Matching Pairs TYPES OF MUSICOnline version MATCH THE MUSIC WITH THE CORRECT DEFINITIONS. by WELLINGTON ALVAREZ CALLE 1 Pop is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. 2 Opera is an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet. 3 Rap is a type of popular music of US black origin in which words are recited rapidly and rhythmically over a prerecorded, typically electronic instrumental backing. 4 Dance music is a type of popular music intended for dancing to in clubs, typically having a repetitive beat and a synthesized backing track that features sound samples. 5 Salsa music is a popular style of Latin American music. ... The first self-identified salsa bands were predominantly assembled by Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians in New York City in the '70s. The music style was based on the late son montuno of Arsenio Rodríguez, 6 Rock is a form of popular music that evolved from rock and roll and pop music during the mid and late 1960s. Harsher and often self-consciously more serious than its predecessors, it was initially characterized by musical experimentation and drug-related or antiestablishment lyrics. 7 Reggae is popular music of Jamaican origin that combines native styles with elements of rock and soul music and is performed at moderate tempos with the accent on the offbeat 8 Jazz is a type of modern music originally developed by African-Americans, with a rhythm in which the strong notes often come before the beat.
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