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1
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What instruments usually play the melody in a pop ballad?

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Lead singer, rhythm guitar

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What instruments usually play chords in a pop ballad?

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Rhythm guitar, piano, synthesizer, backing singers

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What instruments usually play the bass line in a pop ballad?

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Bass guitar

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What instruments usually play the beat in a pop ballad?

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Drum kit

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What instruments usually play counter melodies in a pop ballad?

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Lead guitar, backing singers, synth, strings

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Vibrato

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Where the note wobbles in pitch slightly making the sound warmer and more expressive

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Portamento

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A slide between notes

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Flasetto

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When a man sings very high

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Rubato

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Expressive speeding up and slowing down

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A cappella

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Singing with no instrumental accompaniment

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Scat

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When singers sing nonsense syllables like ‘doo’

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Riffing

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When a singer ornaments the melody with a lot of extra notes, usually at the end of a phrase

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Lead guitar

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Plays melodies- these might be solos, riffs or counter Melodies over the singer’s tune. Some effects such as distortion, chorus or flanger are used

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Rhythm guitar

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Can be acoustic of electric, plays chords. These might be strummed or picked (to make broken chords)

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Bass guitar

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Plays the bass line- does not play chords. Sometimes adds glissandos

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Backbeat

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Heavy emphasis on 2nd and 4th beats of the bar

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Bridge

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A section that links the verse and chorus. Sometimes called a pre-chorus

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Call and response

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Often used between the lead vocalist and the backing singers, who repeat or answer what the lead singer has sung

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Coda

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End section of a song

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Distortion

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An effect used on guitars which makes a dirty, fuzzy sound

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Fill

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At the end of a phrase, the drummer plays a more complex part to fill in

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Flanger

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A guitar effect that makes a whooshing sound

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Glissando

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A slide between two notes where separate, quick, individual notes can be heard

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Harmonic pace

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How often chords change ie. One chord per bar, two chords per bar etc.

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Hook

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The catchy part of the song, often in the chorus

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Instrumental break

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A section where the singing stops and there is a solo on an instrument

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Looping

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Technology-based method of repeating a short musical idea

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Melisma

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Lots of notes sung to a single syllable

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Middle eight

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The section of a song where there is a new, different tune

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Modulation

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Key change

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Multitracking

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Where each part is separately recording and then put together

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Panning

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Putting more or less sound through each speaker, so that the sound comes from the left or right

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What parts is a drum kit made out of

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Snare, hi-hat, bass (or kick), drum, tom-toms, ride and crash cymbals

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What does the snare often do?

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Emphasise the backbeat

35
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What might the kit do at the end of a phrase

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Play fills

36
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What are drum pads or drum machines

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Digital alternatives to an acoustic kit

37
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What are th main kinds of keyboards found in pop

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Pianos, synthesizers (electric organ)

38
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What are synthesizers?

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Electronic keyboards capable of playing any kind of sound

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Reverb

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Adds a sense of space to a sound

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Riff

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Repeating melodic or rhythmic idea

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Sampling

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When a short extract of another recording is used in a song

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Strumming

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Playing all the strings of a guitar at once to play chords

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Syllabic

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When each syllable is sung with one note

44
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Unison

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Everyone singing/playing the same notes

45
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What are the lyrics like in pop ballads?

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Sentimental, romantic theme, telling a love story, usually with a romantic twist at the end

46
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What is the tempo like in pop ballads?

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Slow, moderate: modrato, andante, adagio, lento, to emphasise the meaning of the words, 70-100bpm, 4/4 time signature, ritardandos and tempo rubato used

47
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What is the harmony and tonality like in pop ballads?

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I, V, VI, IV chord progressions, slow harmonic rhythm, chord inversions, repeating block chords, broken chords or arpeggios, modulation in final chorus, chords II, III and IV used more

48
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What are the characteristics of the melody in a pop ballad?

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Diatonic, sung by lead singer

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What are the characteristics of the dynamics in a pop ballads?

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Start off quite soft (mp), usually increasing towards the chorus with a crescendo often ending in a louder, fully-scored final chorus

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What are characterisitics of the rhythm in pop ballads?

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Snare drum features syncopated rhythms, accenting the backbeat

51
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What are characteristics if the texture in pop ballads?

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Homophonic, texture often builds towards the end becoming thicker for a big final ‘climax’ in the last chorus

52
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What are the characteristics of articulation in pop ballad?

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Legato throughout

53
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What are characterisitcs of the accompaniment in a pop ballad?

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Alway supports the lead singer

54
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What are characterisitcs of the form and structure of a pop ballad?

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Verse-chorus form, verses in strophic form, bridge/middle 8 often features new material before a modulation in the final chorus, parts of the verse and chorus can be repeated for emphasis and for effect

55
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Characteristics of vocal performance and technique in pop ballads?

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Expressive, emotional, a cappella, vibrato, falsetto, melisma, portamento, riffing, ritardandos, tempo rubato, large vocal ranges, long held notes

56
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Features of technology in pop ballads

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Heavy reverb on vocals often used to create a warm sound

57
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Venues for pop ballads to be performed

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Pop concert, radio, TV, CD, MP3, download internet sites, youtube

58
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Music (5 decks)

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