Transcript Modern Popular Music

Modern Popular
Music
Modern Popular Music
Reading “What is pop
music”?
Instructions:
1. Find one partner
2. Decide who will be Reader 1 & who
will be Reader 2
3. Find a piece of blank paper, a writing
utensil, & your article
4. Reader 1 reads 1st paragraph out
loud to Reader 2, Reader 2 listens
carefully & takes notes
5. Reader 2 reads next paragraph &
Reader 1 takes notes
6. Reader 1 & 2 keep switching roles
until entire article is read.
Questions
1. What is the difference
between “pop” and
“popular” music?
2. According to the article,
define “pop” music.
3. What does “Pop Music
Melting Pot” refer to?
4. What does “art is not a
concern” mean?
5. What characterizes a “pure
pop” song?
Popular Music Presentation
Instructions
You be assigned one popular song
from the following eras:
• Pre-1920’s
• 1930’s
• 1940’s
• 1950’s
• 1960’s
• 1970’s
• 1980’s
• 1990’s
• 2000’s – today
You will make a Prezi powerpoint
including the following information:
• Title of your song
• Name of artist
• Name of lyricist
• Name of music composer
• Publishing company (record company)
• Year song was released
• Genre
• Analysis of the lyrics
• A 2 minute clip
• 3 “Did you know…” facts
Popular Music Presentation
Instructions (continued)
At your teacher’s discretion, each
student will be given the chance to
choose one song from the following
eras:
• Pre-1920’s
• 1930’s
• 1940’s
• 1950’s
• 1960’s
• 1970’s
• 1980’s
• 1990’s
• 2000’s – today
The song that you choose must:
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Be approved by your teacher
Be from an era that is different
from your first song
NOT be from the same artist as
someone else’s song
Must be presented in a Prezi that
includes all the same info as your
first song (see previous slide)
READY???
Modern Popular Music
Pre -1920’s
John Phillip Sousa
• “The March King”
• Emphasized brass
instruments
• Stars and Stripes
Forever
WC Handy
• “Father of the Blues”
• Introduced a new style
of music to the world
• Did not invent the blues
but brought them to a
worldwide audience
• 1st blues song– Memphis
Blues
• Beale Street
Scott Joplin
• “The King of Ragtime”
• Wrote 2 operas
• Fig Leaf Rag
Jelly Roll Morton
• Jazz pianist – conductor composer
• He claimed that he
“invented” jazz
• Jelly Roll Blues
Modern Popular Music
1920’s
Fats Waller
• New Orleans Jazz
• One of the “Songs of the
Century” – Recording Industry
Association of America
• Ain’t Misbehavin’
Jimmie Rogers
• “Father of Country
Music”
• Guitar, voice
• Yodel
• In the Jailhouse
Now
Louis Armstrong
• “Satchmo”
• Trumpet player and
singer
• Reinvented himself as
both Big Band
performer, pop singer,
and jazz trumpeter
• West End Blues
Modern Popular Music
1930’s
Robert Johnson
• “King of the Delta
Blues”
• Used voice and
guitar only
• Dubbed father of
rock and roll
• Crossroad Blues
Billie Holliday
• “Lady Day”
• Along with Fitzgerald,
considered one of
greatest jazz voices
of all time
• Strange Fruit
Fred Astaire
• A dancer – singer –
film actor - entertainer
• Known for dancing
with Ginger Rogers
• Cheek to Cheek
Modern Popular Music
1940’s
Bill Monroe
• The Father of Bluegrass
Music
• High lonesome sound
• Mandolin with bass,
guitar, and fiddle
• Blue Moon of Kentucky
Woody Guthrie
• Noted for his
identification with
o the common man
o the poor
o the downtrodden
• Hated fascism and
exploitation
• This Land Is Your Land
Thelonius Monk
• Pianist who used “stride”
piano techniques
along with more “avant
garde” approach
• Used the entire
keyboard, not just
those notes “in tune”
• ‘Round Midnight
Ella Fitzgerald
• “The First Lady of Song”
• Three octave range
• How High The Moon
Modern Popular Music
1950’s
Buddy Holly
• Rock and roll chords
(C, G, E)
• 15 #1 hits on the
Billboard Top 40 in
one year
• Peggy Sue
Elvis Presley
• King of Rock
and Roll
• Huge teen idol
and heart
throb
• Performed
older AfricanAmerican blues
songs
• Jailhouse Rock
Ray Charles
• Rhythm and blues
• Added gospel sound to
rock and roll
• Piano and boogiewoogie sound
• Mess Around
Johnny Cash
• “The Man in
Black”
• Boom-chick-aboom sound
• Folsom Prison
Blues
Miles Davis
• Bebop– Throttled notes
• Cool jazz—
Improvisation
• Modal jazz– No keys,
just notes.
• Jazz fusion—Soul, R&B,
and jazz added with
electric instrumentation
• Tempus Fugit
Modern Popular Music
1960’s
Frank Sinatra
• Big Band Sound
• One lead singer with
full orchestral
arrangement
• Strangers in the Night
• My Way
• Other?
Bob Dylan
• Influenced heavily by
Woody Guthrie
• Became most popular
folk musician since
Guthrie, but lost folk
audience for going
electric
• Blowin’ in the Wind
The Beatles
• The British Invasion
• Experimentation
with musical
instruments
• I Want to Hold
Your Hand
• Hey, Jude
Beach Boys
• The California Surf
Sound
• Experimentation
with musical time
signatures, music
• Good Vibrations
Marvin Gaye
• Berry Gordy
produced
• Motown favorite
• I Heard it Through
the Grapevine
Nat King Cole
• Vocalist & jazz
pianist
• Died of lung cancer
• L-O-V-E
Modern Popular Music
1970’s
James Brown
• “The Godfather
of Soul”
• Soul music
• Funk music
• Get Up Offa That
Thing
Led Zepplin
• Hard rock/ heavy
metal
• Volume to 11
• Kashmir
Bee Gees
• Disco genre
• Known for 3 part
vocal harmonies
• Stayin’ Alive
Stevie Wonder
• Soul / Funk
• Blind since shortly
after birth
• Superstition
Sugar Hill Gang
• MC– Master of
Ceremonies
• A mix of spoken word,
sampled melodies, and
“scratching” records
• Rapper’s Delight
Ramones
• Often cited as 1st
Punk Rock band
• Blitzkrieg Bop
Van Halen
• Album “Van Halen”
one of the “most
revolutionary albums”
• Formed in Pasadena,
CA
• Runnin’ With The
Devil
Modern Popular Music
1980’s
Bob Marley
• Reggae genre
• Kettle drums with
basic electric guitar
• Redemption Song
Michael Jackson
• Changed pop
music into upbeat
numbers with
synthesized beats
• “The King of Pop”
• Thriller
David Bowie
• Singer – Songwriter –
Arranger – Producer
– Actor
• Star of “Labyrinth”
• Under Pressure
Beastie Boys
• New School Rap
• Inducted into Rock
n Roll Hall of Fame
in 2012
• Fight For Your Right
/ Sabotage
Modern Popular Music
1990’s
Nirvana
• Grunge
• Associated with
Generation X
• Come As You Are
Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Alternative Rock
• Notable bass
guitarist
• Under The Bridge
Radiohead
• Electronic Rock alternative
• Inspired by classical
music - Penderecki
• Fake Plastic Trees
Modern Popular Music
2000’s - now