nat 4 - style

Question 1

what is african music?

Answer 1

much african music features voices and/or african drums

Question 2

what is baroque?

Answer 2

music written between approximately 1600-1750

Question 3

what is concerto?

Answer 3

a work for solo instrument and orchestra

Question 4

what is mouth music?

Answer 4

unaccompanied songs with gaelic ir nonsense words, normally sung for ceilidh dances

Question 5

what is opera?

Answer 5

a drama set to music with soloists, chorus, orchestra and acting

Question 6

what is ragtime?

Answer 6

ragtime features a synocopated melody against a steady vamped accompaniment

Question 7

what is rapping?

Answer 7

rhyming lyrics that are spoken and performed in time to a beat. rapping is popular in hip-hop

Question 8

what is reggae?

Answer 8

this style was developed in the 1960s in jamaica. it has strong accents on the 2nd and 4th beats of the bar

Question 9

what is romantic?

Answer 9

music written between 1810-1900

Question 10

what is scots ballad?

Answer 10

a slow scottish song which tells a story

Question 11

what is swing?

Answer 11

a jazz style which started in the 1930s, performed by a big band