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Pop Ballad
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was the ballad invented and who sung them at the time? | The fifteenth century and were sung by wandering minstrels. |
| What is a ballad? | A long song with lots of verses that tells a story. |
| Give two artists who were essential in writing and performing pop ballads in the 1990's. | Take That and The Spice Girls. |
| What is a singer songwriter and how do they play their music? | Artists who sing and write their own music. They accompany themselves with either the guitar or piano. |
| How does Bob Dylan create a folk feel in 'blowing in the wind'? | He sings in a simple diatonic tune in a major key. He also plays simple strummed chords on the guitar. |
| How does Sting incorporate soul and jazz into his pop ballad 'Seven Days'? | He plays in 5/4 time and uses major seventh chords and notes from the blues scale. |
| How is the lead vocal displayed in a pop ballad? | They are clear and unhidden. |
| What does accompaniment do in a pop ballad? | Repetition, inversion and motifs. |
| What is the structure of a pop ballad? | Intro-Verse-Chorus-Verse-Chorus-Bridge(Middle 8)-Chorus-Coda. |
| How do backing singers do their thing? | Harmonies, unison, descant and call and response. |
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