Styles

Question 1

Baroque

Answer 1

Music written between 1600 and 1750

Question 2

Classical

Answer 2

Music written between 1750 and 1810

Question 3

Romantic

Answer 3

Music written between 1810 and 1900

Question 4

Opera

Answer 4

A secular drama set to music featuring vocals with orchestral accompaniment

Question 5

Aria

Answer 5

A song found in opera and oratorio usually with orchestral accompaniment

Question 6

Chorus

Answer 6

A group of singers with several voices to each part

Question 7

Musical

Answer 7

Popular musical play featuring vocals and orchestra

Question 8

Concerto

Answer 8

Solo instrument and orchestra

Question 9

Symphany

Answer 9

Large work for an orchestra with 4 movements

Question 10

Bothy Ballad

Answer 10

Folk song with many verses telling a story

Question 11

Gaelic Psalms

Answer 11

Unaccompanied songs in Gaelic 1 person starts and the rest follow

Question 12

Mouth Music

Answer 12

Nonsense words used to prepare for war with no istruments

Question 13

Scots Ballad

Answer 13

A slow Scottish song telling a story

Question 14

Waulking Song

Answer 14

Sung by women in Gaelic while hitting the urine out of their husbands kilts

Question 15

Pibroch

Answer 15

Solo Bagpipes

Question 16

Blues

Answer 16

4/4, 12 bar structure, flattened notes

Question 17

Ragtime

Answer 17

Dance, 19th Century, Syncopated

Question 18

Swing

Answer 18

A jazz style in the 1930s usually performed by Big Bands

Question 19

Minimalist

Answer 19

20th Century, simple rhythms repeated with a slight change each time

Question 20

African Music

Answer 20

Music from Africa, drums and voices mainly

Question 21

Indian

Answer 21

Music from India, using the Sitar and the Tabla

Question 22

Pop

Answer 22

Popular music usually in the charts

Question 23

Rock

Answer 23

Popular music with a steady driven beat

Question 24

Jazz

Answer 24

Full popularity in the 1950s usually includes a swing

Question 25

Scottish Music

Answer 25

Traditional songs, instruments, music and dances from Scotland

Question 26

Latin American

Answer 26

Samba, Salsa, Paso Doble, Cha Cha music

Question 27

Reggae

Answer 27

Music from Jamaica usually features a strong off-beat syncopated rhythms

Question 28

Rapping

Answer 28

Rhyming lyrics with backing vocals

Question 29

Gospel

Answer 29

Choir with rock band instruments influenced by African American music

Question 30

Celtic Rock

Answer 30

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