The word secular means 'non-religious', that's the dictionary definition. By the way, secular does not mean evil. Religious music is used during religious services or for personal devotions. Secular...
A pickup note is a note that is right before the beginning of the music, but it doesn't take up an entire measure and is usually not counted as a measure at all. Is this what you were thinking about?
One of the first rock and roll songs was called "Rock Around the Clock", by Bill Haley and the Comets. Many believe that "rock" in Rock and Roll came from this song however the term Rock and Roll...
The 1967 edition of the Dictionary of Jamaican English lists reggae as "a recently estab. sp. for rege", as in rege-rege, a word that can mean either "rags, ragged clothing" or "a quarrel, a row".[1]