Our Mystery Songs
The Weeknd wrote hit song "______"
"Blinding Lights"
Define "hybrid genre"
A genre that squishes or mixes characteristics from two or more genres together (ex. pop-rock, symphonic metal)
Percussion
A whole note gets how many beats?
4
A group that has voices ONLY.
Chorus/choir
"Back in Black" is written by hard rock band _______
AC/DC
Name 3 instruments you could find in rock music
Electric guitar, electric bass (bass guitar), drumkit (drums), voice, keyboard/piano
a reed
A quarter note (ta) gets how many beats?
A band/marching band
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Pop music could be described as:
Upbeat, popular music
The harp is in which instrument family?
Strings
A half (too) note gets how many beats?
2
A group that has strings ONLY.
Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Name 3 instruments you could find in the symphonic-pop genre.
strings section (violin, viola, cello, bass), choral/opera voices, electric guitars, keyboard/piano, electric bass (bass guitar), drum kit/drums
The oboe is in which instrument family?
Woodwind
A dotted half note gets how many beats?
3
A nonet has how many people in it?
9
The "Avengers Theme" and movie score was written by two-time Marvel composer
Alan Silvestri
What instrument family is a main part of funk music?
Brass (horn) section
The saxophone is in which instrument family?
Ti-taka (or ti-tika) gets how many beats?
1
Which group has ALL instrument families in it (strings, woodwind, brass, percussion)?
Symphony/Full Orchestra