Aural Test

Q1) The instruments in the song 'Kelis - Jerk Ribs' are:

Bass
Drums and percussion
Trumpet and horns
Electric Guitar
Piano
Strings
Accordion

The bassline's role is to play the main bassline throughout the song and the trumpets and horns play mostly in the chorus.

The instruments in the song 'James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream' are:

Drums and percussion
Electric piano
Arpeggio
Pad

The role of the drums is to keep the song in time and to add different rhythms throughout the song and the role of the electric piano is to keep the song deep and relaxed.

Q2) The two notes in the vocal interval in the song 'Janella Monae ft. Prince - Give Em What They Love' is a major chord and in the song 'Somewhere over the rainbow' from the film 'The wizard of oz' the two in notes in the vocal interval are both minor.

Q3) The chord progression in the first verse of the song 'The roots - The Seed (2.0) ft. Cody ChestnuTT' is Am, D, Am, G and I know this by listening very carefully to what is being played. The chord progression  in the first verse of the song 'Belle and Sebastian - Funny little frog' is Em, A, D, A and the A chord is a 2nd inversion. The rest are root position.

Q4) The song 'Desmond Dekker - Jamaica Farewell' is a reggae style song. So the rhythm in this song is swung and the time signature is in 4/4. Most reggae songs are meant to have swung drums or otherwise it wouldn't feel like a reggae song. The kick and snare drum are always hitting on 2 and 4. This is another feature of reggae music. The kick and snare is always meant on 2 and 4, finally the guitar is hitting on the off beat and this is called skanking. This is also another common thing in reggae music.

The time signature in the song 'Andromedia' is in 3/4 and the drums sound very complex and syncopated.