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African music

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Features voices and/or African drums

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Baroque

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From approximately 1600-1750
Famous composers include Bach, Vivaldi and Handel
Extensive use of ornamentation and sequence

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Concerto

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Work for solo instrument and orchestra

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Mouth music

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Unaccompanied songs with Gaelic or nonsense words
Performed by a solo voice or voices in unison
Normally sung for ceilidh dances

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Opera

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Drama set to music

Features soloists, chorus, orchestra and acting

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Ragtime

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Played on piano

Syncopated rhythm against a steady vamped accompaniment

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Rapping

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Rhyming lyrics that are spoken and performed in time to a beat
Popular in hip-hop music

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Reggae

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Developed in Jamaica in the 1960s

Strong accents on the 2nd and 4th beats of the bar

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Romantic

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From approximately 1810-1900
Famous composers include Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Liszt
Larger orchestras than ever before and use of rubato

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Scots ballad

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Slow Scottish song that tells a story

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Swing

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Jazz style that started in the 1930s
Performed by a big band
In 4/4 time
Features a ‘cheese, mouldy cheese’ rhythm

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Blues

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Often in 4/4 and based on a 12 bar blues structure

Melody uses notes from the blues scale

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Jazz

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Often uses saxophone
Usually features syncopation and improvisation
Use of chords such as the added 6th

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Latin American

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Dance music from South America
Use of percussion instruments
Lively off-beat rhythms

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Musical

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A play which has speaking, singing and dancing and is performed on a stage

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Pop

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A style of popular music

Played by a group of musicians or a solo artist

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Rock

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Heavy, driving beat
Use of distortion
Usually features electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit

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Rock ‘n’ roll

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1950s American music
Grew from jazz, blues, gospel and country
Often uses a riff

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Arpeggio / Broken chord

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The notes of a chord are played separately

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Drone

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A note held on or repeated in the bass

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Major tonality

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Sounds bright or happy

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Minor tonality

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Sounds dark, creepy or sad

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Ornament

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Decorating a melody with extra notes

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Pedal

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A held note or repeated notes in the bass beneath changing upper parts

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Pentatonic
A five note scale Do, re, mi, sol and la Often used in Scottish music
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Scat singing
Nonsense words and sounds made up by the singer | Used mainly in jazz
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Vamp
Rhythmic accompaniment | Bass note on the beat and a chord off the beat
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Discord
A chord in which certain notes clash
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Question and answer
A musical phrase (question) followed by another (answer) | These phrases usually balance each other
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Repetition
An exact repeat of a musical idea
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Sequence
A melodic phrase that is repeated at a higher or lower pitch
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A tempo
Return to the original speed
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Accelerando
Getting gradually faster
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Anacrusis
The note(s) before the first strong beat of a phrase
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Andante
At a walking speed
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Compound time
The beat subdivides into groups of three
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Dotted rhythm
Long note followed by a short one or a short note followed by a long one
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Jig
Fairly fast Scottish dance in compound time
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Rallentando
Getting gradually slower
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Scotch snap
Very short accented note before a longer note
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Simple time
The beat subdivides into groups of two
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Strathspey
Scottish dance with four beats in a bar | Usually features a scotch snap
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Syncopation
Playing off the beat
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Accent
Notes with more emphasis than others
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Adagio
A slow tempo
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Allegro
A fast tempo
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Drum fill
A rhythmic decoration played on a drum kit
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March
Strong, steady pulse Two or four beats in a bar Played at a suitable speed for marching
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Reel
A fast Scottish dance with four beats in a bar
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Waltz
A dance with three beats in a bar | Played at a medium tempo
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Cadenza
Showy passage for a soloist alone in a concerto
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Canon / Round
Each part has the same melody Parts enter one after the other Canon is the same as round
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Imitation
The melody is immediately copied in another part
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Middle eight
A section which provides contrast to the opening section Often eight bars long Used in popular music
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Ternary
A three part form: section one, section two then back to section one Can also be called ABA form
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Theme and variations
The melody (theme) is heard then returns several times with variations
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Verse and chorus
Alternating between verse and chorus The verse normally has the same music but different words each time it is heard The chorus is normally identical each time Many songs use this form
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Harmony
Two parts sounding different notes
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Ostinato / Riff
A short repeated pattern
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Solo
One instrument or voice
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Unison
Two players or singers sounding the same notes at the same time
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Alto
A low female voice
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Backing vocals
Singers supporting the lead singer | Usually sing harmonies in the background
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Bass
A low male voice
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Brass band
A band with brass and percussion instruments
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Distortion
An electronic effect used in rock music | Used to colour the sound of an electric guitar
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Muted
Using a device that alters the sound of an instrument | Brass and string instruments can use mutes
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Soprano
A high female voice
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Tenor
A high male voice
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Wind band
A band with woodwind, brass and percussion instruments
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Choir
A group of singers performing together
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Folk group
A group of singers and instrumentalists | They perform a variety of traditional music
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Legato
The notes are played smoothly
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Orchestra
A large group of string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments
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Scottish dance band
A band that plays Scottish music for people to dance to | Instruments can include fiddle, accordion, piano and drums
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Staccato
The notes are detached
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Steel band
Band whose instruments are made out of oil drums called pans | The top of each drum is hammered into panels to make different pitches

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