music big test revision

Question 1

who was bob marley

Answer 1

he was a songwriter,musician,reggae singer and campainger.

Question 2

what was bob marleys real name

Answer 2

robert nelsa marley

Question 3

when was he born

Answer 3

1945 in nine mile jamaica

Question 4

what was his first song called

Answer 4

judge not in 1963

Question 5

who did he marry

Answer 5

Rita Anderson

Question 6

how did he die

Answer 6

he battles cancer for 8 months and died

Question 7

how do we work out a chord?

Answer 7

take a scale,choose a note and do hit one, miss one method

Question 8

what 3 things is reggae made of

Answer 8

mento,ska and rocksteady

Question 9

5 musical features of reggae

Answer 9

• slow chilled rhythm
  -4/4 time signature
  -syncopated notes
  -offbeat rhythm and chords
  -simple harmonies

Question 10

what are reggae songs about

Answer 10

poverty,brotherhood,rastafarianism,rascism and love etc

Question 11

whats an offbeat rhythm-

Answer 11

a rhythm that emphasise and stress weak beats of a bar

Question 12

what is syncopation-

Answer 12

its a way of changing a rhythm by changing notes

Question 13

a mento-

Answer 13

a form of jamaican folk music played with acoustic instruments popular in 1950s

Question 14

whats a ska

Answer 14

fast dance music made in 1950 and played wiith electric guitars and offbeat rhythms

Question 15

whats rastafarian

Answer 15

a religous movement worshipping haile and saying blacks are chosen people and will go to homeland

Question 16

triad-

Answer 16

a chord of 3 notes

Question 17

riffs-

Answer 17

short repeated phrase in a song

Question 18

tonic is _______________________________________

Answer 18

1st note and most important

Question 19

dominant is ____________________________________

Answer 19

5th note and second most important note

Question 20

sub-dominant____________________________________

Answer 20

fourth note and third most popular