Transcript Music in - The Haunting Cottage

Music in
America
“A Melting Pot”
• Many IMMIGRANTS have come
to America throughout history
including Japan, China, Indian, Scottish,
Polish, Irish, Mexican, Swedish,
Ukrainian, and Armenian.
• America has ETHNIC AND
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
• So…there is a LARGE VARIETY of
musical styles in America.
The first music in America
The first musicians in North
America were NATIVE
AMERICANS each with their own
unique styles of FOLK MUSIC
Their music was for RITUALS or
CEREMONIES to TELL STORIES, or
SPIRITUAL SONGS
Native American Indian Remembrance (War Song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByL0AMdkRqs&f
eature=related
1770s through the 1860s
Slave Music
Then came the music from the
WEST AFRICAN SLAVES
They played many INSTRUMENTS:
DRUMS
GUITAR AND BANJO
The music
was:
SPIRITUAL
“CALL-AND-RESPONSE”
EMOTIONAL PROTESTS about WORK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JtD_YpyXYU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oms6o8m4axg&feature=related
1910s-1930s
Blues
From slave music came: THE BLUES
Originated in the African American
communities in Mississippi then was
popular in the SOUTH
“Blues notes “- reflect emotion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiJrBgbwsJw
Drums, Saxophone, Double Bass, Trumpet, Trombone,
Harmonica, Guitar
The music was about sorrow or sadness, bad luck, trouble,
heartbreak
Jazz
Similar to blues but more IMPROVISATION and more HAPPY
Same INSTRUMENTS
Jazz was in a different form called “BIG BAND SWING” – type of
dance music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6RwSsHSIfs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJSdk44gWIE&feature=related
1940s -1950s
FOLK MUSIC: Poor areas in Appalachia
bluegrass or “honkeytonk”
Country music or “Rockabilly”
Elvis Presley, Woody Guthrie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn3hvcVM4Mw&feature=cha
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GOSPEL MUSIC and SOUL MUSIC
religious songs with
powerful female singers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l49N8U3d0Bw&feature=related
ROCK “n” ROLL: DOO WOP
“Teen idols”
A group harmonizing, dance
steps, usually romantic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6xoS1WdOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sAHiR0rkJg&feature=related
1960s
BRITISH INVASION
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks
“SURF MUSIC”
The Beach Boys happy, upbeat music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4FOiVM4bQc&feature=related
Motown
African American music groups like The Temptations
Elegant voices and smooth dance moves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfyFI-4ZsaE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6irfBMm48g
CLASSIC ROCK
Lyrics against the politics– PROTEST MUSIC, “Hippies”
electric and bass guitar, keyboards
Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan
1970s- 1980s
HEAVY METAL and HARD ROCK
Harsh voices, electric and bass guitar, keyboards
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, “Glam rock”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-PoUwECjI&feature=related
SALSA
Cubans, Puerto Ricans in NY
DISCO – 1970s
Dance type of music – “funk music”
Instruments: violin, guitar, piano, keyboard,
orchestral (flute), horns, percussion
Disco Clubs in New York and Philadelphia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FECFb1
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PUNK ROCK
Against “Glam rock”
British bands – popular in New York
The Ramones, The Clash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU2SRNU955c&feature=related
POP
MTV became popular –
music videos
Michael Jackson and Madonna
1990s
ALTERNATIVE ROCK OR “GRUNGE ROCK”
anti-pop music
“harsh” or “angry” music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg
HIP HOP
rap – East Coast versus West Coast
lyrics about difficult life in the poorer areas
“BUBBLEGUM POP”
The beginning of boybands (N*Sync, Backstreet Boys)
Girlbands – Spice Girls
Latin beat – Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rosQBCfjySE&feature=related
INDIE ROCK
Indie = independent ( have control over their music, not
part of a record label )
form of rock music - slower rhythm
not mainstream, “underground”
“emo” or “emotional” music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QzkDo1Q-Fk&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMGDYWqgDQc&feature=related
st
21
CENTURY
mix of everything
TOP 10 in 2010
Mainstream
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift
Eminem
Lady Antebellum
Ke$ha
Usher
The Black Eyed Peas
Justin Bieber
Rihanna
Drake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b8l7LLNKgY
WHAT HAS CHANGED?
THE WAY WE LISTEN (easier to get, take everywhere)
Problem in the music world?
Illegal downloading?
Music just to make money?
What type of
music do you
like?