music

Where does tango music come from - name 3 specific places

• Argentina

• Buenos ares

• Bars and broth-ells

When did it originate?

1890

When was tango music most popular?

The early 20th century

Whats the tango played by?

An orchestra tipica

How many instruments is in an orchestra typica?

6

What are the instruments in an orquesta typica?

• 2 bandoeans

• 2 violins

• Double bass

• Piano

Whats a bandonean?

A small accordion with buttons

How many beats to a bar in tango?

4

What key is tango mostly in?

Minor

What is tango music written for?

A dance

What are the 4 main tango rhythms?

• habenera

• Mercado

• Syncopa

• Three - three - two

Define anacrusis

A phrase that starts on the upbeat

Define phrase

A musical sentance

Whats overdubbing

Adding layers to a recording

Define range

The compass or the pitch covered by an instrument

Define octave

The range of exactly 8 notes

Define falsetto

The extended upper vocal range of an adult male

Define portamento

Sliding between notes when singing

Define word setting

A compositional device where the music mimics the words

Define syllabic

One note for each syllable

Define vocables

Nonsense words or sounds eg.ooh,la,doo

Define reverb

Reverberation - adding an echo to the sound

Define panning

Making the sound come from the left or right speaker to give the effect of it moving

Whats a flanger?

An effect made by mixing two identical sounds with a slight delay

Whats distortion?

Altering a sound to make it sound gritty

Whats a consonant?

Sounds that go well together - a happy sound

Whats a dissonant?

Sounds that clash

Whats a chromatic scale?

Where you use both the white and black notes on a keyboard -usually sequentially

Who are the 4 members of queen and what do they play?

Freddie mercury - lead vocals and piano

Brian may - lead guitar

Roger Taylor - drums and vocals

John deacon - bass guitar

Whats a spiritual?

A religious kind of song associated with black Christian’s of southern US

Whats a work song?

Long mournful and sometimes rhythmic songs sung

Whats the blues?

A music genre that originated in the Deep South of the US around the 1860s among African American culture

Whats ragtime?

Music evolved by black American musicians in the 1980s and played especially by piano characterised by a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment

Whats jazz?

A style of music originating in the 20th century in New Orleans which combined elements of European-American and African music

Whats syncopation ?

Rhythm patterns where stressed notes are played of beat

Whats blue note?

A minor interval where you wold expect major to create a flat feeling

What are the 12 bar blues?

A style of music using a 12 bar chord progression using primary chords I, IV and V

Whats chromatic

Music which uses notes between the set pitches of the scale often creating semitones

Define changes

A jazz term for the harmonic progression upon which a melody is based

Define front line

Jazz instruments that play the improvised solo or the melody line

Whats scat singing

Improvised singing that uses a voice in imitation of an instrument

Whats a walking bass?

A bass that is used in blues music following the notes of the chord with the addition of a minor 7th

Whats a swing rythm?

An jazz style where the notes are always syncopated

Whats a glissando?

A slide from one pitch to another also known as a slide

Whats a polyphonic texture?

Many melody’s overlapping

What does tonality mean?

Major or minor