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What are features of 20th century music
Dissonance
Irregular rhythms
Ostinato
Angular melody leaps
Different uses of instruments
Irregular time signatures
Percussion and celesta
Unusual combinations of instruments
Irregular rhythms
Ostinato
Angular melody leaps
Different uses of instruments
Irregular time signatures
Percussion and celesta
Unusual combinations of instruments
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What is ostinato
Repeated patterns- can be rhythmic or melodic
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What are different ways of playing instruments
Key clicking
Pizzicato
Singing into instuprument
Pitch bending
Flutter tonguing
muting
Glissando
Col legno
Prepared piano
Pizzicato
Singing into instuprument
Pitch bending
Flutter tonguing
muting
Glissando
Col legno
Prepared piano
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What different types of scales are there
Major
Minor
Chromatic
Whole tone
Modes
Pentatonic
Minor
Chromatic
Whole tone
Modes
Pentatonic
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What is a chromatic scale
Moving in semitones
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What is a pentatonic scale
5 note scale
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What is dissonance
Clashing
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What is consonant
Notes ‘agree’ with each other
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What is diatonic
A normal major or minor scale
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What different accompaniment styles are there
Drone
Ostinato
Riffs
Ostinato
Riffs
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What is a drone
A sustained or repeating note sounded against chainring harmony
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What are riffs
A repeating pattern which changed with the chord sequence
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What other playing techniques are there
Tremolo
Trill
Glissando
Pizzicato
Legato
Staccato
Trill
Glissando
Pizzicato
Legato
Staccato
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What is tremolo
Using the bow of a string instrument very quickly to create a ‘trembling’ sound
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What is a trill
A rapid alternation of two different pitches
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What is a glissando
A slide from one pitch to another
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What is a pizzicato
Playing strings by plucking the strings with your fingers
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What is legato
A smooth performance of music
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What is staccato
Short, detached notes
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What different forms are in music
Binary
Ternary
Rondo
Ternary
Rondo
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What is binary form
AB
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What is ternary form
ABA
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What is rondo form
ABACA
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Concepts of indian music
Raga
Sitar
Tabla
Tambura
Sitar
Tabla
Tambura
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What is raga
A scale in Indian music
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What is a sitar
Plucked a string instrument, improvised melodies using a particular raga
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What is a tabla
A pair of single headed drums
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What is a tambura
A plucked stringed instrument which plays the drone
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When was rock and roll music used
1950s - music of the younger generation
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What chords are used in rock and roll
Basic chords, often uses 12 bar blues chord pattern
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What is the typical line up in a band for rock and role
Piano, bass, drum-kit, vocals, lead or rhythm guitar
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What is the use of riffs in rock and roll music
Short, repeated patterns, which change with the chords and usually heard in the bass part
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What is scat singing
When the singer uses nonsense syllables
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