AOS3

Question 1

Which are the flattened degrees in the blues scale?

Answer 1

3, 5, 7

Question 2

Name 2 General features of Blues music

Answer 2

• Portamento (vocal slides)
• Improvisation
• Antiphony (Call and response)
• Swing feel
• Syncopation
• Emphasis on backbeat
• Walking bass
• AAB lyrical structure

Question 3

Name 2 Features of African Music

Answer 3

• Complex rhythms
• Polyrhythms and cross rhythms
• Syncopated
• Acapella
• Glissandos, yodels and whistles

Question 4

Name 2 Features of Reggae music:

Answer 4

• Usual instrumentation, Bass, guitar, Kit, Keyboard, singer
• Political lyrics
• Verse chorus form
• Simple chord sequences
• 4/4 usually
• Music tech and effects used
• Emphasis on the backbeat
• Riff based
• Staccato chords

Question 5

Name 2 features of Paul Simon’s Album Graceland:

Answer 5

• Mixes styles of pop, rock, Acapella, zydeco, isicathamiya, mbaqanga
• Riff based melodies
• Melody follows rhythm and inflection of the words
• Highly syncopated melody
• Bass ostinato

Question 6

Name 2 general features of latin ballads

Answer 6

• Solo singer often accompanied by guitar, pop band or full orchestra
• Synths and drum machines used in more modern songs
• Simple harmony

Question 7

Name 2 general features of tango:

Answer 7

• Common instruments include flute, violin, guitar accompanied by bandoneons, piano, double bass and percussion.
• 2/4 or 4/4
• Slow rhythmic pace with triplets and syncopation
• Simple harmonies based on chords 1 and 5
• Often minor key
• Prominent repeating rhythms in the bass

Question 8

Name 2 features of reggaton:

Answer 8

• Blend of reggae, dub, RnB, rap, hip hop
• 4/4 or 2/4
• Dembow rhythm
• Alternate between singing and rapping
• Uses effects like delay and reverb

Question 9

Name 2 features of samba:

Answer 9

• 2/4 or 4/4
• Fast tempo and major key
• Lots pf percussion
• Simple and repetitive melodies
• Call and Response

Question 10

Name 3 General features of contemporary folk music of the British Isles:

Answer 10

• Strophic structure (verse repeating form)
• Makes use of modes
• Heterophonic texture (simultaneous variation of single melodic line)
• Instrumentation: Fiddle, Accordion, Bagpipes, Wooden flute, Penny whistle
• Often uses compound time signatures
• Dotted Rhythms
• Simple harmonies
• Memorable, repetitive, stepwise melodies in a narrow range
• Simple accompaniment- Irregular phrases