Popular Flashcards

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Blues

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Spiritual songs
Folk music
Work music
Accompanied by guitar or bongo
Lyrics emotional
1 line repeats twice then a made up line AAB

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2
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Ragtime

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Piano
Left hand plays vamp
Right hand plays syncopated melody

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Jazz

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Improvisation
Trumpet
Cornet
Trombone
Clarinet
Bonjo
Double bass
Tuba
Drum kit
Polyphone
Trombone glissando (sliding between notes)

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4
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Polyphonic

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Two or more melodies playing together

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5
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Swing

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Improvised solos
2 alto saxophones
2 tenor saxophones
Baritone saxophone
3 or 4 trumpets
3 or 4 trombones
Piano, double bass, guitar and drums play the rhytm

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6
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Gospel

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Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Capella
Clapping
Religious
Back vocals sung in harmony

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7
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Soprano

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Highest female

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8
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Alto

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Highest male
Lowest femlae

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9
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Bass

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Lowest male

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10
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Rock n roll

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Jazz
Blues
Gospel
Country
Electric guitar
Fast tempos
Simple time
Syncopated rhythms

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11
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Rock

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Electric guitar
Bass guitar
Drum kit

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12
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Reggae

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Jamaican
Unique form of rock
Guitar
Banjo
44
Heavy accent on 2nd and 4th notes
Strophic form
Riff on bass guitar
Mento
Ska
Rocksteady

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