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A World of Music Activities 3

A World of Music. Musics and their characteristics

Match the characteristics with the type of music they represent. Write the correct letter in the box: A. Gospel / B. Disco music / C. Jazz / D. Irish music / E. Rhythm and blues / F. Country / G. Rock and roll

1-Improvisation, complex chords and blue notes (notes played with a different pitch from standard) are interesting aspects of this type of music. 
2-It uses simple forms and lyrics. Artists may use banjos, harmonicas, fiddles or acoustic guitars to accompany the melodies. 
3-It refers to African-American religious music sang in the church. It may be accompanied by different instruments and, apart from praising God, it usually describes hard times and struggles. 
4-This is African-American music developed in the 1940s and targeted urban communities. Its lyrics usually referred to the search of joy and freedom. Bands consisted of piano, guitars, drums, bass and saxophone. Music included simple, repetitive chords. 
5-Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley played this type of music which used a lead, a rhythm and a bass electric guitar helped by amplifiers and drum kits. 
6-It was created for discos and night life in the late sixties and early seventies. 
7-It uses pipes, fiddles, bohráin and whistles. 

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