saxophone
D. the bass guitar
16. Which of the following was not among the leading performers of rhythm and blues in the 1950s?
D. Bo Diddley
17. During the 1960s much of the rock music by black performers was called _______.
A. country and western
18. Which of the following statements is not true?
D. The rhythm and blues of the 1950s differed from earlier blues in its more powerful beat and its use of the saxophone and
electric guitar.
19. A style of rock music that sprang from political and social concerns in Jamaica is called _______.
A. ethnic rock
20. The style of music known as funk may be described as a _______.
A. technically refined and stylistically eclectic derivative of punk
21. A style of rock music described as a return to a primal form of rock is called _______.
D. new wave
22. A type of basic rock popular in the 1980s characterized by pounding drums, heavily amplified bass, and unrestrained guitars
played at peak volume, is known as _______.
A. reggae
23. ________ began as a kind of rhythmically accented poetic recitation accompanied by a disk jockey who manipulated
recordings on two turntables to create a collage of rhythmic effects.
A. Gospel
24. Which of the following is not considered a mainstream rap artist?
D. Dr. Dre
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Feedback: Particularly influential rap stars include Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, and the Detroit rapper Marshall Mathers (Eminem).
Bruce Springsteen is a musician involved mostly in the rock genre.
25. A typical rock group consists of _______.
A. trumpets, trombones, saxophones, bass, and drums
26. Rock superstars struck it rich through _______.
A. astronomical concert fees
27. Rock performances have taken place in _______.
A. auditoriums
28. As part of the theatrical side of rock performances, many performers such as Pete Townsend and Jimi Hendrix did what?
A. Appeared onstage with other groups
29. The Live Aid concert, in 1985, was held to _______.
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Bloom’s: Remember
Learning Objective: Recognize and examine the characteristics of rock
Topic: Rock
Feedback: The 16-hour Live Aid concert, which was telecast in 1985 on an international satellite network and reached an
audience of about 1½ billion people, was produced for African famine relief.
30. EDM stands for _______.
A. Enlightened Disco Music
31. Developed in the 1980s, ______ is a cable television network that broadcasts rock videos.
A. DVD
32. Which of the following is not a popular rock dance?
A. The mashed potato
33. The dominant dance music of the 1970s was _______.
A. the twist
34. Techno and electronica are performed at dancing events known as _______.
A. pogos
35. Which of the following was not a member of the Beatles?
A. John Lennon
36. Among the instruments unusual to rock music used by the Beatles was the _______.
A. sitar
37. The Beatles’s recording _________ can be considered a unified song cycle.
D. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
38. Which of the following statements concerning the Beatles’s music is not true?
A. Their harmonic vocabulary was richer than that of most rock music.
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Category # of Questions
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 38
Bloom’s: Remember 30
Bloom’s: Understand 8
Learning Objective: Discuss the roots of rock and trace its development 16
Learning Objective: Recall the development of rap music 2
Learning Objective: Recall the innovations of the Beatle’s album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1
Learning Objective: Recall the relationship between rock and dancing 4
Learning Objective: Recognize and examine the characteristics of rock 11
Learning Objective: Understand the musical style of the Beatles 4
Topic: Rock 38