Styles

Question 1

Blues

Answer 1

Blue notes
Syncopation

Question 2

Jazz

Answer 2

Syncopated
Smooth

Question 3

Rock

Answer 3

Drum kit
Guitar riff

Question 4

Pop

Answer 4

The radio, dua lipa, lady gaga

Question 5

Rock’n’roll

Answer 5

Elvis

Question 6

Musical

Answer 6

Songs are integral to the plot

Question 7

Scottish

Answer 7

Fiddle, bagpipes, accordion

Question 8

Latin American

Answer 8

Strictly, tango

Question 9

Baroque

Answer 9

Structured, harpsichord

Question 10

Ragtime

Answer 10

Based on piano, piano style from the 1920s, syncopation

Question 11

Romantic

Answer 11

Dramatic
Era

Question 12

Concerto

Answer 12

Soloist and the orchestra

Question 13

Opera

Answer 13

Often in Italian, a play set to music

Question 14

Scots ballad

Answer 14

Scottish, slow, tells a story

Question 15

Mouth music

Answer 15

In Gaelic, gibberish, songs for dancing

Question 16

Rapping

Answer 16

Lyrics to a beat

Question 17

Reggae

Answer 17

Bob Marley

Question 18

Symphony

Answer 18

Whole orchestra with no solo

Question 19

Gospel

Answer 19

Joyful, Jesus songs, hallelujah, exuberant , choir

Question 20

Classical

Answer 20

Structured, an era, amadaus
Mozart, Beethoven

Question 21

Pibroch

Answer 21

Boring bagpipe music
Structured

Question 22

Celtic rock

Answer 22

Ceilidh, Celtic music with rock instruments
Bagpipes, bodhran, clarshach, guitar drum kit

Question 23

Bothy ballad

Answer 23

Tells a story, from the north east of Scotland

Question 24

Waulking song

Answer 24

Banging in the background, women singing in Gaelic

Question 25

Gaelic psalm

Answer 25

Church tunes, one man starts then everyone joins in, unaccompanied, in Gaelic

Question 26

Aria

Answer 26

The solo in an opera, concentrated on one aspect

Question 27

Chorus

Answer 27

Everyone singing all together in an opera

Question 28

Minimalist

Answer 28

Patterns and tunes repeating over and over with small changes

Question 29

Indian music

Answer 29

Sitar and tabla

Question 30

Sonata

Answer 30

Piece for a solo instrument

Question 31

Oratorio

Answer 31

Bible story set to music, opera, no set or stage design

Question 32

Impressionist

Answer 32

Musical phrases merge and change

Question 33

Music concrete

Answer 33

Prerecorded live sounds, edited, creaking door, cash register

Question 34

Plainchant

Answer 34

Unaccompanied melody in Latin, monks chanting

Question 35

Lied

Answer 35

German voice and piano duet, solo

Question 36

Mass

Answer 36

Large scale chorus in Latin. Hosanna, maledictus, kyrie, Gloria

Question 37

String Quartets

Answer 37

2 Violins 1 Viola and 1 Cello

Question 38

Recitative

Answer 38

Often follows an Aria. Punctuated with Chords. Spoken rythms

Question 39

Chamber Music

Answer 39

Any music for a large room or small hall, classical

Question 40

Jazz Funk

Answer 40

Funky Jazz, blood orange

Question 41

Soul Music

Answer 41

Parts of blues and gospel. Upbeat. Mustang Sally. Strong baseline

Question 42

Swing

Answer 42

More relaxed rhythms, bouncy