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Styles Flashcards

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Baroque

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Music written between 1600 and 1750

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Classical

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Music written between 1750 and 1810

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Romantic

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Music written between 1810 and 1900

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Opera

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A secular drama set to music featuring vocals with orchestral accompaniment

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Aria

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A song found in opera and oratorio usually with orchestral accompaniment

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Chorus

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A group of singers with several voices to each part

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Musical

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Popular musical play featuring vocals and orchestra

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Concerto

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Solo instrument and orchestra

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Symphany

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Large work for an orchestra with 4 movements

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Bothy Ballad

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Folk song with many verses telling a story

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Gaelic Psalms

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Unaccompanied songs in Gaelic 1 person starts and the rest follow

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Mouth Music

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Nonsense words used to prepare for war with no istruments

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Scots Ballad

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A slow Scottish song telling a story

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Waulking Song

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

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Pibroch

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Solo Bagpipes

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Blues

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4/4, 12 bar structure, flattened notes

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Ragtime

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Dance, 19th Century, Syncopated

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Swing

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

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Minimalist

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

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African Music

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Music from Africa, drums and voices mainly

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Indian

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Music from India, using the Sitar and the Tabla

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Pop

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Popular music usually in the charts

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Rock

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Popular music with a steady driven beat

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Jazz

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Full popularity in the 1950s usually includes a swing

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Scottish Music

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Traditional songs, instruments, music and dances from Scotland

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Latin American

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Samba, Salsa, Paso Doble, Cha Cha music

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Reggae

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

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Rapping

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Rhyming lyrics with backing vocals

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Gospel

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Choir with rock band instruments influenced by African American music

30
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Celtic Rock

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