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| Questão | Responda |
| what tempo are pop ballads | (quite) slow |
| what is a ballad? | a song that tells a story |
| what is the mood of most ballads? | sad |
| what are most ballads about? | love |
| what instruments would you hear in a rock ballad? | heavy drums and amplified guitars |
| what instrument would you hear in a folk ballad? | acoustic guitar? |
| Bob Dylan's most famous ballad | Blowin' in the Wind |
| What styles are blended in Elton John's Your Song? | soul, folk and jazz |
| the biggest selling ballad? | Candle in the Wind by Elton John |
| what is the structure of a pop ballad? | intro-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-instrumental-outro |
| when a song changes key towards the end it is called.. | modulation |
| what is the normal length of a verse or chorus? | 8 or 16 bars |
| what are block chords? | when the notes of the chord are played at the same time |
| what are broken chords? | when the notes of the chord are played seperately |
| what is singing unaccompanied called? | a capella |
| what is vibrato? | when the singer moves up and down slightly in pitch on one note (it makes it warmer and more expressive) |
| what is falsetto? | when men make their voices go very high (Justin Timberlake or The Bee Gees) |
| When a singer slides from one note to another it is called.. | portamento |
| what does 'riffing' mean? | when a singer decorates or adds notes to a tune |
| what does the lead singer do? | sings the main tune |
| which singers sing in harmony? | the backing singers |
| what is 'call and response' | when a lead singer is answered by the backing singers |
| what is a 'descant'? | when a singer sings a higher tune which fits with the main tune |
| what does 'unison' mean | all the singers sing the same tune |
| how do pop ballads start? | with an intro |
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