Rap
Jazz
Drums, Strings, and Things
Misc.
Listening
100
Creates the musical background using turn tables or computers.
What is a DJ?
100
Creating a melody "on the spot".
What is improvisation?
100
Version of a popular song by a performer other than the original artist.
What is a cover?
100
name an American folk instrument
What is banjo, fiddle, accordian, or harmonica?
100
The song "Block Party" is an example of what genre?
What is rap?
200
Person who raps over background music.
What is a MC?
200
Well-known and often-played jazz piece.
What is a jazz standard?
200
Combining contrasting styles into a new, unique style.
What is fusion?
200
Performing a song from one style to a new or different style.
What is crossing over?
200
The song "I Will Survive" is an example of what genre?
What is disco?
300
Speaking in rhyme over a beat.
What is rap?
300
Jazz style popular in the 1930's and 1940's, dance music.
What is swing?
300
Jazz piano playing where the left hand "jumps" between low notes and chords.
What is stride?
300
Dancers who flapped their hands on either side of their body.
What is flappers?
300
The song "Every Morning" is an example of this genre.
What is (Country) Blues?
400
Manually moving a record back and forth to create a sound effect.
What is scratching?
400
A jazz group of 4-7 people that often played bebop and cool jazz.
What is a combo?
400
Quality of sound that is individual to each instrument or voice.
What is timbre?
400
A slight, rapid wavering in pitch.
What is vibrato?
400
The song "Carry On" is an example of this vocab word.
What is cover?
500
Why DJ's started using 2 turn tables
What is to extend the break for break dancers?
500
The original tune in a jazz arrangement, heard at the beginning and sometimes at the end.
What is the head?
500
name the 3 types of basses used in American pop music
What are acoustic double bass, electric bass (guitar) & acoustic bass guitar?
500
name 2 characteristics that make someone a good singer.
What are range, in tune, different dynamics, clarity, and can match pitch?
500
The song "Manteca" is an example of this vocab word.
What is fusion?
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