Melody

Question 1

A short, repeated musical pattern used in popular music

Answer 1

Riff

Question 2

A musical effect that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note being sounded. It can be applied to bowed and electronic instruments and vocals

Answer 2

Pitch bend

Question 3

A melody of several notes sung to one syllable of text

Answer 3

Melisma

Question 4

A short melodic phrase used to catch the listener’s attention and make a song memorable

Answer 4

Hook

Question 5

A guitar playing technique where a metal or glass tube on one finger is slid across the frets.

Answer 5

Slide (This technique is commonly known as “slide guitar” or “bottleneck.”)

Question 6

A pitch sliding from one note to another, including all the chromatic notes in between. In music notation, a line between the two notes will be added

Answer 6

Glissando

Question 7

The spontaneous and creative performance of musical ideas.

Answer 7

Improvisation

Question 8

A short melodic, rhythmic, or chordal phrase repeated continuously through a section of a work or the whole piece

Answer 8

Ostinato

Question 9

A flattened note (lowered in tone by a half step), usually the third or seventh, used especially in blues music.

Answer 9

Blues notes