Synth Pop Flashcards

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Q

What is Synth Pop?

A

a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument.

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Decade?

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late 70s and 80s

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Features?

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fashion was important
machines began to replace live musicians
synthesizers became more polyphonic than monophonic
presets-memory
MIDI
synclavier
drum machines-Roland TR-808
arpeggiator
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Examples of Bands/Artists

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Eurhythmics-Sweet Dreams
Pet Shop Boys-West End Girls
Soft Cell-Tainted Love

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