Popular Music Exam 1

Burlesque
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Burlesque
-focused on female performers
-up-beat music
-money went to the men who owned the clubs
-sexualized women
Vaudville
-variety shows; usually with no general theme
-performers of all different cultures
-Judy Garland started her career in Vaudville
Minstrelsy
-white actors imitated black actors using black face
-would imitate slave songs and dance
New York
West 28th Street
Where was Tin Pan Alley located?
Tin Pan Alley
-used cheap Tin Pan pianos that could be heard through out the alley
-publishers would bribe performers to perform their music; giving them food and alcohol (similar to hustling)
seen in the homes of white middle class families
-girls usually taught
Where would you find sheet music besides Tin Pan Alley?
The Twist by Chubby Chase
What was an early song on American Band Stand?
-simple
-the dance could be done without a partner
-you could dance individually within groups
What made The Twist popular?
Soul Train
What's a contemporary American Band Stand show?
-focused on dance less than music
-amplified sound
-first pop alternative to rock and roll
What are attributes of Disco?
-play freely -everything is less polished -psychedelic rock -Jimi Hendrix; Purple HazeCharacteristics of Counter-Culture/Drug-Culture-sense of motion through time -the beat -possessionCharacteristics of rhythm-vibrations/second -do, mi, sol -interval- distance between pitchesCharacteristics of pitch-when rhythm is combined with pitch in some logical progressionCharacteristics of melody-when rhythm is combined with pitch in some logical progressionCharacteristics of melody-combination of two different notes -2 or more complementary notes that are sounded simultaneouslyCharacteristics of harmony-combination of pitch, rhythm and harmony (thin - simple)Characteristics of texture-choice of specific voices or instruments in a performanceCharacteristics of instrumentation-overall organization of a piece of musicCharacteristics of formDolly Parton and Helen ReddyTwo breakout artist during the second wave of women's rights movement-thick texture -anti-establishment -dissonantCharacteristics of Riot Gurrl Punk-Chimamanda ngozi AdichieFeminist featured in flawless