FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE Music 3500: American Music This final exam is comprehensive it covers the entire course (Monday, December 11 starting at 5PM in Knauss Hall 2452) Exam Format: 70 questions (each question is worth 4 points), plus a 40-point "fill-in-the-chart" (described below) (these two things total a maximum of 320 possible points toward your final course grade total). The format of the 70-question computer-graded section of the final exam will be:...matching...multiple Choice...True/False (from text readings, class lectures, YouTube video links) General study recommendations: - Do the online quiz assignments for Chapters 1-9 (these must be completed by Monday April 24) ---------- For the Computer-Graded part of the final exam: 1. Know the definitions of Important Terms at the ends of Chapters 2-8 - Chapter 1 (textbook, page 5) -- know "popular music," "roots music," "Classical artmusic" - Chapter 2 (textbook, page 19) -- know "old-time music," "hot jazz," "race music" - Chapter 3 (textbook, page 31) -- know "bebop," "big-band," "boogie-woogie" - Chapter 4 (textbook, page 42) -- know "backbeat," "chance music," "cool jazz," "multiserialism," "rhythm & blues," "soul" - Chapter 5 (textbook, page 52) -- know "soundtrack," "free jazz" - Chapter 6 (textbook, pages 58-59) -- know "fusion," minimalism," - Chapter 7 (textbook, pages 69-70) -- know "techno," "smooth jazz," "hip-hop" - Chapter 8 (textbook, page 81) -- know "sound art" 2. Know which decade the following music technologies came from: (Review the chronological order of music technologies in Chapter 9--textbook, page 87) (Review the music-related technology charts and sections in Chapter 2 through 8) Possible Answers: a) 1920s b) 1930s c) 1940s d) 1950s e) 1960s f) 1970s g) since 1980
AM radio, electric microphone, 78-RPM records, movies with sound, Stereo (2-channel) recording and playback, FM radio, 33-RPM stereo LP records, commercial TV, reel-toreel tape recording, electric guitar invented, 45-RPM singles, 8-track tapes, cassette tapes, Apple personal computer, MIDI, Compact disc, 12-inch single, MTV, Internet/World Wide Web, DVDs, Amazon, Google, ebay, ipod, itunes, iphone, YouTube 3. Music Examples to Study: (These will be used in some way for HALF the questions on this final exam) This is a selection of some of the important musical works we have covered this semester. They will be used as the basis for seven sets of questions (35 questions out of 70) in matching an artist or group to either: - a musical work - their specific style category - a brief description of them that includes their musical style and time era (decade) You do not need to know the specific year of each piece Examples for Roots music "Delta" Blues Robert Johnson: "Cross Road Blues" (1936) Traditional Folk Music Woody Guthrie: This Land is Your Land (1940) Gospel Music Mahalia Jackson: Move On Up A Little Higher (1948) Examples for Popular Music Ragtime piano music Scott Joplin: The Entertainer (1902) Jazz (this is popular music; not "roots" music) -Louis Armstrong: Hotter Than That (1927)--hot jazz (Dixieland) -Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (1931)--big band "swing" -Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie: Koko (1945)--bebop -Dave Brubeck Quartet: Take Five (1959)--cool jazz -Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1960) -- free jazz
-Kenny G: "Songbird" (1986)--smooth jazz (he is the biggestselling jazz artist of all time) Broadway Musicals -Kern and Hammerstein: "Ol' Man River" from Showboat (1927) -Leonard Bernstein: "Tonight (ensemble)" from West Side Story (1957) -James Rado: "Hair" from Hair (1967) -Stephen Sondheim: "Epiphany" from Sweeney Todd (1979) Tin Pan Alley/Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary -Bing Crosby: White Christmas (1942) -- Tin Pan Alley -Barbra Streisand: The Way We Were (1974) -- Tin Pan Alley -Frank Sinatra: New York, New York (1980) -- Tin Pan Alley -Josh Grobin: You Raise Me Up (2003) -- Adult Contemporary Film Music: -Bernard Hermann: soundtrack to Psycho (1960)---film score -John Williams: soundtrack "Theme" from Harry Potter series, films 1-3 (2001-04)--film scores Country & Western Music -Gene Autry: Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949) Country Music -Hank Williams, Sr.: Hey, Good Lookin' (1951) -Johnny Cash: I Walk The Line (1956) -Merle Haggard: "Okie From Muskogee" (1969) -Kenny Rogers: "The Gambler" (1978) Urban Folk Music (this is popular music; not "roots" music) -Bob Dylan: "Blowin' in the Wind" (1962) -Richie Havens: "Handsome Johnny" (1966) R & B, Soul, Funk, Disco, Techno Music -Muddy Waters: "I Got My Mojo Workin'" (1956)--'50s R & B -James Brown: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (1965)--'60s Soul music -The Village People: "YMCA" (1979)--disco -Whitney Houston: "Saving All My Love For You" (1985)--'80s R & B -Derrick May: "Strings of Life" (1987)--Techno Rock styles -Bill Haley and His Comets: Rock Around the Clock (1954)-- rockabilly
-Bob Dylan: "Like a Rolling Stone" (1965)--folk-rock -The Beach Boys: "Good Vibrations" (1966)--psychedelic rock -Alice Cooper: "School's Out" (1972)--arena rock -Patti Smith: "Gloria" (1975)--punk rock -The Talking Heads: "Burning Down The House" (1983)--new wave -Nirvana: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)--grunge Rap styles -Afrika Bambataa: "Planet Rock" (1984)--rap/electro-funk -N.W.A.: "Express Yourself" (1988)--gangsta rap -Public Enemy: "Fight The Power" (1989)--enlightenment rap -Outkast: "Hey Ya!" (2003)--southern hip-hop (Dirty South) Examples for Classical Art-Music Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question (1908)--experimental symphonic music Henry Cowell: The Banshee (1925)--experimental piano music John Cage: The Perilous Night [from Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano] (1948)--prepared piano Edgard Varese: Poeme electronique Note; The example starts at 2min 40 seconds!! (1958)--electronic music/musique concrete Philip Glass: "Floe" from Glassworks (1982)--minimalism Lisa Coons: Songs from the Wasteland (2007)--sound art (musical sculptures designed for music to be played on) -------- For the Fill-in-the-chart section: (worth 40 possible points) You are not allowed to consult electronics or notes of any kind while filling in this chart Topic: In handwriting that is legible, show what happened in U.S. music and culture in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s: For each decade (1960s, 1970s, 1980s) - List ONE significant music-related technology developed in each of these decades (worth 3 possible points for each decade). You will NOT be given extra points for mentioning more than one music technology per decade--i will only read the first one that you mention in each decade. - List ONE leading artist in popular music during each of these decades: Identify each artist's music style, and provide the title of a specific musical piece they performed and/or
wrote (worth 6 possible points for each decade; the artist/style/title of piece = 2 points each per decade). You will NOT be given extra points for mentioning more than one popular artist/style piece per decade--i will only read the first one that you mention in each decade. - List ONE important art music composer in each of these decades: Include the title of a specific musical piece by that composer (worth 4 possible points for each decade; the artist/title of piece = 2 points each per decade). You will NOT be given extra points for mentioning more than one artist/piece per decade--i will only read the first one that you mention in each decade.