Stats: Musical Movements in American History

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Era	Description	Notable Artists/Songs	Answer	% Correct
Late 19th C.,1920s	This genre originated in the African American communities of New Orleans and is characterized by swing and "blue notes", complex chords, call and response, and improvisation.	Duke Ellington,Louis Armstrong	Jazz	89%
Late '20s-40s	Played by a musical ensemble of ten or more musicians in four sections: sax, trumpet, trombone, rhythm. This style dominated dancehalls in the 1940s.	Benny Goodman,Glen Miller	Big Band Swing	77%
Mid-'80s & Early 1990s	This rock genre features distorted electric guitars and typically expresses dour and angsty themes.	Nirvana,Alice in Chains	Grunge	68%
1950s	Its origins are fiercely debated, but it is typically though to have arisen in the South where African musical tradition merged with European harmony and instrumentation.	Chuck Berry,Little Richard	Rock and Roll	68%
Mid-Late 1970s	This dance music genre uses a "four-on-the-floor" beat, string sections, rhythm guitars, and synthesizers. Popular slogans arose that expressed distaste for this "escapist" music.	Donna Summer,The Bee Gees, ABBA	Disco	64%
1890s-1910s	Pieces are typically composed for and performed on piano, and its cardinal trait is its syncopated rhythm.	Scott Joplin	Ragtime	64%
1860s	It originated in jukes joints the Deep South, often relating to the challenges experience by African Americans. Influences include spirituals, work songs, and field hollers.	Ma Rainey,Blind Lemon Jefferson	Blues	62%
Mid-'70s - 1980s	These short, fast-paced songs strip away instrumentations and solos and focus primarily on rebelliousness, counterculture, and youthful energy.	The Ramones,Sex Pistols, The Clash	Punk Rock	62%
1964-67	A cultural phenomenon where music acts from the United Kingdom contributed to American counterculture and to a brief Anglophilia in America.	The Beatles,The Rolling Stones	British Invasion	57%
Late 1960s	This loosely defined genre is characterized by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitar. It would split into many subgenres by the 1970s.	Led Zeppelin,Jimi Hendrix, Cream	Hard Rock	49%
Mid-'80s & Early 1990s	This subgenre featured lyrics that express values of American street gangs and hustlers. It has recurrently been accused of promoting disorderly conduct.	NWA,Ice-T, Snoop Dogg	Gangsta Rap	47%
Late 1960s-1970s	This music genre originated in African American communities and focused on a rhythmic groove more than on melody or chord progression.	James Brown,George Clinton, Curtis Mayfield	Funk	45%
Mid-1960s	This genre attempts to blend the sounds of rock with the large library of the pre-existing traditional American music. Or commonly songs written by Bob Dylan.	Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone"	Folk Rock	42%
Late 1960s-1970s	This broad genre of rock referred to the artistic growth of music as the '60s ended and focus shifted to more poetic lyrics, expressive instrumentation, and music for listening, not dancing.	Emerson, Lake & Palmer,Rush	Progressive Rock	42%
Late 1960s	This rock music genre is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs and used electronic sound effects, electric organs, instrumental solos, and improvisation.	Strawberry Alarm Clock,Jefferson Airplane	Psychedelic Rock	42%
Early 1960s	This genre is subdivided into an instrumental form with reverb-heavy electric guitars and a vocal form that focuses on vocal harmonies.	The Ventures,The Beach Boys	Surf Rock	40%
1970s-current	This term initially referred to the relationship an artist had, or did not have, with a record company. The advent of the Internet led to a glut of these bands, with some critics calling the subgenre a "landfill".	The White Stripes,The Strokes, Modest Mouse	Indie	38%
Mid-1950s	Usually refers to white singers with country roots but were also influenced by Black musicians like BB King. The name of the genre is a portmanteau.	Elvis Presley,Bill Haley	Rockabilly	36%
Late '70s - 1980s	Featuring a wide variety of styles, this genre features strange and sometimes overly artistic artists with distinctive visual styles and quirky music.	Blondie,Devo, Talking Heads	New Wave	32%
Late 1960s-1970s	This form of rock music originated in Southern California and the UK, with simple melodies that relied on lush production value and saccharine subject matter.	James Taylor,Bread, Neil Young	Soft Rock	25%
Late 1960s-1970s	Rather than catchy tunes and danceable beats, this genre focuses on self-expression, experimentation, and the conceptualization of music. Andy Warhol even produced the genre's flagship album: Velvet Underground & Nico.	Velvet Underground,Pink Floyd, David Bowie	Art Rock	17%
Late 1960s	This avant-garde subgenre of rock does not follow typical musical rules and can include innovative and strange methods of playing instruments, lyrics, rhythm, and structure.	Frank Zappa,Captain Beefheart	Experimental Rock	13%
Late 19th C.	This emotional and generally melodic style of music dealt with themes of romance and intimate relationships. It developed primarily in Tin Pan Alley.	Charles K. Harris's "After the Ball"	Sentimental Ballad	4%
1980s, primarily	This broad genre of hip hop focuses on socially transformative themes, musical expression, and critical examination of political and existential concerns.	De La Soul,Fugees, Kendrick Lamar	Progressive Rap	2%

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