Homework 2013-2014 C1 #28-30

Homework #28
Answer the following questions about the movie, Cadillac Records.
1. Who were the two important people who were left out of the movie?
2. Who was Willie Dixon?
3. Did most of the artists stay on Chess after it was sold?
4. What was Chuck Berry's biggest hit?

Homework #29
Answer the following questions about Bo Diddley.
1. What is the Bo Diddley beat?
2. What were some of Bo Diddley's hits?
3. Who was Jerome?
4. What was unusual about all his bands?

Homework #30
Answer the following questions about Heart and Soul.
1. Who wrote Heart and Soul?
2. When was it first a hit?
3. What are the chords?
4. What kind of music was popular at the time?

Due Friday November 22 or Wednesday Dec 4th if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2013-2014 C1 #25-27

Homework #25

1. What is the movie Cadillac Records about?

2. Why did Muddy Waters' music not go over so well in Chicago at first?

3. What changed that helped him become popular?

4. What was Leonard Chess' original idea about how he was going to make money?

5. How did Leonard come to start his record label?

6. What was his first hit record?

7. What happened to Leonard Chess' nightclub?

Homework #26

Answer the following questions:

1. What was Little Walter's main instrument?

2. What did Muddy Waters think of Howling Wolf?

3. Why did Chuck Berry come to Chicago?

4. What happened when Chuck Berry's music was played on the radio?

5. What was happening to the other artists on Chess Records at the time?

6. What was happening in America in general at this time?

Homework #27

Answer the following questions:

1. How did Leonard find Etta James?

2. What did he do for her when he found out about her father?

3. What trouble did Chuck Berry get into after he was a star?

4. Who helped Muddy Waters get the recognition he deserved?

5. What happened to Little Walter?

6. What happened to Leonard Chess?

7. What did Leonard do for Etta James before he died?

8. Name three songs that are in the movie?

Due Friday November 15 or November 22 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2013-2014 C1 #22-24

Homework #22
Answer the following questions about the music to the movie Halloween:
1. Who is Michael Myers?
2. What is the time signature of his theme music?
3. Why does that make it seem unsettling?
4. What is another song in the original movie?

Homework #23
Answer the following questions about Fur Elise:
1. What was the original title of Fur Elise?
2. What is the key signature?
3. What are the only two chords the A section?
4. What are the first three notes of the left hand?

Homework #24
Answer the following questions about Fur Elise:
1. What is the first note (played with the right hand)?
2. What finger do most piano players use to play it?
3. Who was the Elise that Beethoven dedicated it to?
4. When was the song first published?

Due Friday November 8th or Friday November 15th if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)