Music Chapter 11 – Flashcards

Musical style generally featuring a pounding beat; steady, medium-fast tempo; repetitive song forms; straightforward subject matter; and a limited harmonic vocabulary.

Loosely defined category that included commercially successful collaborations between jazz and rock musicians along with a variety of hybrid styles that melded rock aesthetics and instrumentation with the harmonic and rhythmic complexity and improvisational virtuosity of contemporary jazz.

Rock music mixed with mainstream pop influences designed to appeal to a broad audience.

A mellower form of rock or rock-inspired music designed for appeal to the widest possible demographic.

Most important southern rock band of the late 1960s and early 1970s who reconnected the generative power of the blues to the mainstream of rock music.

Soft soul artist with a smooth, deep voice who rose to prominence in the 1970s and led the Love Unlimited Orchestra.

Mexican-born rock guitarist who combined rock, jazz, and Afro-Latin elements on influential albums like Abraxas.

Singer-songwriter who recorded influential songs in New York's Brill Building and later recorded the influential album Tapestry in 1971.

Country performer known as the "Silver Fox" who won the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award in 1974 for his song "The Most Beautiful Girl."

Disco group who recorded the hit "Good Times."

Glam rock pioneer who recorded the influential album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972.

Country music star whose flexible soprano voice, songwriting ability, and carefully crafted image as a cheerful sex symbol combined to gain her a loyal following among country fans.

Recording artist known as the "Queen of Disco" who recorded dance-oriented hits like "Bad Girls" and "Love to Love You Baby."

British pop rock singer, songwriter, and pianist whose lengthy and influential music career includes writing and recording songs like "Crocodile Rock" (1972).

"Country pop" music star of the late 1960s and 1970s whose genial, laid-back style helped to expand his national popularity.

Country crossover artist who won the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award in 1975 and recorded songs like "Thank God I'm a Country Boy."

Singer-songwriter whose music includes the influential, introspective concept album Blue (1971).

Motown recording artist who recorded the theme album What's Going On (1971) about social justice.

Country music artist associated with the "Bakersfield Sound," a self-conscious attempt to turn country music back to its honky-tonk roots in the 1970s.

British-born Australian pop vocalist who had a lot of success recording country music in the 1970s and later recorded in other musical genres.

Highly successful singer and songwriter who recorded for Motown records and borrowed from different aspects of African American musical traditions in hits like "Superstition" (1972).

Influential American band who epitomized the culture of southern California and recorded influential songs like "Hotel California" (1976).

large, loosely bounded public events that embodied communitarian values

in which a guitar is tuned so that a chord may be played without fretting, or pressing down, any of the strings

counterculture group celebrations that were prominent in San Francisco and other places

public LSD parties

Grateful Dead fans; social phenomenon unparalleled in the history of American popular music.

tapes of band performances; namely The Grateful Dead

the petroleum-basedsubstance from which tapes and discs were made

A format many FM stations moved to during the 70s, aimed at young, white males, aged 13-25

An electronic instrument , usually incorporating a keyboard, capable of producing complex sounds through the manipulation of wave shapes

could imitate the sound of a string orchestra both in the studio and at live performances

a metal bell

set of two drums played with flexible sticks

a two measure pattern in a salsa band

pioneer of and most influential artist for jazz rock

jazz rock band of early 70s and achieved greatest popular and commercial longevity

Rolling Stones.

Glen Campbell.

Allman Brothers.

John Denver.

Blue.

The Eagles.

Olivia Newton-John.

Barry White.

Bubble gum.

O'Jays.