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- Early American popular music and its roots14
- Folk and country music6
- Rock and roll24
- 1960s music and the British Invasion16
- The Beatles34
- Soul music6
- Reggae and Desmond Dekker9
- Queen and glam rock13
- Disco, funk and dance music22
- Punk and new wave11
- Heavy rock and heavy metal7
- Hip hop and rap11
- Alternative rock and Britpop11
- Grace by Jeff Buckley25
- Pop ballads and commercial pop15
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Voices and vocal techniques Female •Soprano (high female) •Mezzo soprano (mid range female) •Alto / contralto (low female) Male •Treble (boys’ voice before it ‘changes’) •Tenor (high male) •Baritone (mid range male) •Bass (low male) •Counter –te...
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Waterloo Sunset Melody ● The main ‘hook’ uses a 5-note cell –C# B E C# B (note the rising fourth – descending third – descending second) which dominates the song. ● The second phrase develops this idea sequentially, a fourth lower, w...
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Untitled Capercaillie are a Scottish band who combine the traditional Galic folk music with elements of rock music. Their music is described as 'Celtic Rock'. Melody- Skye Waulking song is pentatonic. This means that the piece...
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Killer Queen Vaudeville, Glam, Multi-track, Middle 8, Outro, Capo, Harmonic sequence, Extended chord, Scalic, Harmonic rhythm, 1974 all effects overdubbed with voice and guitar, no synths. moved beyond blues, more adventurous stru...
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Kate Bush use of fairlight CMI revision area chorus and retaves which is like a chorus but the lyrics can be different. After the contract signing, EMI gave her a large advance, which she used to enroll in interpretive dan...
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The Beatles: Revolver notes The Beatles profile The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they ...
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Unit 6 Popular urban music: - Taught by yourself, learnt from other musicians or studied in a special school - Recorded, with the personal style of the performer ...
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Untitled George Washington Dixon-First white performer to establish a reputation of a "black face".Debut in New York (1829) Thomas Dartmouth Rice (T-Daddy)- white actorn born into poor New yourk family. his "Jime Crow" songs (...
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Grace Jeff Buckley State at least two points under each of the following headings TechnologyMelodyHarmony and TonalityStructureTextureDynamicsInstrumentationTempo and Metre Note from the video what type of music this was and when it was...
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PUNK - created from Mind Map Defenition Sub-genres History
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Since you've been Gone- Metre Simple quadruple (4/4) throughout except bar 8 in simple duple (2/4)