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Question 1

dynamics

Answer 1

Dynamics are alterations in the volume of a piece of music.

Question 2

texture

Answer 2

Texture describes the complexity of a musical composition.

Question 3

instrumentation

Answer 3

The application or use of instruments.

Question 4

rhythm

Answer 4

the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats.

Question 5

improvesation

Answer 5

playing or writing a piece without preparation

Question 6

structure

Answer 6

Structure in Music is a term that is used to mean a type of composition of a musical work or piece such as concerto or symphony. It can also mean how a certain piece can be written like sonata form, fugue or binary form.

Question 7

call and response

Answer 7

a soloist plays or sings a tune and it’s then repeated by the others

Question 8

word painting

Answer 8

There are many examples of word-painting where the meaning of the words is reflected in the music

Question 9

where does the blues originate from?

Answer 9

• USA

- during the slave trade African Americans sang prayers and other songs reflecting their terrible living conditions

Question 10

what is the blues based on usually?

Answer 10

chord progression

Question 11

Disco

Answer 11

Disco is a style of up tempo dance music which combines:
a time signature of 4/4
a fast tempo
four-on-the-floor rhythms
guitar driven energy often with syncopated bass lines
luscious orchestral arrangements
vocals with reverb
verse and chorus structure
escapist lyrics about love and dancing

Question 12

House

Answer 12

four-on-the-floor bass drum
drum rolls and off-beat hi-hat patterns
looped samples
synthesizer riffs
sometimes has vocals (or vocal samples) and piano chords
usually around 120 bpm (beats per minute)

Question 13

Techno

Answer 13

• Its main tenets include the use of electronic instruments and the uniformity of a common drum beat.
• This style of music uses loop-sequencing and turntables.

Question 14

drum and bass

Answer 14

• s a type of electronic dance music which emerged in the mid 1990s.
• with heavy bass, sub-bass lines, and occasional infra-bass lines.
• very fast tempo

Question 15

ambient

Answer 15

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an “atmospheric”, “visual” or “unobtrusive” quality.

Question 16

sampling

Answer 16

the technique of digitally encoding music or sound and reusing it as part of a composition or recording.

Question 17

remix

Answer 17

a different version of a musical recording produced by remixing

Question 18

four-on-the-flour

Answer 18

is a rhythm pattern used in disco and electronic dance music. It is a steady, uniformly accented beat in 4/4 time in which the bass drum is hit on every beat (1, 2, 3, 4) in common time

Question 19

what is the music of India called?

Answer 19

Hindustani and it comes from the northern part of the country

Question 20

in which 3 layers is the music based on?

Answer 20

RAG ( melody)
TAL ( rhythm)
Drone

Question 21

bangra

Answer 21

a fusion of western and Indian styles of music

1. repetitive melody
2. strong base
3. 4 beats in a bar
4. Indian based lyrics
5. Indian based instruemnts

Question 22

what is the role of the conductor?

Answer 22

• directs an orchestra using gestures with a BATON

* s/he is responsible for the speed, shaping and sound and guiding the players