Edexcel GCSE Music - Afro Celt Sound System - Release

The definition of a Polyrhythm

• More than one rhythm played at the same time, interweaving.
• A rhythm played on a plastic tub, similar to STOMP performances.
• A solo rhythm.
• An accented rhythm.

What does Metre mean?

• The Time Signature/how many beats in a bar
• The Key Signature/Mode used
• One bar of music
• A repeated rhythm

What does a Time Signature of 4/4 mean?

• 3 beats in a bar
• 4 beats in a bar
• 6 beats in a bar
• 8 beats in a bar

What is a Riff?

• A set of chords, usually with a complex rhythm.

• A short passage of music that is repeated.

• A musical argument between parts.

• More than a Wiff.

What is a Sample?

• A small recorded fragment taken from another song.
• A very short song
• A small section of the piece of music or song
• When you hear a solo instrument.

What is a Homophonic Texture?

• One Melody
• A Melody and Chords
• More than one Melody, interweaving.
• Two or more instruments  playing roughly the same melody but not exactly the same

What is a Polyphonic Texture?

• One Melody
• A Melody and Chords
• More than one Melody, interweaving.
• Two or more instruments  playing roughly the same melody but not exactly the same

A Loop is

• A repeated pattern of prerecorded music.
• When the music ends on the same material it started with.
• When a melody is passed through different instruments.
• A basic circular music structure.

What is the meaning of Fusion?

• Combination of one or more styles of music
• The strongest superglue in the world
• The joining together of two rhythms
• The definition of a musical explosion.

Name the instrument that extensively in European Folk Music.

• Bodhran

• Kora

• Hurdy Gurdy

• Uilleann Pipes