MUS 505 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Rock And Roll, Rhythm And Blues, Electric Guitar
12 Oct 2018
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MUS 505
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
MUS 505: Popular Music and Culture Week 1
ListeningAnalysisTest
You will hear 10 songs that have not been played in
class,
but that are representative of genres/styles we have
explored
Genre/Styles covered: Week 1 to Week 9 These
questions will address things such as:
What is the form of this song?
Who is a representative artist of this style?
What is the name of this style?
What issue was discussed in class that connects to
songs of this type?
What historical time period is this song from?
Refer to the outline on Brightspace for more
information, and the YouTube playlist MUS 505
Listening Analysis Quiz for examples of the genres,
artists, and forms in question
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There will be 5 multiple choice questions to go with
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each song
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Late 1940s
Top 40 Charts emerge in early 1940s, modelled
Document Summary
Mus 505: popular music and culture week 1. You will hear 10 songs that have not been played in class, but that are representative of genres/styles we have explored. Genre/styles covered: week 1 to week 9 these questions will address things such as: What historical time period is this song from? artists, and forms in question each song. There will be 5 multiple choice questions to go with. Refer to the outline on brightspace for more information, and the youtube playlist (cid:498)mus 505. Listening analysis quiz(cid:499) for examples of the genres, Top 40 charts emerge in early 1940s, modelled on the juke box. Radio the primary way that people consumed music and that hits were created. Payola - record companies paying disc jockeys record companies saturated the market trying to play their records to get hits. New music markets developed in the 1940s - country,
