Conventions of pop

Question 1

Articulation

Answer 1

Performance technique that indicate how a sound should be played (smoothly or spikily)

Question 2

Coda/Outro

Answer 2

Section that brings song to an end

Question 3

Flanger/Phaser

Answer 3

A digital effect that creates a ‘whoosing’ effect/sound

Question 4

Hard rock

Answer 4

A loud aggression form of rock music with the electric guitar emphasised with distortion

Question 5

Heavy metal

Answer 5

Heavily amplified and distorted electric guitar. Guitar solos - drums.

Question 6

Lead guitar

Answer 6

The main guitar within a popular music ensemble which plays the melody

Question 7

Lead singer

Answer 7

Sing the main tune or melody of the song. If the singer is alone they are called a soloist

Question 8

Legato

Answer 8

musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected.

Question 9

Melisma

Answer 9

A group of notes or tones sung on one syllable in plainsong

Question 10

Modulation

Answer 10

modulation is the change from one tonality to another.

Question 11

Overdrive

Answer 11

a particular form of distortion caused by “pushing” an amp past its capability for producing a clean tone.

Question 12

Overdubbing

Answer 12

Overdubbing (also known as layering) is a technique used in audio recording in which audio tracks that have been pre-recorded are then played back and monitored, while simultaneously recording new, doubled, or augmented tracks onto one or more available tracks of a digital audio workstation (DAW) or tape recorder.

Question 13

Panning

Answer 13

Panning is the act of placing or moving a sound anywhere in the stereo field of a stereo playback system.

Question 14

Primary chords

Answer 14

there are chords within the structure of diatonic harmony that are used more than any other chords within the song.