Week 4 MW

During slavery, both used for religion and for code messages. Also during times when moving towards racial equality. 

Music originating from Jamaica in the 1960’s. slower tempo, the guitar/piano offbeats, the emphasis on the third beat, and the use of syncopated, melodic bass lines.

Musical style combining exotic textures and timbres; known to be aesthetic and sentiment. 

A musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts. Emerged during the baroque period. 

Type of musical composition, usually for a solo instrument or a small instrumental ensemble, that typically consists of two to four movements, or sections, each in a related key but with a unique musical character. Emerged during the classical period. 

The study of music cultures. 

A polyphonic choral composition on a sacred text usually without instrumental accompaniment.

A performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. 

In jazz, a type of improvisation where the singer uses nonsense syllables. 

An orchestra piece with several contrasting movements, typically four movements.