8th form "Music" / Vocabulary

1. TECHNO is a form of dance music _____ emerged in Detroit, Michigan, the USA during the mid to late 1980. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988.

2. REGGAE is a music genre first developed in Jamaica, _____ the late 1960s. It is based on a rhythmic style.

3. RAVE or rave party is a term first used in the 1980s _____ dance parties with fast-paced electronic music and light shows.

4. RAPPING is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay and poetry. Rapping can _____ over a beat or without accompaniment.

5. HEAVY METAL is a genre of rock music that ______ in the late 1960s largerly in England and the United States.

6. HOUSE is a style of ____ dance music that originated in Chicago, the USA in the early 1980.

7. ROCK MUSIC is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has ____ roots in rock - n - roll and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music.

8. SOUL MUSIC is a music genre _____ in the United States, a type of popular music that often expresses deep emotions, usually performed by black singers and musicians.

9. POP MUSIC is a music genre that developed from the mid-1950s as a softer alternative to rock -n - rolland later to rock music. It ____ a focus on commercial recording, often oriented towards a youth market.

10. HIP HOP is a musical genre which developed alongside hip hop culture and is commonly based ____ concepts of looping, rapping, freestyling, DJing, sampling and beatboxing.