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1
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March

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Simple time
2 or 4 beats
Steady tempo, andante

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Waltz

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Simple time
3 beats
Steady tempo, moderato
Vamp

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Jig

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Compound time
Fast, allegro
Straw-ber-ry

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Reel

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Simple time
2 or 4 beats
Fast, allegro
Running running running reel

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5
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Strathspey

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Simple time
2 or 4 beats
Steady tempo, andante/moderato
Scotch snaps

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6
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Scottish Dance Band

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Fiddle, accordion, drum kit, piano

Found at ceilidh’s

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Folk Group

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Traditional music with a singer

Includes scottish instruments

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Celtic Rock

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Includes rock and scottish instruments

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9
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Blues

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4 beats
Sad sounding
12 bar chord structure

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10
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Ragtime

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Piano solo
Sincapation
Vamp

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Jazz

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Improvisation
Sincapation
Marching/walking bass

Trumpet, trumbone, clarinet, sax, tuba , drum kit

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Swing

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Swing rhythm

Sax, trumpets, trumbones, clarinets

Rhythm section - piano, double bass, drum kit

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13
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Rock ‘n’ Roll

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Electric guitar
Young love, school, parents, cars
To be danced to

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Rock

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Heavy driving beat
Electric instruments
Drum kit, electric guitar, bass guitar, voice

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15
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Pop

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Strophic form
Modulation
Catchy melodies

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16
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Rapping

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Rhyming lyrics spoken to a beat

17
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Gospel

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Upbeat and lively
Call and response
Religious words
Chorus and soloist

18
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Musical

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Solo and chorus numbers

Hairspray, heathers, Beetlejuice

19
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Indian

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Sitar
Table
Sounds funky

20
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Reggae

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Syncopation, offbeat rhythms
Strong beats in 2 and 4
Ostinato/Riff

21
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African

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Percussion
Call and response
Ostinato/Riff

22
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Latin American

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Dance rhythms
Sincapation
Spanish language
Ostinato/Riff
Percussion
23
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Steel Band

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Steel drums play different pitches
Rolled notes
Mariocat

24
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Baroque

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Harpsichord
Ornamentation
Polyphonic texture
Clear and linear melody
Imitation and sequence
25
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Classical

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Simple melodies
Homophonic texture
Timpani for percussion
Crescendo and diminuendo

26
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Romantic

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Lyrical song like melodies
Bigger orchestras
Expressive music
Contrasts in pitch, tonal colours and dynamics
Requires technical skill to play
27
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20th centuary

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Electronic developments
Changing artistic movements throughout the period
Minimalist

28
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Scotts Ballad

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Tells a story - history, love
Strophic form
Slow steady tempo

29
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Bothy Ballad

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Sing by men
Usually unaccompanied
Upbeat tempo

30
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Waulking song

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Sung by women in Gaelic
Work song, steady beat
Unaccompanied
Call and response

31
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Mouth Music

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Sung in Gaelic, nonsense words
Usually unaccompanied
Quick and upbeat tempo

32
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Gaelic Psalms

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Sung in Gaelic
Religious
Unaccompanied
No beat/pulse
Slow tempo

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