Music in America - Chapter 8 Vocabulary

Song Pluggers were well known for playing and demonstrating new music in Tin Pan Alley.

The origin of ragtime music started on a plantation with the ____ dance.

Before powered by electricity, play pianos were powered by pushing air through the piano with the pedals.

What 2 things spurred the growth of monetization with popular music in the late 19th century and early 20th century?

Ragtime music is in duple meter, moderate tempo, and the right hand plays syncopated melodies while the left hand _____.

An American dance derived from ragtime. Duple meter, moderate tempo, syncopated rhythm.

What does "ragging" mean when performing music?

ASCAP stands for: The American Society of Composers, ______, and Publishers.

Chromaticism in music involves ____.

George Gershwin worked as a song plugger in Tin Pan Alley

Cakewalks typically utilize a SHORT-SHORT-LONG pattern of rhythm.

Ragtime is known for syncopated rhythms. What is syncopation?

This well-known area of New York City was the central hub for almost all music publishing in America at the time.

John Philip Sousa ran away and joined the circus where he performed all across the country.

John Philip Sousa is famously known as the "Music Man".

A piano roll uses ____ paper, which piano players would use to record their performances.

Which of the options below is NOT part of the typical Sousa march?

This outstanding ragtime pianist lived to the age of 100.