Are two different names used to describe the same genre.
Arose as more dignified replacements for the terms “race” and “hillbilly” music.
Named brand new musical styles in the 1930s and 1940s postwar era.
Were never officially used to describe popular music styles.
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Exemplified the tensions and fears of many during the Great Depression; it was primarily performed by crooners backed by piano intended for listening audiences.
Exemplified the sense of freedom, vitality and enjoyment of the New Deal Era; it was primarily dance music characterized by “rocking” rhythmic motion and played by big bands.
Exemplified the politically-charged 1960s; it featured singer-songwriters with philosophically complex lyrics and strophic forms.
None of the above
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Robert Johnson
Eric Clapton
Charley Patton
Muddy Waters
Philles Records
Columbia Records
Chess Records
Motown Records
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It included non-western instruments and new studio techniques
It featured a large variety of instrumental combinations
It was a unified concept album that presented itself as a complete marketing package.
All of the above
Jump Band
Motown
Honky Tonk
Bossa Nova
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The “high, lonesome sound” of early country and ballad singers.
The poetic and musical forms of the blues.
The complex instrumental arrangements of Tin Pan Alley.
Both A and B.
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It fused ideas and forms of folk music with timbres more associated with rock music, such as electric guitars, drums, and keyboards.
At 6:00, it became the longest record to break into the pop charts and receive radio airplay.
It featured serious themes in its lyrics, something that would influence the development of rock music.
All of the above
Sweeping, tuneful melodies with lush string arrangements
A repetitive, riff-based instrumental style featuring complex, interlocking polyrhythms which evidence conceptual links with African music styles
Live performances featuring meandering improvised instrumental solos, weaving together diverse genres.
Political, poetic lyrics and strophic forms with sparse, acoustic instrumentation.
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Is a clear fusion of Mexican son jarocho with Los Angeles rock ‘n’ roll.
Has a full, smooth sound and exemplifies call-and-response throughout.
Is a kind of extended Afro-Cuban montuno section, with small melodic-rhythmic building blocks (riffs) combined and re-combined in different ways throughout the piece.
Has an AABA form, and haunting minor key melody intended to evoke “the orient.”
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Montuno
Bossa Nova
Bugalu
Mariachi
Mariachi
Folk Rock
Bossa Nova
Afro-Cuban Jazz
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12-bar blues
AABA
Verse-chorus
Both A and C
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Jefferson Airplane
Janis Joplin
Eric Clapton
The Grateful Dead
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Frank Sinatra
Bob Wills
Jimmie Rodgers
Bill Monroe
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Roots Rock
Country Western
Boogie Woogie
Honky Tonk
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AAB lyrical form
12-bar verses with I-IV-I-V-I harmonic motion
Call-and-response between vocals and instruments
Sectional forms
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Harmony
Form
Instrumentation
Subject matter of the lyrics
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Dense, homophonic textures
Tin Pan Alley-style orchestration
Complex, interlocking rhythms
Large amounts of reverberation ("echo" effect)
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