Question | Answer |
Write down one main feature of Skiffle | acoustic/handmade instruments
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What concept would describe a musical upbeat | anacrusis
| Write down one main feature of Rap | Rhyming lyrics
| Name the technological development of Ragtime music | Player Piano
| What decade would you mostly find Synth Pop? | 1980
| What type of melodic accompaniment would you find in Ragtime music? | Vamp
| When music sound bright and happy, what tonality would best describe this? | MAJOR
| Name a technological development of Synth Pop | Synthesiser, Drum machines, Sequencers
| Name the main instruments of a rhythm section in a Big Band | Drumkit, Double Bass, Guitar, Piano
| What musical concept best describes a musical pattern played over and over again | Ostinato
| Name a key innovator of Ragtime | Scott Joplin
| Name a main feature of EDM | Synthesiser sounds, samples, effects like reverb, sounds like rave, drum machine
| Glenn Miller was a key innovator of which genre? | SWING
| What structure describes ABA? | Ternary
| How would you describe sibilence? | S sounds
| What genre would you associate Erasure with? | Synth Pop
| What does syncopation mean? | off the beat
| What tonality describes music that is NOT bright sounding | Minor
| What is it called when musicians make music up on the spot? | improvisation
| What decade would you find Disco music? | 1970s
| What is a common structure used in Blues Music? | 12bar blues
| What is a distance of 8 notes called? | An Octave
| What decade would you find a Gramophone being used to produce music? | 1920'S-1940'S
| What decade would you find a CD being used? | 1990's onwards
| What genre would you mostly find Scat singing? | JAZZ
| When music changes key this is called? | A Modulation
| A musical ending is called....? | A CODA
| What effect makes the instrument sound fuzzy? | DISTORTION
| When a mic is too close to a speaker what can it cause? | FEEDBACK
| When no effects have been added to a track it is...? | DRY |