AOS2 Flashcards
Name 3 Genres of Pop Music in the 90s
- Grunge
- Hip Hop
- Britpop
- Country
- RnB
- Girl/Boy Bands
Name 3 General Feature of 90s Pop Music
- 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
Name 2 harmonic features of 90s pop music:
- Mostly consonant harmony
- Clear progressions
- Blues notes featured in RnB
Name 2 melodic features of 90s pop music
- Conjunct
- Repetitive
- Narrow melodic range
- Melodic fills
Name 2 rhythmic features of 90s Pop music
- Strong Backbeat
- Syncopation
Name 2 uses of technology in 90s pop music:
- 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
Features of songs in musical theatre:
- Easy listening
- Easily singable
- Diatonic Harmony
- Simple structure
- 32 Bar song form
- Chorus has a hook
Name 2 Genres of Rock music in the 60s and 70s
- Hard Rock
- Heavy Metal
- Glam Rock
- Punk Rock
- Prog Rock
- Psych Rock
Name 2 harmonic features of 60s and 70s rock music:
- Based around chords I, IV and V
- Use of power chords
Name 2 structural features of 60s and 70s rock music:
- Verse-Chorus structure
- Riff based and repetitive
Name 2 rhythmic features of 60s and 70s rock music:
- Often 4/4 with steady drum rhythm
- Syncopation
- Emphasis on the backbeat
Name 2 melodic features of 60s and 70s rock music:
- Limited range of vocals
- Memorable hook in the chorus
- Conjunct
- Sequential melodies
- Syllabic
Name 2 features of instrumentation in 60s and 70s rock music
- Lead and Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Kit, Singer
- Jazz influences like sax
- Often made us of tech
What is a leitmotif?
A tune that returns throughout the film, in altered forms.
What is diagetic sound?
Music the characters can hear
What is extra-diagetic/non-diagetic sound
Music added for the audience, e.g. soundtrack
Name 2 General features of film music:
- Leitmotifs
- Ostinatos
- Lots of Repetition
Name 2 General features of game music:
- 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
Name 2 ways film/game score composers create effects:
- 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.
