Modern Music Flashcards
1
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The 1950s: Popular Song
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- Frank Sinatra
- Swing Bands
- Rat Pack (Las Vegas)
- Covers - USA
- Big Band
- Jazz influences
- Swung rhythms
- Syncopation
- Tritone Substitution (German 6th)
- Blues Scale
- Walking Bass
- Extended Chords - Dance Halls
- Beginning of Pop Culture
- Bill Haley and his Comets
- Elvis Presley
2
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The 1960s: Rock Music
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- Liberalism
- Jazz and Blues influences
- Retained instruments
- Electric Guitar - The Beatles
- Vocals, Drums, E. Guitar (Lead and Rhythm), B. Guitar
- Brass Band - Concept Albums
- Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Loneliness - ## Mono and Stereo
3
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The 1970s: Punk
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- The Sex Pistols
- Sid Vicious
- Rebellion
- Dress sense
- One album, four singles - Loud, shouted vocals
- Heavy drum beats
- Simple guitar riffs
- Distorted Guitars
- Provocative lyrics
4
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Reggae
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- Afro-Caribbean
- Ska
- Fast Tempo - Rock-Steady
- Slower tempo
- Laid-back
- Different tempo - Dub Fever
- Echo/delay
- Reverb
- Chorus
- Distortion
- Flanger
- Wah-Wah - Backbeat
- Riffed basslines
- Hooked riffs
- Simple Harmonies
5
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Rap and Hip Hop
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- The Bronx, New York
- ‘Toasting’ - talking over music
- DJ Kool Herc
- Mixed two instrumental songs together - DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
- Scratching - The Sugarhill Gang
- Rapper’s Delight
