Year 8 Reggae Key Words

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