Rock And Pop

Question 1

what is a ‘stop chorus’?

Answer 1

a solo section where instruments only play on the first beat of the bar

Question 2

what is a ‘blues scale’?

Answer 2

major scale with flattened 3rd and 5th

Question 3

what are ‘shuffle rhythms’?

Answer 3

uneven quavers

Question 4

describe ‘rockabilly’

Answer 4

style of country music, showed developments of rock n roll music

Question 5

what is ‘falsetto’?

Answer 5

head voice for a male, above tenor

Question 6

which 3 bands/artists were influenced by Lonnie Donegan?

Answer 6

the beatles
led zeppelin
paul mcartney

Question 7

what is ‘melismatic’?

Answer 7

more than one note per syllable

Question 8

what were the main instruments of bhangra?

Answer 8

sitar
dohl
shranga

Question 9

what is a ‘mellotron’?

Answer 9

an early synthesiser

Question 10

what were the main influences of psychedelic rock?

Answer 10

drugs
acid trips
hallucinations
supernatural

Question 11

what is ‘distortion’?

Answer 11

taking away the smoothness from the sound

Question 12

what is the difference between a lead and rhythm guitar?

Answer 12

lead guitar uses few to no chords

rhythm guitar uses chords to drive music

Question 13

what is ‘reverb’?

Answer 13

creating artificial echo in the sound

Question 14

what is the ‘wah pedal’?

Answer 14

Pedal on guitar that creates echoing “wah” sound

Question 15

what is a ‘tremelo’?

Answer 15

alternating between 2 notes, similar to vibrato

Question 16

what is ‘overdrive’?

Answer 16

clips waveform to resemble overdriven amp

Question 17

what is ‘chorus’?

Answer 17

gives impression that more than one instrument is playing

Question 18

what is ‘flanger’?

Answer 18

produces sweeping jet sound

Question 19

What city is most associated with Motown?

Answer 19

detroit

Question 20

When was the British Invasion?

Answer 20

1964-1967

Question 21

Define Progressive rock

Answer 21

Parallel development to psychedelic rock that wanted to make music more difficult

Question 22

what is ‘shredding’?

Answer 22

virtuosic lead guitar solo

Question 23

what is ‘palm muting’?

Answer 23

makes notes sound shorter and more defined

Question 24

what is ‘slap bass’?

Answer 24

pulling and releasing strings sharply against fingerboard

Question 25

what is a ‘power chord’?

Answer 25

two note chord made up of the root and the fifth

Question 26

When was Disco popular?

Answer 26

1970s

Question 27

When was Funk popular?

Answer 27

1970s

Question 28

Define ‘sampling’

Answer 28

Taking an extract of a song and putting it into another

Question 29

What are some types of synthesisers used in hiphop?

Answer 29

Yamaha DX7
Roland MC4
Roland D50

Question 30

What was the purpose of anthemic rock?

Answer 30

Bigger sound to fill arenas and make money