AOS2

Question 1

Name 3 Genres of Pop Music in the 90s

Answer 1

• Grunge
• Hip Hop
• Britpop
• Country
• RnB
• Girl/Boy Bands

Question 2

Name 3 General Feature of 90s Pop Music

Answer 2

• Simple time, 2/4 or 4/4
• Conjunct Melody
• Repetitive Melodic ideas
• Relatively narrow melodic range
• Mostly syllabic setting
• Melody and accompaniment
• Syncopation
• Use of ostinato
• Strong Backbeats
• Melodic fills
• Consonant Harmonies
• Clear harmonic progressions

Question 3

Name 2 harmonic features of 90s pop music:

Answer 3

• Mostly consonant harmony
• Clear progressions
• Blues notes featured in RnB

Question 4

Name 2 melodic features of 90s pop music

Answer 4

• Conjunct
• Repetitive
• Narrow melodic range
• Melodic fills

Question 5

Name 2 rhythmic features of 90s Pop music

Answer 5

• Strong Backbeat
• Syncopation

Question 6

Name 2 uses of technology in 90s pop music:

Answer 6

• Delay
• Overdubbing - Recording over a pre-recorded track
• Reverb - Adds an echo
• Pitch Bend/Shifting - electronic effect that raises and lowers pitch
• Vocoder - Robot effect
• Multi-Tracking - Record parts separately then play them all back together

Question 7

Features of songs in musical theatre:

Answer 7

• Easy listening
• Easily singable
• Diatonic Harmony
• Simple structure
• 32 Bar song form
• Chorus has a hook

Question 8

Name 2 Genres of Rock music in the 60s and 70s

Answer 8

• Hard Rock
• Heavy Metal
• Glam Rock
• Punk Rock
• Prog Rock
• Psych Rock

Question 9

Name 2 harmonic features of 60s and 70s rock music:

Answer 9

• Based around chords I, IV and V
• Use of power chords

Question 10

Name 2 structural features of 60s and 70s rock music:

Answer 10

• Verse-Chorus structure
• Riff based and repetitive

Question 11

Name 2 rhythmic features of 60s and 70s rock music:

Answer 11

• Often 4/4 with steady drum rhythm
• Syncopation
• Emphasis on the backbeat

Question 12

Name 2 melodic features of 60s and 70s rock music:

Answer 12

• Limited range of vocals
• Memorable hook in the chorus
• Conjunct
• Sequential melodies
• Syllabic

Question 13

Name 2 features of instrumentation in 60s and 70s rock music

Answer 13

• Lead and Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Kit, Singer
• Jazz influences like sax
• Often made us of tech

Question 14

What is a leitmotif?

Answer 14

A tune that returns throughout the film, in altered forms.

Question 15

What is diagetic sound?

Answer 15

Music the characters can hear

Question 16

What is extra-diagetic/non-diagetic sound

Answer 16

Music added for the audience, e.g. soundtrack

Question 17

Name 2 General features of film music:

Answer 17

• Leitmotifs
• Ostinatos
• Lots of Repetition

Question 18

Name 2 General features of game music:

Answer 18

• Early music was limited due to limited tech
• Recent music is much like film scores
• Electronic instruments like synth used
• Motifs used to reflect changing actions

Question 19

Name 2 ways film/game score composers create effects:

Answer 19

• Build tension by getting louder, faster, and higher in pitch. Use of silence before a dissonant cluster chord
• War films. Military instruments used like marching snare
• Sci-Fi. Unusual harmonies and effects, no clear structure, rapid scalic patterns and dissonant harmonies to make is feel frantic.