Area of Study 4: Popular Music

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  1. 3. A repeated catchy musical phrase often played on a guitar
  2. 4. A style of music that involves rhythmic speech
  3. 6. A type of musical texture with one melody line
  4. 7. A style of music that combines elements of different genres
  5. 11. A high vocal register
  6. 17. A chord played one note at a time
  7. 18. A large drum used in Indian music
  8. 21. The distance between the highest and lowest notes a voice or instrument performs in a piece
  9. 23. A secondary melody that accompanies the main melody
  10. 24. A short musical phrase that fills a gap between other phrases often played by a drum kit
  11. 26. A genre of popular music that evolved from rock’n’roll and pop music during the mid and late 1960s
  12. 27. A vocal technique that uses the chest voice to produce powerful forceful and resonant sounds
  13. 28. rhythm A strong repetitive rhythm with a strong emphasis on the beat
  14. 29. A long-short rhythmic pattern used in Indian classical music
  15. 31. A form of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric instruments producing a ‘gritty’ tone
  16. 32. A low vocal register
  17. 35. An electronic instrument that can produce a wide range of sounds
  18. 37. A style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s featuring strong offbeat guitar chords
  19. 38. A genre of popular music incorporating elements of rhythm and blues and gospel performed especially by black American musicians
  20. 39. Short sharp chords played one after the other
  21. 42. A short piece of recorded music that is used in another piece of music
  22. 44. A type of Punjabi folk music and dance
  23. 45. A type of singing where multiple notes are sung per syllable
  24. 46. A type of Indian small plucked stringed instrument with one string frequently used in bhangra music
  25. 48. A slow sentimental or romantic song
  26. 49. A section of a song that connects the verse and chorus
  27. 52. The closing section of a song
  28. 53. The beginning of a song often instrumental before the singing starts
  29. 54. The process of moving a sound from one speaker to another
  30. 56. A guitar technique where the pitch of a note is bent by pulling or pushing the string
  31. 58. A genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community frequently featuring rap
  32. 59. A type of melodic movement where notes are far apart
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  1. 1. A musical interval smaller than a semitone
  2. 2. A type of bowed Indian stringed instrument which mimics the sound of the human voice
  3. 5. A set of drums and cymbals played in a rock band
  4. 8. A tonality that uses smaller intervals and sounds sad dark or unsettled
  5. 9. A type of musical texture with multiple melody lines
  6. 10. A tonality that uses larger intervals and sounds bright happy or optimistic
  7. 12. A short instrumental section in a song
  8. 13. Chords often played on a guitar consisting of a root note and a perfect fifth
  9. 14. A rhythmic pattern that emphasises off-beats
  10. 15. A sound effect that creates a whooshing effect caused by soundwaves cancelling each other out
  11. 16. A guitar technique where a note is played by strongly hitting a finger onto a fret
  12. 19. A repeated musical phrase particularly in electronic music
  13. 20. A guitar that is amplified through an amplifier
  14. 22. A contrasting section in the middle of a song
  15. 25. A four-string guitar that plays the lowest notes in a band
  16. 30. A type of large Indian stringed instrument with many strings and moveable frets
  17. 33. A section of a song that tells a story or expresses a feeling with the same music but different lyrics every time it occurs
  18. 34. A type of melodic movement where notes are close together
  19. 36. A type of singing where one note is sung per syllable
  20. 40. A pair of drums used in Indian classical music
  21. 41. A sound effect that creates a sense of space by adding a repetition with a very slight delay on the sound
  22. 43. An unnaturally high man’s vocal register
  23. 47. Made louder using a particular kind of speaker
  24. 48. Additional vocals that support the main vocal melody
  25. 50. A sound effect that creates a repeating sound that gradually dies away
  26. 51. A type of musical texture with a melody and accompanying harmony
  27. 55. A drum technique where the rim of the drum is hit
  28. 57. A section of a song with the same music and lyrics every time it occurs