Rock and Pop Unit Revision

Question 1

What is Reverb?

Accepted Answer

An effect used to give the voice/instrument a slight echo

Question 2

What is the term used for a change of key?

Accepted Answer

Modulation

Question 3

What is the term which describes a short repeated pattern/melody?

Accepted Answer

Riff

Question 4

Which genre uses holy words such as "Hallelujah"?

Accepted Answer

Gospel

Question 5

What does Melismatic mean?

Accepted Answer

Word setting- Many notes per syllable

Question 6

What is the tonality which tends to sound sad?

Accepted Answer

Minor

Question 7

What are the main features of Ragtime music?

Accepted Answer

Piano, Syncopation, Vamp

Question 8

What is the end section of the song called?

Accepted Answer

Coda

Question 9

Which genre did Elvis Presley dominate?

Accepted Answer

Rock and Roll

Question 10

What is the name of the concept which describes a musician making up their music on the spot?

Accepted Answer

Improvisation

Question 11

What is the name for the accompaniment which plays a bass note on the beat, and a chord off the beat?

Accepted Answer

Vamp

Question 12

What is Distortion?

Accepted Answer

An effect used to make the electric guitar sound crunchy/fuzzy

Question 13

What rhythmic feature is used to transition between sections of rock songs?

Accepted Answer

Drum Fills

Question 14

Another term for an upbeat?

Accepted Answer

Anacrusis

Question 15

What is harmony?

Accepted Answer

Singing on different pitches for pleasing effect

Question 16

What is the tonality which tends to sound happy?

Accepted Answer

Major

Question 17

What notes tend to be used in Blues music?

Accepted Answer

The Blues Scale

Question 18

What is a Walking Bass?

Accepted Answer

A different note played by the bass on each beat

Question 19

What instrument was introduced within 80's pop music?

Accepted Answer

Synthesiser

Question 20

Which genre did Scott Joplin influence?

Accepted Answer

Ragtime

Question 21

What is the term for Verse/Chorus form?

Accepted Answer

Strophic

Question 22

What is Unison?

Accepted Answer

All playing at same pitches

Question 23

Which three instruments form a Jazz Trio?

Accepted Answer

Piano, Drumkit, Double Bass

Question 24

What is Con Sordino?

Accepted Answer

Muted playing

Question 25

Which genre of music is written mostly for solo piano?

Accepted Answer

Ragtime

Question 26

What is the structure of Blues music, which influenced music as we know it today?

Accepted Answer

12 Bar Blues

Question 27

What is Syncopation?

Accepted Answer

Rhythms which are off/ against the beat

Question 28

What does Syllabic mean?

Accepted Answer

Work setting- note per syllable

Question 29

Which chords tend to be used in a 12 bar blues?

Accepted Answer

I IV V7

Question 30

What is the term used to describe singing which uses nonsense words and is improvised?

Accepted Answer

Scat Singing

Question 31

What is the name for a short repeated rhythm?

Accepted Answer

Ostinato

Question 32

Which instrument tends to feature in Gospel music?

Accepted Answer

Organ

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