Music Vocabulary

2. popular dance music of the 1970s with a heavy bass beat
5. improvised singing on nonsense syllables
8. music developed in Jamaica, emphasis is between beats
10. catchy music that appeals to teens and pre-teens and emphasizes romantic love
12. came from folk music of the South and cowboy music of the Western U.S.
13. American music that became popular in the 1950s and was a fusion of jazz, gospel, blues, and of Western country music

1. piano music with an “oom-pah” in the left hand and syncopation in the right hand
2. a person who introduces and plays popular recorded music
3. a short pattern in music that keeps repeating itself
4. music style with improvisation and syncopation, has African American roots
6. to make something up with little or no preparation
7. music with African American roots that often has a 12-bar structure and 3 lines of lyrics that are sad or angry
9. a movie or play with a lot of singing and dancing
11. a style of jazz played on the piano with 8 eighth notes in each measure
14. rhyming lyrics are spoken with a musical background