Traditional Music

Question 1

Contemporary British Folk

Answer 1

1. Simple melodies
2. Pentatonic scales
3. Strophic (verse-repeating)
4. Phrase often begins upbeat
5. Even-bar phrases, often 4
6. Compound time signatures, like 6/8

Question 2

Blues: 1920s - 50s

Answer 2

1. Blues scale, flatten 3rd, 5th and 7th of any major scale
2. Swung melodies / rhythms, offbeat
3. Backbeat rhythm / shuffle beat
4. 12-bar blues chord sequence
5. Only chords I, IV, V used

Question 3

Fusions

Answer 3

1. Blues scale, flatten 3rd, 5th and 7th of any major scale
2. Swung melodies / rhythms, offbeat
3. Backbeat rhythm / shuffle beat
4. 12-bar blues chord sequence
5. Only chords I, IV, V used