MUS1014 Midterm Review
Review Terms
Improvisation Parliament Judith Butler
Jazz Drumming Basic Verse Chorus with Bridge Musicology, Music Theory, ABABCB Ethnomusicology Spanish Guitar Hook Prince & The Revolution Idiomatic Hook Saturation Billy Idol Non-idiomatic Hypertext The Smiths Santana Base/Superstructure Model Hedwig and the Angry Inch Joni Mitchell Culture Industry Ensembles SRC Walter Benjamin Synthesizer Tin Pan Alley Post-modern world Robert Moog Tin Pan Alley Song Form AABA Genre DAW Digital Audio Workstations Mirror Form Ramblin’ Sly and the Family Stone Basic Verse Chorus ABAB Gender Performativity Erykah Badu George Clinton Yasutaka Nakata Laura Mulvey Funkadelic Kyary Pamyu Pamyu MIDI Wu Tang Clan Male Gaze
Essay Questions (Will Choose Two)
1. Discuss the development of the synthesizer. How did it change music production? Use specific musical examples to back up your answer. 2. How does improvisation work? Discuss the difference between non-idiomatic and idiomatic improvisation. Are these terms useful? Use specific musical examples to back up your answer. 3. Discuss Judith Butler and their work on gender performativity. How did artists in the 1980s subvert our expectations of gender? 4. What is a Digital Audio Workstation? How does it work? What is MIDI? How have technological changes in musical production altered recorded and performed music? 5. Tell me about Carlos Santana and the musical influences of his band. Where did their sound come from? 6. Explain hypertext by using specific musical examples or examples from texts 7. How does Joni Mitchell use songwriting to paint a virtual canvas? Use specific examples from her work. Why does she see herself as a painter?
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MUS1014 Midterm Review
8. Discuss the similarities and differences between Funkadelic and Parliament, Dr. Dre and Wu-Tang. How do they embody street culture? How do they represent resistance to the status-quo?
Song List Midterm Song List* Joni Mitchell: California 1966 Elvis Presley: If I can Dream 1968 Santana: Soul Sacrifice 1969 Bob Seger: Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man 1969 Led Zeppelin: Hey Hey What Can I Do? 1970 America: Ventura Highway 1972 Allman Brothers: Ramblin’ Man 1973 Funkadelic: Cosmic Slop 1973 Boston: Hitch a Ride 1976 Billy Idol: Eyes Without a Face 1984 Pet Shop Boys: West End Girls 1984 The Smiths: Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now 1984 Prince: Kiss 1985 Wu-Tang Clan: C.R.E.A.M. 1993 Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Origin of Love 1998 Erykah Badu: Back in the Day 2003 Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Maps 2003 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: Candy Candy 2012 Churches: Clearest Blue 2015 Yasutaka Nakata (feat. Charli XCX and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu): Crazy Crazy 2017 Corey Henry: IMPROV 2020
*Must identify artist, song, rough date (within 20 years)
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