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AOS5 - Conventions of Pop
AOS5 - Conventions of Pop
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1
A '
Walking Bass Line
' is popular in which genre of music from AoS5?
Pop
Pop Ballad
Rock Anthems
Rock 'n' Roll
2
In the introduction to Adele's '
Someone Like You
', what is the
piano accompaniment
doing?
Broken Chords
Block Chords
Arpeggios
Extended Chords
3
What is
falsetto
?
Singing very loudly
When you sing higher than your normal range
When you sing lower than your normal range
Singing the same pitch
4
A
backbeat
is where the emphasis is on...
Beats 3 and 4
Beats 2 and 4
Beats 1 and 2
All beats
5
What does a
time signature
tell you?
How many beats are in a bar
How many bars are in a beat
How slow a piece of music is
How many bars are in a piece of music
6
A
melisma
is...
A vocal technique
A guitar technique
Where one note is sung higher
Where several notes are sung on one syllable
7
A
12 bar blues
only has 3 chords.
False
True
8
Pop ballads usually
tell stories
.
True
False
9
Because pop ballads are usually about love and story-telling, their songs tend to always be in a
minor key
.
True
False
10
Which of these artists do
NOT
do
Rock 'n' Roll?
The Beach Boys
Elvis Presley
The Beatles
Adele
11
What instrument plays the
riff
in Europe's '
The Final Countdown
'?
Synthesiser
Organ
Piano
Guitar
12
Who sung '
Bohemian Rhapsody
'?
Europe
Guns 'n' Roses
Kiss
Queen
13
Finish these
lyrics
: '
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
...'
...beggin' all the time
...tryin' all the time
...runnin' all the time
...cryin' all the time
14
Who wrote the song '
Make You Feel My Love
'?
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
Adele
Michael Jackson
15
What is an
accompaniment
?
A music part which supports the chords
A music part which supports the ending of a song
A music part which supports the drums
A music part which supports the melody
16
MIDI
is short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
True
False
17
Who is
NOT
a member of The Beatles?
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney
Brian May
