What is the genre
This style of hardcore music that originated in the 1980s features blast beats and extreme vocals. It was made famous by bands such as Morbid Angel and Obituary
What is Death Metal
The current longest trending hip-hop song on the billboard.(The hip-hop song that has been trending for the longest and is still currently on the billboard)
Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar
These devices, controlled with your feet, are used to change the tone of a guitar or other instrument by adding effects such as distortion or delay
What are guitar pedals?
Your Love is my Drug - Kesha
2009
There are this many notes in western music theory
12
This genre of dance music that originated in Detroit utilized synthesizers for deep, mesmerizing, and monotonous baselines
What is Techno?
Sabrina Carpenter's current top song on the billboard
Espresso
This instrument functions by electrically producing a wave shape(typically sine wave, square wave, or saw wave) and outputting an electrical signal that is sent to a speaker
What is a Synthesizer?
OK Computer - Radiohead
1997
An ordered set of musical notes, that sound good together, arranged by pitch, typically ascending or descending
What is a scale
This grimy subgenre of Hip Hop from Chicago was popularized by rappers such as Chief Keef in the 2010s.
What is Drill?
The title of this song is based off the picture of this popular rappers new iced out phone on instagram
Nokia - Drake
What is EQing/Equalizing
Old Town Road - Lil Nas X
2019
The two most common types of chords in music are major and minor chords. A third type of chord can be made by making the 5th of a minor chord flat. This type of chord is used to create an uneasy, tense, dark sound.
What is a diminished chord?
This acoustic genre focuses on fighting consumerism, social injustice, and social norms.
What is folk punk/anti-folk?
This pop song in the top 10 on the billboard has the same name as the album it is featured on.
Pink Pony Club
This drum machine, manufactured in the 1980s intended for dance music, failed commercially, but was revived by hip hop artists who found this drum machine years later. It is famous for it's iconic "Kick" sound.
What is the 808?
Gin and Juice - Snoop Dog
1993
A diagram that visualizes the relationships between the 12 major and minor keys in music
What is the Circle of Fifths?
A style of rock music popular especially in the 1970s and characterized by classical influences, the use of keyboard instruments, and lengthy compositions.
What is Prog Rock?
These two artists collaborated to make this currently number one trending song
Kendrick Lamar and SZA
This DAW(Digital Audio Workstation) is the industry standard for music production
What is pro-tools?
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
1973
This is the frequency(in hertz)that the note A is tuned to, also known as "concert pitch"
440 hertz