5.13- Folk music, art music, and all that jazz

Question 1

Folk Music

Answer 1

a type of music that is rich in oral tradition.

Question 2

what are elements of folk music?

Answer 2

-usually not notated (i.e., not committed to paper in a music score)

-utilitarian in the sense that it is typically associated with extra-musical activities (e.g., lullabies, work, celebrations, national/regional identity, etc.)

-passed on from generation to generation by listening, remembering, and imitating performances.

Question 3

Popular music

Answer 3

widely disseminated through mass media

Question 4

Art Music/Cultivated/Classical Music

Answer 4

refers to the tradition of Western religious and secular music produced from the eleventh century until the present day.

Question 5

Jazz

Answer 5

Jazz uses improvisation as a primary structural component.

Most enduring jazz is not notated in the Western music traditional sense, although some types of jazz are, of following specific notes on the music score (left music sheet below), pitches, rhythms, dynamics, and other instructions written on music manuscript paper), but rather by reading chord charts or lead sheets (right music sheet below) (Music symbols such as Cm7 and Eb9, to name a couple written in a specific order on music manuscript paper). Improvised sections performed by a soloist follows this same chord chart.
Jazz incorporates elements of folk music.

Question 6

Polyphonic

Answer 6

a type of harmonic texture where different pitches/instruments overlap thus forming harmony

Question 7

Rhythm Section

Answer 7

The performers of the percussion instruments of an ensemble

Question 8

Strumming

Answer 8

A performance practice of brushing the fingers or pick over the strings of a stringed instrument.