Popular Music Flashcards
Defined as any commercially-oriented music principally intended to be received and appreciated by a wide audience.
Popular music
energetic
Rhythm
catchy, short and simple
Melody
verse and repeated chorus
Form
limited
Harmony
electric guitar, keyboard, bass guitar
Instruments used
derived from the medieval French chanson balladee or ballade dancing song.
Any light, simple expressive song, having two or more stanzas sung to the same melody.
Ballad
originated from 1910s, 32 bars in length.
Performed in lounges and bars, and recorded across the world.
Standard/Pop Standard/American Standards/Jazz Standards
genre of popular music that originated and evolved during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Rock and roll
Emerged during the mid-1980s.
The genre is considered to be rock because of its folk music, reggae, electronic, and jazz influences.
Alternative Music/ Underground Music
genre of dance-oriented pop music with a working two turntables, a mike, and a PA system
Disco