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Styles Flashcards

1
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Blues

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Blue notes
Syncopation

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Jazz

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Syncopated
Smooth

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3
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Rock

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Drum kit
Guitar riff

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4
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Pop

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The radio, dua lipa, lady gaga

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5
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Rock’n’roll

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Elvis

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6
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Musical

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Songs are integral to the plot

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Scottish

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Fiddle, bagpipes, accordion

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Latin American

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Strictly, tango

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Baroque

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Structured, harpsichord

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10
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Ragtime

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

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11
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Romantic

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Dramatic
Era

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12
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Concerto

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Soloist and the orchestra

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13
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Opera

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Often in Italian, a play set to music

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14
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Scots ballad

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Scottish, slow, tells a story

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15
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Mouth music

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In Gaelic, gibberish, songs for dancing

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16
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Rapping

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Lyrics to a beat

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17
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Reggae

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Bob Marley

18
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Symphony

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Whole orchestra with no solo

19
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Gospel

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Joyful, Jesus songs, hallelujah, exuberant , choir

20
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Classical

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Structured, an era, amadaus
Mozart, Beethoven

21
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Pibroch

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Boring bagpipe music
Structured

22
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Celtic rock

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

23
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Bothy ballad

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Tells a story, from the north east of Scotland

24
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Waulking song

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Banging in the background, women singing in Gaelic

25
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Gaelic psalm

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

26
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Aria

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The solo in an opera, concentrated on one aspect

27
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Chorus

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Everyone singing all together in an opera

28
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Minimalist

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Patterns and tunes repeating over and over with small changes

29
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Indian music

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Sitar and tabla

30
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Sonata

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Piece for a solo instrument

31
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Oratorio

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

32
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Impressionist

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Musical phrases merge and change

33
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Music concrete

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Prerecorded live sounds, edited, creaking door, cash register

34
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Plainchant

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Unaccompanied melody in Latin, monks chanting

35
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Lied

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German voice and piano duet, solo

36
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Mass

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

37
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String Quartets

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2 Violins 1 Viola and 1 Cello

38
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Recitative

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Often follows an Aria. Punctuated with Chords. Spoken rythms

39
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Chamber Music

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Any music for a large room or small hall, classical

40
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Jazz Funk

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Funky Jazz, blood orange

41
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Soul Music

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

42
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Swing

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More relaxed rhythms, bouncy

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