Popular Music - Ch.1
Across
- 3. Note made longer by crescendo-ing it (soft to loud)
- 7. a memorable musical phrase or riff
- 8. (2 wds)inspo from enthusiastic Black church choirs
- 9. singing without instrumentals
- 10. the quality of a sound
- 11. music as a way to express developing ideas
- 12. Religious-themed popular music that Black and White musicians perform.
- 13. (2 wds)acoustics that make an instrument/voice unique
- 16. textures produced by many rhythms going on at the same time (ex, hip-hop beats and funk)
- 17. accenting of the second and fourth beat in 4/4 time
- 18. song form that uses the same music for each poetic unit in the lyrics
- 20. Four beat pulse, arrastre
- 21. (2 wds)staying on beat with music & keeping track of polyrhythms. Learned, unconscious skill
- 22. (2 wds)Musical forces alternate with one another usually in quick succession
Down
- 1. Specific 'stop and start' rhythm … syncopation of the bass w/ quick notes from instruments.
- 2. part of music purposefully played off beat. Creates a "swing"/groove
- 4. a repeated pattern designed to generate rhythmic momentum
- 5. storytelling song. repeated melody. often about historical events/tragedy.
- 6. (2 wds)passed down orally. bound up with the daily lives and customs of local communities.
- 12. term that evokes the channeled flow of “swing-ing,” “funky,” or “phat” rhythms
- 14. (2 wds)traditional, restrained American hymns
- 15. type of African American sacred song that originated in oral tradition.
- 19. Afro-Cuban percussion centric music & dance style. First music genre that had covers in the US.