This term refers to the fast acrobatic movements that accompanied Swing/Big Band music.

A type of jazz music that became popular in the 1930s and 1940s. It is used for dancing. It is still found today.

Targeting Adults. A blend of traditional and popular music from the American south featuring real life stories and a southern drawl to the vocals.

The separation of two races: for Jazz purposes, specifically African Americans and Caucasians

Making it up as you go along.

a social movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, in which people organized to demand equal rights for African Americans and other minorities. They gave speeches, marched in the streets, and participated in boycotts, as well as singing songs.

music which is transmitted orally-passed from one performer to another without the aid of written notation; represents the traditions and values of a particular group or community; has been around for thousands of years; need not be a professional to perform this.

a movement in the 1960s that gave voice to those affected by the Civil Rights Movement; peaceful, non-violent protest songs; gave rise to musicians such as Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger.

African American Spiritual; Joan Baez sang this on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.

U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted orator, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

Swing dance named after the pilot who was famous for his solo flight over the Atlantic

Most popular dance club in New York time of Harlem Renaissance; had to replace floors every 3-4 years.

a pattern in which one voice or instrument is answered by another voice, instrument, or group of instruments; a musical conversation

October 29, 1929; leads to the Great Depression.

"The King of Swing"; clarinetist; first to allow any race into his band.

"Father of Country Music"; combined country, blues and yodeling. The subjects of songs will set the standard for future of country music.

located in Nashville, TN; home of the CMAs;

"Father of Bluegrass"; mandolin player

a law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military; used in the Vietnam War

performed by Carter family; song about a mythical train that carried hobos away.

folk and country music singers; first group to have a country music hit.

drums and electric instruments.

a way for the average person to hide their poverty in the times of the Great Depression; Singing cowboy would wear a white one.

famous fiddle player; "Devil Went Down to Georgia"

Musical style that grew out of not so upstanding bars and saloons of the same name common in the South and Southwest; this music has heavy reliance on the steel guitar

A guitar/chordophone; Looks a lot like a regular guitar, but sounds metallic and is played flat on the lap. Sponge Bob uses this sound in his theme music

fiddle, banjo, dobro, upright bass. NEVER percussion or electric instruments.

a group of Country musicians that gained fame for their new, more popular style of Country music. Famous members include Garth Brooks and Toby Keith.

an attitude in country music; a swagger country musicians have; a way of life for country musicians.

the type of protesting done during the contemporary folk revival. Used in Selma and on the Lincoln Memorial.

Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Electric Bass, Drumset

New amplified instrument developed after World War II and first used in Rock and Roll, R&B and blues bands.

Influx of bands and musicians from England during the 60's. Huge influence on the American music scene.

Plane crash February 3, 1959 that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper.

3 day rock concert in upstate N.Y. August 1969, exemplified the counterculture of the late 1960s, nearly 1/2M gather in a 600 acre field

Located on the shore of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio. It honors people such as Elvis Presley, Queen and Genesis.

Musicians who have died at 27 including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse

Murdered John Lennon Dec.8th, 1980 by shooting him 5 times in the back, obsessed with John Lennon.

an award winning Rock and Roll group NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (but going to be inducted in 2017)

cameras were instructed to only film from the waist up.

famous Rock and Roll group that was known for their great use of marketing such items as action figures and comic books.

80s Rock and Roll standard; songs that contain a lot of emotion, have drawn out guitar solos, start intimate and build to a climax, typically talk about the pains of love