Match the following:
a. bluegrass
b. traditional country vocal
c. western swing
d. thumb-brush technique
e. Bill Monroe
f. honky-tonk
g. Grand Ole Opry
h. folk
i. Woody Guthrie
j. blue yodel
k. Jimmie Rodgers
l. The Carter Family
1. Trio that was one of the first recorded country music acts in 1927.
2. A weekly radio program which has broadcasted live from Nashville since 1925.
3. The man who is considered country music's first great singer and songwriter (first recorded in 1927).
4. Developed in the 1940s, it is an updated take on country's old-time string band music.
5. This Oklahoma-born singer and songwriter parlayed genuine folk roots and political radicalism into a
prominent place in the folk revival movement that began in the late 1930s.
6. A singing style that used a straight tone and employed little inflection.
7. He was called the father of bluegrass music.
8. A music made by people mostly without formal musical training, primarily for their own enjoyment.
9. A Texas country style that incorporated elements from the big bands, in addition to steel guitar.
10. An early country guitar style in which the performer plays the melody on the lower strings and brushes
the chords on the upper strings.
11. A style of music that blends country singing with blues and jazz elements, usually singing in wide
intervals at the end of choruses.
12. A country music associated with working-class bars, featuring the used of drums, a heavy backbeat,
and electric guitar.
Question 2BMI and ASCAP are organizations that perform which of the following functions?
a. determine Billboard chart positions
b. provide equal opportunity to minorities in the music publishing business
c. music licensing
d. determine the nominees of the Grammy Awards
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