This document provides information about key signatures, genres of music, and scores for a music quiz. It discusses how to find the relative major/minor keys from a given key by counting half steps. Genres covered include metal, grunge rock, gospel, dubstep, and antiphon/sacred music. Characteristics and examples are given for each genre. The document concludes by listing scores available for study, including works by Tamela Mann, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Skrillex, and Ockeghem.

1. Minor Key Signatures, Cont.
and Music Genres for Quiz 4

2. Finding
the Key
Signature

4. SHARP KEYS

5. To find the
relative major
key, go three
half steps up
from minor
note or up a
Minor Third
(Major third
and lower it a
half step)
G minor has the same key
Signature as Bb Major

6. What is the relative major key to C# minor?
Start at C# and go up three half steps or up a
minor 3rd, and we see that E major is the
relative major key to C# minor

7. Also name the relative minor key-
Remember to start at the relative major
Key and count up to the sixth note in
the
scale

8. B# is a C. One half
step up from C is
C#. The major key
signature is C#.
Count up to the 6th
note in the scale to
get the relative
minor key.
What is the major key?
Find
the furthest sharp to the
right and go up one half
step

9. If this is g minor, what is the
Relative MAJOR key? Count
up
Three half steps or a minor 3rd

10. Relative major/minor
summary
 In summary, to find the relative Major
key to a minor key, count up three half
steps, or a minor third
 To find a relative minor key to a major
key count up to the 6th note in the
scale
 Relative minor and major keys share
the same key signature

11. Genres for Quiz 4
Listening:
-Metal
Antiphon/Sacred
-Grunge Rock
-Gospel
-Dubstep
-Electronic

12. Apocalyptica and Godsmack-
Metal genre
 Metal music (also
known as heavy
metal) developed in
the late 1960’s and
early 70’s. Roots are
in blues rock and
psychedelic rock.
The music is
characterized by a
thick, massive
sound, and amplified
distortion.
 Also included in this
genre of music are
extended guitar
solos, emphatic
beats, and overall
loudness. Lyrics and
performance style
are associated with
masculinity and
aggression.

13. Grunge genre-Pearl Jam
 Grunge Rock-
Grunge rock is a
subgenre of
alternative rock that
emerged during the
mid 1980’s in the
state of Washington,
particularly Seattle.
It’s inspired by
hardcore punk and
heavy metal.
 Grunge is generally
characterized by
heavily distorted
electric guitars,
contrasting song
DYNAMICS,
“growling”, vocals
and apathetic or
angst-filled lyrics. It
became
commercially
successful in the
1990’s due to the
releases of music by
Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
and Stone Temple
Pilots

14. The success of grunge groups boosted the popularity of
alternative rock and made this genre the most popular form of
hard rock music at the time. Although most grunge bands had
disbanded or faded from view by the late 1990’s, their influence
continues to affect modern rock music. Characterized by distorted
guitar sounds, fuzz and feedback effects, a raw sound, complex
instrumentation. Lyrics often address themes such as social
alienation, apathy, confinement, and a desire for freedom.

15. Gospel genre-Tamela Mann
 Gospel music is a
music genre in
Christian music. It
usually has
dominant vocals
with Christian
lyrics. Gospel
music can be
traced to the early
17th century with
roots in the black
oral tradition.
 The first published
use of the term was
in 1874. 1920’s
radio greatly
increased the
audience for
gospel music. After
World War II gospel
music moved into
major auditoriums
and the concerts
became quite
elaborate.

16.  Several forms of
gospel music utilize
choirs, use piano
or organ,
tambourines,
drums, bass guitar,
and electric guitar.
Gospel music has
a syncopated
rhythm.
 Gospel songs are
songs of testimony,
persuasion,
religious
exhortation, or
warning. Chorus
and refrain-Refrain
is the line or lines
that are repeated in
music or in verse.
Also called a
chorus.

17. Dubstep genre-Skrillex
 Dubstep is a genre of
electronic dance
music. It emerged in
the 1990’s. The music
generally features
syncopated drum and
percussion patterns
with bass lines that
contain sub bass
frequencies. Sub bass
are basically very low
bass sounds.
 Earliest dubstep
releases date back to
1998. Dubstep
rhythms are
syncopated. Many
dubstep tracks
incorporate one or
more bass drops. The
percussion will pause
and often the track is
reduced to silence and
them resume with
more intensity,
accompanied by a
dominant subbass.

18. Antiphon/Sacred genre-
Ockeghem
 An antiphon in
Christian music
and ritual is a
responsory by a
choir or
congregation,
usually in the form
of Gregorian chant,
to a psalm or other
text in a religious
service or musical
work.
 Antiphony was
introduced to the
church before the
year 100. Salve
Regina was written
in the 15th century.

19. Music for Salve Regina

20. Scores available for study
 Tamela Mann-Take me to the King
 Pearl Jam-Alive
 Metallica/Acopalyptica-One
 Skrillex-Bangarang
 Google the Title and then “sheet music”
 Study the scores and decide if they’re in
major or minor. Look at the notes,
rhythms, etc