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Musical Styles
Quick questions on Popular, jazz and world styles - SQA Higher Music
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What are recognising the styles?Show answer
Each style has a characteristic combination of features. The blues is slow-to-moderate, expressive, often using a twelve-bar pattern and bent "blue" notes. Jazz is improvised and swung, with a walking bass and rich chords. Pop is song-based with a clear hook and a steady backbeat.
What is q1?Show answer
What is a walking bass, and which style is it associated with? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What is improvisation? [1 mark]
What is q3?Show answer
How does a riff differ from improvisation? [2 marks]
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