Music

• Pitch


  high and low
• Timbre


  different sounds / instruments
• Tempo


  Fast and slow (speed)
• Texture


  thick and thin - the layers
• Dynamics


  loud and quiet
• Duration


  short and long notes
• Block chords


  three notes played all together
• broken chords


  chord notes played one by one
• rhythmic chords 


  chords played in a rhythmic pattern
• baseline


  low parts in the music
• where did rock 'n' roll come from?

  America
• what styles created rock 'n' roll?

  'white' country music mixed with 'black' RnB / blues
• Blues Chords

  
• Ostinato

  Repeating pattern
• Blues scales

  scale with some clashing notes, used for the melody
• Blue note

  a clashing note in the blues scale
• Who are some Rock 'n' roll artists?

  Chuck Berry, Elvis, Little Richard
• Melody

  the main tune
• who was known as 'the king of rock'

  Elvis
• Major

  bright sounding scale in steps
• Minor

  A dark sounding scale in steps
• Chromatic

  A tense sounding scale with all the sharps and flats
• The African rhythms

  
• Improvisation


  making something up as you go along