The cards Question What is grunge? Tap to flip Answer A style of heavy rock music featuring distorted guitar sounds and angry lyrics Question What is distortion? Tap to flip Answer A fuzzy effect often added to guitar sounds Question Give one key musical feature of grunge. Tap to flip Answer E.g. riffs, distorted guitars or simple instrumentation Question Give one style grunge took influences from. Tap to flip Answer Punk rock or heavy metal Question What two features do rock drum beats have? Tap to flip Answer A strong pulse and a snare backbeat Question Give one part of the kit grunge drum beats often use to create powerful effects. Tap to flip Answer Open hi-hats or crash cymbals Question Is rock a single narrow genre? Tap to flip Answer No. It is a broad term covering many sub-genres, such as grunge, punk rock and heavy metal Question What is a drum fill? Tap to flip Answer A break in the groove where the drummer plays a different pattern, often at the end of sections or phrases Question What sound does a crash cymbal make, and what is it typically used for? Tap to flip Answer A loud, sharp 'crash', used to emphasise key moments Question Which cymbal has a thin ringing sound and is an alternative to the hi-hat in drum grooves? Tap to flip Answer The ride cymbal Question What is verse-chorus form? Tap to flip Answer A common structure in popular music based around alternating verses and choruses Question What is an effective way to end a drum fill? Tap to flip Answer A crash cymbal on beat one of the new section Question When a drum fill uses the tom-toms, in what order should they be played? Tap to flip Answer From high to low Question Does a drum fill need to use lots of parts of the kit? Tap to flip Answer No. It can work with just one or two parts, such as snare and kick, if its rhythm stands apart from the groove Question What is a power chord? Tap to flip Answer A two-note chord, often used on guitars, made of the root and the fifth of a triad Question What interval is it from C to G? Tap to flip Answer A fifth Question How can you play a power chord on the piano from a triad? Tap to flip Answer Remove the middle note of the triad Question What are bass lines in grunge often based around? Tap to flip Answer The riff, using the root note of each chord Question Is a chord made of the root and the third a power chord? Tap to flip Answer No. A power chord must be the root and a perfect fifth Question How long does a phrase normally last? Tap to flip Answer Two or four bars Question What should a melody's phrase structure balance? Tap to flip Answer Repetition and contrast Question Give one popular phrase structure that balances repetition and contrast. Tap to flip Answer E.g. AABB, AABA, ABAB or ABAC Question Which notes on the keyboard does the A minor scale use? Tap to flip Answer Only the white notes, starting on A Question What is musical contrast? Tap to flip Answer When two sections or musical ideas sound different from each other Question What is a middle 8? Tap to flip Answer A section that contrasts with the verse and chorus, often 8 bars long Question In which part of a song is the middle 8 usually heard? Tap to flip Answer The second half Question What is harmonic rhythm? Tap to flip Answer The speed at which chords change in a chord sequence Question Why is musical contrast exaggerated in grunge? Tap to flip Answer It reflects the emotional lyrics Question What does the intro of a song do? Tap to flip Answer It introduces some of the musical ideas and sets the mood Question What is the outro? Tap to flip Answer The final section of a song, giving a neat ending, often based on ideas from other parts Question What are the intro and outro usually based on? Tap to flip Answer Musical ideas from the verse or chorus Question What does the texture of a piece of music describe? Tap to flip Answer How many layers of sound are heard at the same time: thick (many) or thin (few) Question How can an instrumental melody be made into a vocal melody? Tap to flip Answer By adapting it to fit the rhythms of words Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage Key stage 3 (Years 7–9) Course KS3 Music Unit The sound of 90s grunge England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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