Rock And Pop Flashcards
what is a ‘stop chorus’?
a solo section where instruments only play on the first beat of the bar
what is a ‘blues scale’?
major scale with flattened 3rd and 5th
what are ‘shuffle rhythms’?
uneven quavers
describe ‘rockabilly’
style of country music, showed developments of rock n roll music
what is ‘falsetto’?
head voice for a male, above tenor
which 3 bands/artists were influenced by Lonnie Donegan?
the beatles
led zeppelin
paul mcartney
what is ‘melismatic’?
more than one note per syllable
what were the main instruments of bhangra?
sitar
dohl
shranga
what is a ‘mellotron’?
an early synthesiser
what were the main influences of psychedelic rock?
drugs
acid trips
hallucinations
supernatural
what is ‘distortion’?
taking away the smoothness from the sound
what is the difference between a lead and rhythm guitar?
lead guitar uses few to no chords
rhythm guitar uses chords to drive music
what is ‘reverb’?
creating artificial echo in the sound
what is the ‘wah pedal’?
Pedal on guitar that creates echoing “wah” sound
what is a ‘tremelo’?
alternating between 2 notes, similar to vibrato
what is ‘overdrive’?
clips waveform to resemble overdriven amp
what is ‘chorus’?
gives impression that more than one instrument is playing
what is ‘flanger’?
produces sweeping jet sound
What city is most associated with Motown?
detroit
When was the British Invasion?
1964-1967
Define Progressive rock
Parallel development to psychedelic rock that wanted to make music more difficult
what is ‘shredding’?
virtuosic lead guitar solo
what is ‘palm muting’?
makes notes sound shorter and more defined
what is ‘slap bass’?
pulling and releasing strings sharply against fingerboard
