Styles

Question 1

What are the different styles of music?

Answer 1

Rap
Swing
Gospel
Rock
Blues
Jazz
Ragtime
Reggae
Celtic rock
Rock ‘n’ Roll
Scats singing

Question 2

Rap

Answer 2

-rhyming lyrics
-performed to a beat
-popular in hip-hop music

Question 3

Rock

Answer 3

• thicky and heavy drums and bass
  -strong beat
  -4/4 time
  -electric instruments - guitars and synthesisers/
  electric piano
• use of distortion and reverb effects
  -guitar riffs

Question 4

Gospel

Answer 4

-religious lyrics
-call and response singing
- upbeat tempo
-repetitive lyrics

Question 5

Swing

Answer 5

-large brass and reed section
-dotted swung rhythms
-fast tempo
-walking bass
-mostly instrumental but some vocals

Question 6

Blues

Answer 6

• 4/4 time
  -12 bar blues progression
  -3 line verse structure
  -Blues notes/blues scale
  -slow tempo
  -sad lyrics
  -use of harmonica

Question 7

Jazz

Answer 7

• improvisation
  -solo piano,drum kit, bass
  -use of saxophone
  -syncopation
  -vamp
  -use of trumpet/
  trombone
  -scat singing

Question 8

Ragtime

Answer 8

• solo piano
  -syncopation
  -bright,cheerful
  -vamp
  -simple harmonies with chromatic notes

Question 9

Reggae

Answer 9

• laid back feel/ relaxed groove
  -off beat rhythms
  -bass and drum create rhythm with strong accents on the 2nd and 4th beats of a bar
  -vocalists are usually male

Question 10

Celtic Rock

Answer 10

-scottish traditional instruments (clarsach, tin, whistle, bagpipes, fiddle)
-Rock instruments (electric guitars/drum kit)
- rock beat
-scottish dance styles (reels, jigs)
-celtic lyrics

Question 11

Rock ‘n’ Roll

Answer 11

-Typically vocals, 2 guitar, bass and drum
-sometimes harmonic and brass
-often 12 bar blues and chord structure
-fast tempo
-energetic delivery of vocals

Question 12

Scats singing

Answer 12

-nonsense words
-improvisation
-in jazz singing