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40 Cards in this Set
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The phonograph was invented by ___.
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Thomas Edison
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Which technology made monographic records obsolete.
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Stereo
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What was used to record sound
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Lamp black
tinfoil shellac |
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What were the first records
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through a photoengraving process the sounds were recorded onto disks made of metal and shellac.
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What is digital recording
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music is played back by laser beam rather than by needle or magnetic tabe. Sound is translated by waves into computer like impulses
impulses on disks in binary code |
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captured fluctuations of original sound waves and stored on records or cassets as a continuous stream of magnetization
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Analog recording
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The recording industry and radio competed with each other for business until ___
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radiostations began airing music
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Which of the following formats became the standard for two-sided singles?
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45rpm
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What is Tin Pan Alley
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a. The term refers to an area of Manhattan.
b. The term "tin pan" was used to describe the sound of the music produced in the area. d. Its tradition of songwriters continued through the 1950s. |
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The practice of rerecording songs written and recorded by other artists is known as _____.
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covering
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Payola refers to the practice of ____.
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a. paying radio programmers to play only certain songs
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The British Invasion changed the recording industry in the following way:
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a. by proving that artists could write their own music.
b. by introducing a harder edge to rock music. c. by demonstrating that American music forms could be marketed globally. |
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The most successful group signed to the Motown label in the 1960s was _____.
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the supremes
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The conversational style of _________ music makes it a forum in which performers can debate such issues as gender, class, and drugs.
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hip-hop
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In a rebellion against the commercialized music world, the loud, unpolished ____ genre emerged in the late 1970s.
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punk rock
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What are the four major record labels
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Sony
Warner Universial EMI |
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Indies, or independent record labels, control a total of only _____ percent of the recording industry.
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11-15
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The producer's duties include ____.
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booking the studio space
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The fee collected for the use of an artist's work on a television commercial is called a _____.
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performance royalty
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The music industry considers unauthorized downloading of copyrighted songs to be _____.
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online piracy
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___ first captured sound using a hair and a coated cylinder.
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b. Leon Scott de Martinville
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Which of the following is true regarding the development of records?
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They were the first sound medium to be mass-produced.
b. They led to the development of the "star system." c. Originally made of shellac, records were produced using polyvinyl after the war. |
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ASCAP, which was founded to collect copyright fees for publishers and writers, stands for ____.
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b. The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
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In the 1950s, two types of ___ systems entered the marketplace.
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hi-fi
Console Component |
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what is a console system
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combined several elements radio tuner turntable, speakers, and amplifier
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what is a component system
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enabled consumers to mix and match different models and parts
also allowed for easier replacement of various elements |
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In the 1950s, television programs _____.
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a. borrowed heavily from radio formats
b. stole listeners away from the radio c. caused the recording industry and radio to join forces |
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The improvisational music that developed in New Orleans is known as ___.
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jazz
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Boundries tested by rock and roll
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high and low culture
masculine and feminine black and white north and south sacred and secular |
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The song that finally placed higher on the charts than its cover was _____.
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Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally"
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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, rock and roll _____.
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lost some of its rebellious edge
became gradually more commercialized had its image cleaned up by the record companies |
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transformation of the rythms and melodies of older R&B, pop vocals, and early rock and roll
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soul
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Music passed down through a culture and performed by largely untrained musicians is known as _____.
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folk
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The larger label that encompasses such genres as punk and metal is called ____.
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alternative rock
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In many ways, _____ can be seen as the black counterpart to the spirit of punk.
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hip-hop
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A&R (artist and repertoire) agents act as _______.
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talent scouts
managers liaisons between song writers and performers |
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An unauthorized recording of a live performance is known as a(n) _____.
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bootleg
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The voluntary labeling of music with explicit content began in the _____.
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mid- 1980s
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Factor in the early growth of rock and roll?
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It provided radio with inexpensive content.
b. It offered youths an escape from real world concerns. d. Racial barriers were beginning to break down. |
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Which of the following did characterize rock music in the 1960s?
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a. It focused on experimenting with drugs.
b. It protested social problems and the Vietnam War. c. It moved from acoustic roots to a folk-rock style. |