HORR COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 | GUARANTEED PASS

HORR COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 | GUARANTEED PASS A funnel would capture the whole band before going down to a needle which would etch into a wax mold for other records. - answer-what Acoustic recording process 5 instead of 7 scale causes "bending of notes" - answer-what is the Blues Scale all recorders used it by 1927 - answer-Electric recording process first black artists to make a blues recording "Crazy Blues" in 1920, 1 million copies sold - answer-Mamie Smith was the most popular classic female blues singer in the 20s and 30s - answer-Bessie Smith was the From Spirituals to Swing - answer-On Dec 23 1938, and Dec 24 1939 this concert took place at Carnegie Hall talent scout John Hammond to promote black music to white people - answer-From Spirituals to Swing was hosted by shellac (primary component in 78rpm records) - answer-In 1942 due to the US entry into the war, the government started rationing what James Petrillo - answer-who was the president of the American Federation of Musicians who banned new recordings in 42because they feared that jukeboxes and radio were depriving musicians of live work - answer-why was the 43 ban put in place 1914 and 1939 - answer-ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Arrangers and Publishers) was founded in what year and had a monopoly by what year because it tried to double its fees and Broadcast Music Incorporated - answer-why did ASCAP lose its monopoly and to who capture German tape recording technology - answer-what caused improvement in sound quality Magnetic Sound Tape - answer-what was the German tech called Black marketed music - answer-Rhythm and Blues was originally used by the record companies to describe what the Race Charts in 1948 - answer-what was the black music chart named and when up tempo style of blues, played by small groups and featuring horn instruments - answer-what is Jump blues scoring a number of top 10, was the first black artist to achieve crossover success - answer-what is Louis Jordan known for and why Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller - answer-Big Mama Thornton hound dog was written by Atlantic Records as a major rhythm and blues label - answer-Ruth Brown-Brown's success helped establish guitar playing country blues star - answer-Blind Lemon Jefferson was the first whatmodern records in 1945 - answer-The Bihari Bros founded which record in which year