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1
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Name four things that blues musicians sang about

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Love, poverty, death and debt

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What era was the blues music

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1020/30s

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What other style of music is blues related two?

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Jazz

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What is the blues bar structure

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12 bar blues

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What is the 12 bar blues?

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I I I I
IV IV I I
V IV I I

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Name typical blues instruments

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Piano, trumpet, double base, drum kit, trombone, guitar and clarinet

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Name characteristics of blues music

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Call and response, syncopation and portamento and improvisation

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Give examples of blues singers

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Ma Rainey, Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, billie holiday

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What is the blues scale?

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G Bb C C# D F G

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10
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Where and when did jazz develop?

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USA in the 1900s

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What does the structure of a jazz performance start with?

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The head

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What comes after the head in a jazz performance?

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Solos and then the head

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What is a famous feature of many types of jazz?

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Swing rhythm

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14
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What is the purpose of using a swing rhythm

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To get a bouncy feel

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How are jazz bands split?

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Front line instruments and the rhythm section

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What do the front line jazz instruments do?

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They play the main melody of the head then take it in turns to play improvised solos

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What do rhythm section jazz instruments do?

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Accompany the front line instruments and provides harmonies and chords

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18
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What style do jazz singers sometimes Sing in?

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Scat

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What is boogie woogie

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A style of blues piano playing the fame very popular in the 1940s.

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How is the boogie woogie played ?

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A riff in the bass that elaborates on each chord while the right hand used trills and melodic decoration

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What is the boogie woogie structure similar too?

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The 12 bar blues, the difference is it ends in V V I I instead of V IV I I

22
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Describe the boogie woogie base line

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Consists of a repetitive one or two bar figure with each bar containing eight quaver Beat notes. (8 to the bar base line)

23
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Who was glenn miller?

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An American big-band musician arranger, a composer and big-band Leader in the swing era

24
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What are Glenn millers most famous songs?

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In the mood 
Moonlight Serenade 
Pennsylvania six 5000 
Chattanooga choo-choo 
string of pearls 
Tuxedo Junction
 little brown jug
25
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What’s all that music is reggae music developed from?

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Mento, ska, rock - steady

26
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Name reggae music characteristics

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4/4
Syncopated rhythms
Guitars, electric and bass
Strong emphasis on the off-beats and back beats
Walking bass
Slower tempo
27
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Name Reggae musician?

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Bob Marley

28
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Why was Paul Simon inspired by African vocal music?

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It joyful spirit reminded him of the 1950s rock ‘n’ roll

29
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What was Paul Smith said Graceland album inspired by

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South African Township music

30
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Name A band of western African fusion

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Ladysmith Black mambazo

31
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In what style are typical African song sung?

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A cappella

32
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Describe the structure of a typical African song

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Songs are strophic or in call and response form

33
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What is the chorus like in at typical African song

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Homophonic

34
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What does African singing typically include

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Glissando, whistles, yodels and trills

35
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What are African melodies usually organised within?

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A scale of four, five, six or seven notes

36
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What are typical folk music instruments?

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Pipes, fiddle the hurdy Gurdy, bagpipes and the accordion

37
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What is salsa a fusion of?

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Cuban/Puerto Rican with American jazz big-band music

38
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What time signature does salsa have?

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4/4

8 beat dance rhythm - 123123

39
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What is the most important instrument set the beat in salsa?

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The clave, 3-2nor 2-3 beat

40
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What is the vocal solo in salsa called?

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Sonero

41
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What is the Chorus called in salsa?

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The choro

42
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What are the frontline salsa instrument called?

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The horn section; trumpets, saxophones and trombones

43
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What are the rhythm section in salsa called?

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Piano, Spanish guitar, bass guitar

44
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What percussion instruments are part of salsa music?

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The claves, guiros, the cowbell, timbales, maracas, bongos, congas

45
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What is the sonero in a salsa structure?

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Verse - main tune soloist

46
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What is the montuno in the salsa structure?

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Chorus – choral answer sonero improvises

47
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What is the mambo in salsa structure?

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Break – instrumental new material often on the horn section

48
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Name typical

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Repetitive clave rhythm (bo diddly)
Medium/fast tempo
Syncopated percussion rhythm creating complex Polyrhythms and cross-rhythm 
Strong accents on first beat of the bar
Call and response
Often loud dynamics
Mainly the primary chords
49
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Name musical characteristics of the tango?

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The tango started in early 1800s in the bars and slums of a Buenos Aires Argentina

Syncopated ostinato
Heavily accented getting a march like passion

50
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What are typical features and instruments of the tango?

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Violins, piano, double bass and the accordion

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