Popular music Flashcards
Any commercially oriented music principally intended to be received and appreciated by a wide audience in literate technology advanced societies dominated by urban culture.
Popular music
A short musical idea that the listener easily remembers.
Hook
It is added toward the end of the piece in preparation for the highlight or modulation leading to the end of the song.
Bridge
3 different forms of ballad
sentimental, rock, pop
It is sung with a slow tempo, the treatment of which would differ, depending on whether it is pop, rock, or alternative.
Ballad
It was recorded before the rock and roll years.
Standards
An American “born” popular music style.
Rock and roll
Rock and roll was described as a combination of ___________ and _______________.
country music, rhythm and blues
He created a program, “rock and roll radio,” where hard rhythm and blues were played.
William Allen of WLAC radio station in Nashville Tennessee
The rock and roll music was widely accepted by suburban white and black teenagers for its __________ and ______________________.
exotic, illicit character
A euphemism for sex.
Rock and roll
A dance genre of popular music.
Disco
Initially, it was heard inside clubs and dance houses, and then eventually it was heard in mainstream popular music, radio, television, and film.
Disco
Disco music is characterized by syncopated electric bass lines and use of synthesizers.
Disco music
It began with the underground independent music scene of the 1980s, eventually hitting the mainstream in the 1990s.
Alternative music
