• Big City Blues - Muddy Waters (2-11)
Country Music Style
• 1920s from the rural
• •
south. Clear straightforward vocal line, guitar, a familiar story line. Jimmie Rodgers (3-9)
Today it is easier to share music worldwide!
What’s Next?
Jazz Style
• Early Jazz - Dixieland (2-21) • The Swing Era 1930s “Big Bands” (2-22)
• BeBop and Cool Jazz - 1945 2-23)
Country Music St(acadian) • Pop/ Country Stars Johnny Cash - (4-7), Jo Dee Messina (310), Willie Nelson (4-9)
Jazz
• Combination of •
•
African and European traditions. Essence is “improvisation” Head - original tune in a jazz arrangement
Rhythm and Blues
• 1949
• Jelly Roll (5-1)
• Bo Diddly (5-2)
Each decade brought favorite songs. Thus dances evolved.
Rap/Hip Hop
• Began in 1970s
• Grew from disco dance
craze (2-17)
• House parties • DJ - spin or scratch • Freestyle (2-18 & 2-19)
Independent Labels
• Major Recording Labels prevent rising
stars! • Indie Labels form to help artists maintain control over their own music • Singer songwriters made a mark for themselves
Sub Genres of these styles: Hard Core Ska Electronic
Alternative
Emo
Instruments Used in American Music
• Guitars • Keyboards • Midi and Electronic
• • •
Instruments Drums and Percussive Instruments Brass Instruments Wind Instruments
Blues
• African Americans in Mississippi Delta
near New Orleans brought blues through their hard times and love gone wrong lyrics. • Infusion of brass instruments added a new flair to creating the “blues” feel.
Jamaican Sound
• Reggae 1960s •
“Mento” Sound Rock Steady - “Ska”
Desmond Dekker (419)
• Rock Steady •
“Reggae” - (4-20) “Dubbing”
Fusion cont…
• • • •
Latin Jazz - Santos (4-14) Conjunto - Northern Mexican (4-16) Tejano - Texas (4-17) Mariachi - Mexican old style (4-18)
American Music Styles
An Overview of the developments of American Music
Styles included in American Music
• • • • • • • • •
Jazz Rock Rap/Hip Hop Country Reggae Fusion Blues Rhythm and Blues Folk
Blues Styles
• Country Blues - 1900s- Mississippi Delta
• Classic Blues - 1920s-1930s. Memphis,
Kansas City, Chicago, and New York
• Big City Blues - 1940s- Electric Guitar (12 Bar
Guitars
• Acoustic - classical •
• •
folk style - nylon strings - 12 string Electric - steel stringsamplification Bass - upright and double bass accoustic bass guitar Slide guitar
Fusion
A mix from other cultures brought new instruments to our “American heritage”.
• Latin - blends from Central and South America • •
1930s - (4-12) Latin Pop - (4-13) Shakira Music with a Mission - (4-15)
Drums and Percussion
• Basic drum kit - bass
or kick drum, cymbals, snare drum, high hats Electronic Drums pads synthesized drum sounds.
•
• Timbre is determined
blues) 11-1
Blues Artists
• Country Blues- Eddie James, Charlie Patton,
Leadbelly, and Keb Mo. (2-9)
• Classic Blues - Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters,
Louis Armstrong, Mamie Smith (2-10)
chords.
Dance
With such great music, the dance craze had to evolve!
• The Charleston - 1920s
• • • •
Flappers The Bunny Hop - 1950s The Twist - 1960s Chubby Checker Break Dancing - 1970s DJ and disco Electric Boogie - 1980s Michael Jackson
- Kansas (3-5)
Rock was infused with other cultures
• 1975 - reggae, rock, funk…..
• Zimbabwean lyrics with rock style (3-6) • 1980s - brought distortion and power
Beyond Categories
• Dare to be different!
• Ambient • New Age • World Music • Deep Forest (5-12) • Bobby McFarin
Digital Revolution
• • • • • •
Vinyl and tape replaced Music Stored in Os and 1s - binary form Emergence of CDs, DVDs, MP3s MTV Web works IPODs - Itunes
Rock and Roll cont…
• 1970s and 1980s • Extended songs - album era - Vinyl records •
33 1/3…LP’s Explosion of rock artists:
Elton John Led Zeppelin Chicago Eagles Queen Bruce Springsteen
Keyboards
• Midi - Musical
• • •
Instrument Digital Interface Sampler - records and plays back ambient sounds Sequencer - automates the control of MIDI equipment Sound Module hardware that contains synthesized sampled sounds - memory chip
by size
Other Drums/Percussion
• • • •
Conga Tablas Bongos Hand Percussion
Culture affects Style