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    This document provides a list of topics for research and presentation on popular music and jazz. It includes questions about the Fairlight CMI synthesizer, balalaika and bouzouki instruments, musique concrète composition technique, common musical features of 1980s music, and descriptions of different types of chords including triads, slash chords, suspension chords, seventh chords, and added note chords. The presenter would need to research each topic, find examples, and be prepared to describe their key aspects and present their findings.

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    AoS4: Pop Music - starter tasks for students to research and feedback to class

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    This document provides a list of topics for research and presentation on popular music and jazz. It includes questions about the Fairlight CMI synthesizer, balalaika and bouzouki instruments, musique concrète composition technique, common musical features of 1980s music, and descriptions of different types of chords including triads, slash chords, suspension chords, seventh chords, and added note chords. The presenter would need to research each topic, find examples, and be prepared to describe their key aspects and present their findings.

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    GCE Research Starter Tasks

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    This document provides a list of topics for research and presentation on popular music and jazz. It includes questions about the Fairlight CMI synthesizer, balalaika and bouzouki instruments, musique concrète composition technique, common musical features of 1980s music, and descriptions of different types of chords including triads, slash chords, suspension chords, seventh chords, and added note chords. The presenter would need to research each topic, find examples, and be prepared to describe their key aspects and present their findings.

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    Research & Present

    POPULAR MUSIC & JAZZ


    What is a ‘Fairlight CMI’?
    • Describe what it is
    • When was it popular?
    • What does it do?
    • Pictures + audio example
    What is a ‘Balalaika’?
    What is a ‘Bouzouki’?

    • Describe what it is and how it is used/played


    • Where does it come from?
    • (Is there more than one type? Are they the same thing?)
    • Pictures + audio example
    What is ‘musique concrète’?
    • Describe what it is
    • Is it popular to a specific genre?
    • Any associated composers/ideas/pieces?
    • Audio examples
    • How does this link with The Beatles’ music?
    What musical features were common to
    ‘80s music?

    • Key features
    • Key instruments/technology
    • Key artists
    • Key ideas
    • Key structures (e.g. intro, verse)
    What are the following types of chords? – be
    prepared to describe them and give examples

    • Triads
    • Slash chords
    • Sus. chords
    • 7th chords
    • Add chords (added-note chords and extended chords)

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