Music Lesson 5: Popular Music Flashcards

1
Q
  • People’s Music
A

Pop Music

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Distinct Characteristics of Pop music

A

• ACCESSIBILITY AND CATCHINESS
• DIVERSITY OF GENRES
• INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGY
• CULTURAL REFLECTION

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q
  • Light, simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed of short stanzas and adapted for singing.
  • Sentimental or romantic character, having 2 or more stanzas all sang to the same melody.
A

Ballad

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q
  • It is a black popular music of the 1950’s.
  • It is a combination of different
    popular music genres like jazz, gospel and blues.
  • In quadruple meter with danceable speed.
A

Rhythm and blues

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q
  • Evolved in the 1950’s from a

-Combination of rnb and country-western music characteristics.

  • Famous performers were Ray Charles and James Brown.
A

Rock n Roll

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

King of Rock n Roll

A

Elvis Presley

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Famous songs of Elvis Presley

A

“Love me Tender”
“Hound Dog”
“Heartbreak Hotel”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

This British rock group was formed in 1960 in Liverpool, England .

A

Beatles

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Members of The Beatles

A

Paul McCartney
John Lennon,
George Harrison
Ringo Starr.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Famous songs of The Beatles

A

Love me do
I want to hold your hand
Twist and shout,
Hey jude
Yesterday
Let it be
Yellow Submarine

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q
  • A style of pop music in the 1970’s and is a distinguished form of dance music.
  • Derived from French DISCOTHEQUE, which means a type of dance-oriented nightclub that first appeared in the 1960’s.
A

Disco

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q
  • A spoken word delivered quickly in rhymed verses.
  • It is a rock music that evolved in the 1970’s.
  • Accompanied by hip-hop music.
A

Rap

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q
  • Started in the late 1980’s and early
    1990’s.
  • It is a do-it-yourself type of music of different musical bands.
  • Refers to its distinction from typical rock music, which is expressed by
    distorting the guitar sound in a different and defiant attitude.
A

Alternative

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly