Key Words - Styles Flashcards
1
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Traditional Jazz
A
New Orleans early jazz
2
Q
Blues
A
Follows 12 bar pattern.
Deals with social problems.
3
Q
Rock and Roll
A
An electric guitar form of blues with a driving straight beat.
1950s
4
Q
Reggae
A
Bob Marley - Jamaican music emphasising off beat
5
Q
Ska
A
Faster form of reggae
6
Q
Serialism
A
Atonal music built using a series of 12 notes of the chromatic octave
7
Q
Minimalism
A
Highly repetitive tonal music.
Late 20th century
8
Q
Experimental music
A
Music which challenges the concept of what constitutes music
9
Q
Performance Art
A
A staged performance of contemporary music, art and drama
10
Q
Banghra
A
Anglo / Indian pop style with a heavy style of Punjabi origin
11
Q
Chamber
A
Small scale western ensembles
12
Q
Orchestral
A
Large scale western ensembles
13
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Symphonic
A
Orchestral compositions
