U1L1 - What's Popular Music?

Question 1

Popular Music

Answer 1

Music created with commercial success in mind.

Question 2

Art Music

Answer 2

Music created for the sake of art rather than popularity like Modern Jazz, Folk Music, etc.

Question 3

Critical Listening

Answer 3

Understand how the music is put together, its cultural significance, how has historically developed, and listening it to seek out meaning within it.

Question 4

Riff

Answer 4

A repetitive musical pattern

Question 5

Hook

Answer 5

A memorable musical phrase, the “riff” intended to catch your attention.

Question 6

Groove

Answer 6

A channel flow of rhythms. Can be described as funky, swinging, punchy, dirty, etc.

Question 7

Timbre

Answer 7

Pronounced “Tamber”. It is the tone quality or color like buzzy, mellow, dark, fuzzy, etc.

Question 8

Beat/Pulse

Answer 8

A consistent beating & most basic element of music.

Question 9

Tempo

Answer 9

The speed of the beat/pulse

Question 10

Meter

Answer 10

Describes the grouping of beats.

Question 11

Melody

Answer 11

A series of notes that form a distinct unit, usually being a single line, memorable, important, and it’s the loudest part of the music.

Question 12

Harmony

Answer 12

The organization of many simultaneous pitches

Question 13

Form

Answer 13

The organization of large sections within the song