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WorksheetsYear 8 Reggae Key Words
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which word means a rhythm that accents weaker beats and makes you want to dance?
Bass line
Chord
Syncopation
Backing vocals
Which style of Jamaican music is the soulful forerunner of reggae with smoother singing.
Rocksteady
Calypso
Ska
Punk
Which type of vocals is sung in the background to enhance the texture of the music and is usually heard in the chorus?
Vibrato
Backing
Scat
Catterwalling
What do we call a catchy idea that quickly gets stuck in your head
Book
Crook
Hook
Nook
A repeated pattern, often played by guitar keyboard or bass.
Surdo
Riff
Arco
Mute
What is a drum fill?
A drumming pattern that fills in the missing instruments
A sightly different drum pattern used to mark the start or end of a phrase of section
Something you get at the dentist
A type of KFC sandwich
A key feature of reggae music, which is heard on beats 2 and 4, or on the '+' between each beat
On beat chords
Jagged chords
Inbetween chords
Off beat chords
Slow, bouncy, bass-heavy popular music style that dominated Jamaica in the late 60s and 70s and became popular worldwide.
Opera
Ska
Reggae
Rocksteady
What is this?
chord
riff
hook
fill
Where is Jamaica?
Africa
Europe
South America
Caribbean
