Music Topic: Rock, Grunge, Britpop Year Group: 9 – Half term 3 1. Rock 4. Musical characteristics 6.Key Vocab Musical elements Distortion Guitar effect used to create a ‘Gritty Rock Broad genre of popular music starting 1 starting with Rock and Roll and splitting sound’ Melody The main tune, played on 1 into many sub genres. Defined usually 1 Low fi The quality of the sound. A deliberate instruments or sung. by an upbeat tempo, electric guitars, 2 choice to add imperfections in the Drums and bass. 2 Chords Two or more notes played at once. sound quality. Musicians ACDC, Black Sabbath, Green Day, Led Chord A pattern of chords 2 Fuzz Describing the timbre or sound of an 3 Zeppelin 4 Sequence electric guitar Stripped Not many instruments. Thin texture to Riff A repeated musical pattern used in 5 4 Back the music Rock, Pop and Jazz. Dynamics Volume of the music 2. Grunge 5 Grunge Underground genre started in Seattle, 1 America. Known for its stripped back, lo 5. Performance Techniques 7. Key vocab fi sound with fuzzy distorted guitars Song structure Musicians Nirvana, Soundgarden, Perl Jam, Alice in Practicing your part in a song to 3 ensure it is accurate and in time. Also Intro The section of the music that chains 1 Rehearsing 1 refers to practicing as an ensemble. introduces the song. Verse A section that repeats in a song, Playing with the pulse of the music 2 it has the same music, but 2 Timing different lyrics. 3. Britpop Performing with appropriate, clear Chorus The main section of a song, it 3 Projection dynamics 3 will repeat both the lyrics and Britpop British guitar based music influenced by the music in the same way.. bands such as The Beatles and The 1 Bridge A section in a song that links two Kinks. Known for its British lyrics and Playing accurately without any 4 other sections. bright and catchy sound. 4 Fluency hesitation or pauses Instrumental A section in the music with no 2 Musicians Blur, Oasis, Suede, Elastica, The Verve 5 lyrics and the instruments The dynamic levels of each contain the melodic interest. Battle of Battle of Oasis vs Blur for top spot in 5 Balance instrument. Being able to hear all 3 Britpop the UK charts in 1995 instruments in the performance 6 Outro The ending section of a song. Other musical styles linked to this: British invasion, Pop Punk, Post Britpop, Punk, Heavy Metal, Synth Pop .