Genres
This genre came from blending Country and Jazz music, and is known for using drums and electric guitar.
What is Rock and Roll?
A song with a lot of loud instruments would have a ______ texture.
What is thick?
This is the word for when we talk about how different notes sound together.
What is Harmony?
This is a section of a song that uses the same notes and words every time it is repeated.
What is a chorus?
This part of music is the part that usually stays the same the whole time. We find this to decide if music is fast or slow, straight or syncopated, or swung. We also talk about how it gets grouped.
What is the beat?
This genre grew out of Blues and Folk Music, and is known for using acoustic guitar and twang.
What is Country?
What is Thin?
What is Major?
This section of a song usually does most of the story telling or messaging. When it is repeated, it usually uses the same notes on different words.
What is the verse?
Listen to your teacher hum "My Favorite Things." It does sound like the beats are in these kinds of groups
What are groups of 3.
The genre name used to mean any music on the radio, but now it is a specific genre that's almost like a lighter version of Rock.
What is Pop?
In music, the term Fortissimo means you use this volume.
What is very loud?
When a song uses notes that are dark and solemn together, that usually means it is this.
What is minor?
A lot of songs use this kind of section instead of a third verse so they can use new words and new notes.
What is a bridge?
What is the language?
This type of rock and roll was used to complain about or comment on things in the world that people didn't like.
What is punk rock?
This is the word for when music is loud.
What is Forte?
When notes sound pleasant and open, but maybe empty, we use this word.
What is consonant?
If a song repeats the chorus, but it makes a small change to how the notes or words sound, we call that a chorus with __________, or a __________ on a chorus.
What is variation?
The British Invasion is one of the reasons we know this band, who sang "Help!" and "8 Days a Week"
Who are the Beatles?
This genre incorporated Blues, African music, and European music. It also eventually led to most of the genres of music we have today.
What is Jazz?
This is the word for when music is medium quiet.
What is Mezzo-piano?
What are dissonant notes?
or What is dissonance?
Mr. Jacobsen couldn't think of a question to put here. The first full group to be completely under a table gets the points
That was silly
Mr. Jacobsen is best at this kind of instrument
What is percussion?