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Rock And Pop Flashcards

1
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what is a ‘stop chorus’?

A

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

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what is a ‘blues scale’?

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major scale with flattened 3rd and 5th

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what are ‘shuffle rhythms’?

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uneven quavers

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4
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describe ‘rockabilly’

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

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5
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what is ‘falsetto’?

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head voice for a male, above tenor

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6
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which 3 bands/artists were influenced by Lonnie Donegan?

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the beatles
led zeppelin
paul mcartney

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what is ‘melismatic’?

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more than one note per syllable

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what were the main instruments of bhangra?

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sitar
dohl
shranga

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what is a ‘mellotron’?

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an early synthesiser

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what were the main influences of psychedelic rock?

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drugs
acid trips
hallucinations
supernatural

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what is ‘distortion’?

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taking away the smoothness from the sound

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12
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what is the difference between a lead and rhythm guitar?

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lead guitar uses few to no chords

rhythm guitar uses chords to drive music

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what is ‘reverb’?

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creating artificial echo in the sound

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what is the ‘wah pedal’?

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Pedal on guitar that creates echoing “wah” sound

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what is a ‘tremelo’?

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alternating between 2 notes, similar to vibrato

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what is ‘overdrive’?

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clips waveform to resemble overdriven amp

17
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what is ‘chorus’?

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gives impression that more than one instrument is playing

18
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what is ‘flanger’?

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produces sweeping jet sound

19
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What city is most associated with Motown?

20
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When was the British Invasion?

21
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Define Progressive rock

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

22
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what is ‘shredding’?

A

virtuosic lead guitar solo

23
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what is ‘palm muting’?

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makes notes sound shorter and more defined

24
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what is ‘slap bass’?

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pulling and releasing strings sharply against fingerboard

25
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what is a ‘power chord’?

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two note chord made up of the root and the fifth

26
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When was Disco popular?

27
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When was Funk popular?

28
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Define ‘sampling’

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Taking an extract of a song and putting it into another

29
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What are some types of synthesisers used in hiphop?

A

Yamaha DX7
Roland MC4
Roland D50

30
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What was the purpose of anthemic rock?

A

Bigger sound to fill arenas and make money

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