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R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. • FAC

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201J • Davenport

Study Guide / Quiz #1:

Basic Elements of Musical Sound, The 50s Rock & Roll

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Review notes from class lectures. Always start by going over your notes from class. These

provide the majority of answers.

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Review pages in Stuessy text as outlined in your Syllabus.

Part I

: Basic Musical Elements/Important terms:

rhythm

beat

accen

ts

meter (duple, triple, compound)

syncopation

tempo

pitch

range

scales (diatonic, chromatic)

interval

melody

phrase

melodic contour (conjunct, disjunct)

cadence

harmony

chord

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consonant

dissonant

tonality

major mode

minor mode

modulation

timbre

rock instrumentation

texture

monophony

homophony

polyphony

volume/dynamics

form

Part II

: The 1950s Rock & Roll

A. Important Terms/Names (other than what is on Supplemental Listening Materials):

popular music

Tin Pan Alley

country & western

race

records

hillbilly

rhythm & blues

blues

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bar blues form

Northern band rock and roll

New Orleans dance blues

Memphis rockabilly

Chicago rhythm & blues

Urban Black Gospel

stop

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time

cover song

rockabilly

doo

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wop

jump blues

rock and roll

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bar blues

electric urban blues

gospel

call

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and

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response

"walking" bass

Chess Records

gospel

Alan Freed

Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

Carl Perkins

Pat Boone

B. Listening Examples:

Review your Supplemental Listening Guides and online listeni

ng examples.

LISTEN

to the songs

and know the following:

• composer, performer, title

• genre, instrumentation, meter, form, texture

• for each song, what was the main purpose for studying this listening example?