QR Challenge: Music Genres

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Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa ) onto their mobile devices
Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Which music genre’s lyrics are often about youth culture and love etc? The music features 'pop' instruments such as guitar, piano and drums.	60s Pop
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3. Which music genre is very popular in the deep South of America, in places like Texas and Tennessee? The music features instruments such as harmonicas, guitars, banjos, fiddles and drum kits. It is performed by singer/songwriters.	Country
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5. Which music genre is made using Drum Machines, DJ equipment and layered pre-recorded loops and singing? The music features Electronically produced sounds digitally recorded and arranged, synthesisers and repetition with a strong beat.	EDM Electronica/Dance Music
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7. Which music genre is a type of dance music originating in the 1970s? The music features a funky beat, electronic instruments such as synthesizers and often contains strings.	Disco
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9. Which music genre originated from the Bronx in NYC, USA? The music features a combination of rapping, beat-boxing, DJ-ing or sampling (using parts of electronic music/loops)	Hip Hop
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11. Which music genre has fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs and often political, anti-establishment lyrics? The music features a simple band set up of vocals, electric guitars, bass guitar and drum kit.	Punk
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13. Which music genre has rhyming lyrics with or without musical accompaniment? The music features electronic beats, synthesised instruments, sampled sounds; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat or melody.	Rap
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15. Which music genre grew from the combined styles of jazz, blues, gospel and country in 1950s America. The music features instruments such as saxophones, trumpets and double bass along with electric guitars and vocals.	Rock 'n' Roll
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17. Which music genre has the synthesiser as its most dominant instrument and was first popular in the 1980s? The music also features drum machines and sequencers.	Synth pop
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19. Which music genre has speaking, singing and dancing and can be performed on a stage? This genre features all styles of music and all types instruments.	Musicals
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21. Which popular music genre has a heavy, driving beat and usually features electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit? Most songs in this genre have 4 beats in the bar.	Rock
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23. Which music genre originated in New Orleans, USA? The instruments that are usually used to play this style of music include the saxophone, piano, trumpet, vocals, trombone, clarinet, guitar, double bass and drums.	Jazz

Music Genres: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_music_genre’s_lyrics_are_often_about_youth_culture_and_love_etc?_The_music_features_'pop'_instruments_such_as_guitar,_piano_and_drums.

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