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Exam 1 Review (Part 1)

  1. Mississippi John Hurt was a poor ____ from Avalon, __
    • sharecropper
    • MS
  2. How did Mississippi Hurt learn guitar?
    He was self-taught
  3. What was unique about Mississippi John Hurt?
    His distinctive fingerpicking guitar and vocals
  4. The Ballad Tradition has ____ organization
    strophic
  5. The Ballad Transmission was originally transmitted ____ _____
    live orally
  6. The Ballad Tradition is a type of...
    story-telling through music
  7. Is The Ballad Tradition based on true events?
    Sometimes
  8. What are the 3 transmission methods of music?
    Oral Transmission (from person to person)

    Written Transmission (sheet music)

    Sound Recording (records, tapes, CDs, digital sound files, common only since the 1920s)
  9. What was "Vaudeville"?
    • A late 19th- and early 20th- century variety entertainment
    • It featured popular songs sung by professionals
  10. Music publishing:

    Sheet music- songs in _____ _____
    Used to be sold in retail stores to ____ musicians (mostly ___ ____ class)
    • musical notation
    • amateur, white middle
  11. The nickname for music publishing industry in NYC (1890s-1940s)
    Tin Pan Alley
  12. How did Charles K. Harris become a musician? What was unique about how he wrote music?
    • Charles K. Harris was a self-taught musician.
    • He could not "write down" music
  13. How did Charles K. Harris make so much money?
    He retained copywrite to his song "After The Ball" which made him much more money then what he was offered
  14. What was the form of "After The Ball"?
    verse-chorus form
  15. What was the most profitable song of Tin Pan Alley
    After The Ball
  16. What type of dance was "After The Ball" associated with?
    Waltz
  17. Syncopation
    A feature of some rhythms; emphasis on the upbeat
  18. Who was the most famous ragtime composer?
    Scott Joplin (Maple Leaf Raf, 1898)
  19. What style was loosely adopted in Tin Pan Alley songs?
    Ragtime style
  20. Ragtime Style had blended elements of (2):
    • European-derived march style
    • African American-derived banjo style
  21. Ragtime style music was heavily ____
    syncopated
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