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MH 68 The Beatles MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE Prof. Upton

Spring 2015

The Midterm will have two sections. First, Listening IDs. we will play excerpts of five

 pieces played in class (lecture or section, plus writing assignments). For each example, you must

identify: Artist, Title, Album (or if it was a single, say that), and year of release; and then write asentence or two identifying some significant musical or historical information about this work.

(10 points each). Second, Short answers. We will ask five questions, based on material covered

in lecture, section and the reading. Each question is to be answered in a paragraph. (10 pointseach). Bring a Blue Book! 

The following terms will help you review for the midterm:

PEOPLE

All Four Beatles(obviously!)

Lonnie Donegan

Elvis PresleyChuck Berry

Little Richard

Ray Charles

The QuarrymenStuart Sutcliffe

Pete Best

Rory Storm and theHurricanes

Tony Sheridan and the

Beat BrothersBrian Epstein

George Martin

The CookiesThe Shirelles

Berry Gordy

Smokey RobinsonThe Marvelettes

Maureen Cleave

Princess Margaret

John F. KennedyRobert Freeman

Ed Sullivan

the Maysles BrothersThe Animals

The Rolling Stones

Richard LesterWilfrid Bramble

Johann Gottfried von

Herder

Cecil SharpWoody Guthrie

Pete Seeger

The Almanac Singers

Bob DylanMedgar Evers

BUSINESSESDecca Records

EMI Records

Parlophone Records

Vee-Jay RecordsCapitol Records 

Motown/Tamla Records

Radio Luxembourgthe BBC

PLACES

Liverpool

London

HamburgThe Cavern Club

The Brill Building

Ed Sullivan Studio

THINGS

The Beatles’ albums

and singlesTea-chest bass

Washboard

acoustic guitar (6-stringand 12-string)

Rickenbacker Guitars 

“mop tops”

MUSIC HISTORY

Girl Groups

BeatlemaniaThe British Invasion

MUSICAL TERMS

Meter (duple or triple)Rhythm

Melody

InstrumentationTexture

Timbre

Harmony

Major & Minorscales

Tone (step)

Semitone (half-step)Skiffle

Rock and Roll

Rhythm and BluesBlues

Rockabilly

“Back beat”Rhythm section

Musical form

Bar/measure32-bar form (AABA form)

“middle 8”

12-bar blues

VerseBridge

Refrain

Folk songTwo-track and Four-track

tape recording

OverdubParatext

IDEAS ABOUT PLAY

ConstraintsComposer Play

Performer Play

Listener Play