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MUS 505 || Already Graded A+.
popular culture correct answers that appeals to, or is most comprehensible by, the general public,
and that is generally opposed to high culture and folk culture

culture industry correct answers the institution or institutions that create cultural practices and
products for sale on a mass scale.

Commodification correct answers turning a culture practice into a
"thing" that can be bought and sold (live music into recordings, for example)

Standardization correct answers in capitalist society, popular culture (and, by extension, popular
music) is standardized, using the same formula to appeal to the masses

Melody correct answers a sequence of pitches, also called a "tune," heard in the foreground of
music

harmoney correct answers multiple pitches played
simultaneously

chord correct answers A group of notes played together, may sound major or minor

rhythm correct answers how the sounds and
silences of music are organized in time

pulse correct answers a regular, repeating
sound that we can perceive as a consistent beat

tempo correct answers the speed at which a piece is played. Measured in beats per
minute

meter correct answers pulse grouped into repeating patterns by a regular, strong accent on a beat.
Melodies, rhythms, and forms
conform to meter

groove correct answers the basic rhythmic framework of music, the feeling the rhythm generates,
the resulting feeling of all the instruments playing together

backbeat correct answers emphasis placed on the
2nd and 4th beats of a bar (4/4 Time). Very common in popular music, derived from African
Music, usually played on the snare
drum

Syncopation correct answers a temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music
caused typically by stressing the weak beat. Creates
rhythmic interest and danceable beats

, timbre correct answers tone colour, the quality of a sound as
determined by the relative strength of
harmonics created by a fundamental frequency

hook correct answers a melodic phrase in the vocals that makes a song memorable and catchy

riff correct answers a catchy, repeated pattern in an instrument designed to generate rhythmic
momentum

call and response correct answers back and forth alternation between different instruments/
voices

verse correct answers in popular music, a verse roughly corresponds to a poetic stanza. When
two or more sections of the song have basically identical music and different lyrics, each section
is considered one verse.

chorus correct answers A self-contained repeating musical unit with repeating lyrics, usually
incorporates the title of the song, usually has a fuller texture than other sections. Often
constructed so that it makes the listener want to sing along with it

bridge correct answers • A self-contained, distinct musical unit usually heard
once within a song, usually near 2/3 into the form of
the song
• Often moves to a different key
• Usually does not contain the title of the song

strophic form correct answers :s the term applied to songs in which all verses or stanzas of the
text are sung to the same melody. Strophic songs often tell a story, and are common in European
music

AABA correct answers Standard form developed in the early 20th century and still in use today.
Features
four 8 bar phrases in the form AABA

tin pan alley/broadway song

afrological music correct answers • Prioritizes improvisation rather
than composition
• Focus on the occasion rather
than exact reproduction of songs
• Performers as participants in the
occasion
• Focus on interlocking repeating
rhythmic patterns and
instrumental timbres

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