Music styles

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

1. Where did techno music originate?

Reggae is the music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. It is based on a rhythmic style.

What genre of music was first developed in Jamaica?

Rave or rave party is a term first used in the 1980s and 90s to describe dance parties (often all-night events) with fast-paced electronic music and lights shows. At these parties DJs and other performers play Electronic Dance Music.

When did rave parties become popular?

Rapping is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry. Rapping is a primary ingredient in hip-hop music, but the phenomenon predates hip-hop culture by centuries. Rapping can be delivered over a beat or without accompaniment.

What is the main characteristic of rapping?

Pop music is a music genre that developed from the mid -1950s as a softer alternative to rock’n’roll and later to rock music. It has a focus on commercial recording, often orientated towards a youth market, usually through the medium of relatively short and simple love songs.

What is the main focus of pop music ?

Hip- hop is musical genre which developed alongside hip-hop culture, and is commonly based on concepts of looping, rapping, freestyling, scratching, sampling and beatboxing. Hip-hop began in the Bronx in New York City in the 1970s, primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans. 

What are some elements of hip-hop culture ?

Reggae is the music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late

Reggae music was first developed in Detroit.

true or false

Rapping is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry. Rapping is a primary ingredient in hip-hop music, but the phenomenon predates hip-hop culture by centuries. Rapping can be delivered over a beat or without accompaniment.

Rapping is an important element of hip-hop music

True or false

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the 1990s and early 1970s, largely in England and the USA.

Heavy metal music was largely developed in England and the USA. ( true or false)

House is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois in the early 1980s.

House music began in Jamaica in the late 1960s. true or false