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Disco Flashcards

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Time

Disco

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Late 1970s

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Define

Disco

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Dance music and melodic, regular bass beat

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Reasons

Disco

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First in French bars
New York in 1960
Outlet to relax and dance without protest
Synthesisers

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Dance moves

Disco

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Jerk, boogaloo, Watusi

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Songs

Disco

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I feel love- first synthesised accompaniment

I will survive
Gloria gaynor

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Characteristics

Disco

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Disco beat (bass drum, hi hats semi quaver)
Electronic 
Syncopated bass
Brass and strings
Little guitar
Falsetto voice
Thick textures
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I will survive

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Dance tempo
No pulse in 1st verse
Horn and vocal syncopated
Female alto range
Bright timbre
Circle of fifth chord progression
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