well 2012 music presentation

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A timeline of Americas genres and

the geniuses that influenced them


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American music is a reflection of its culturally andethnically diverse population.

The USA has the worlds largest music industry.

The first American music was played by NativeAmericans. At the beginning of the 17th century,

immigrants from Europe came and brought their

musical traditions. Much of todays modern popular music can trace its

roots to African American blues and gospel music

from the 1920s.


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We begin withthe

Blues is a genre that began inthe American Deep South inAfrican American communities.

It began at the end of the 19thcentury.

Blues came from spirituals,work songs, field hollers,shouts and chants.

Blues is known as being verysoulful music.

Blues lyrics tend to express thesadness that life can bring.

Blues is the foundation of jazz,rhythm and blues (R&B), rockand roll, and country music.

The Blues


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The King

of Blues

When most Americans hear theword blues, they think ofguitarist, singer, and songwriterB.B. King.

King was born on September 16,1925 in Mississippi.

In his youth, he played on streetcorners for dimes.

Kings big break came in 1956with the hit song Three OClockBlues.

King calls every one of his guitarsLucille.

At the age of 76, King continuesto tour heavily, averaging over250 concerts per year around theworld.

Now lets listen to B.B. King andEric Clapton play Ten LongYears.

B.B. King


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Blues heavily

influenced ournext genre

Jazz is the combination of allthe musical cultures that werehappening in the city of NewOrleans in the 1900s;traditional African drumming,church music, classical music,

the blues, and more.

Jazzs most unique quality isimprovisation.

A jazz ensemble can have manydifferent instruments, but thetraditional jazz quartet includespiano, bass, drums, and eithersaxophone or trumpet.

Jazz is called Americas onlyoriginal art form.

Jazz


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The Father

of Jazz

Armstrong influenced jazz inmany ways, both with hisincredible trumpet playing andhis singing.

Before Armstrong, jazz bands

improvised collectively-Armstrong helped shiftattention to solo performance.

Renowned for his charismaticstage presence as much for hismusical virtuosity.

In a racially divided America,Armstrong was popular withboth races, being the firstcross-over artist.

Louis Armstrong


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Jazz is not

dead!

At the age of 26, EsperanzaSpalding is one of the mostpopular jazz musicians alive.

Spalding won the Grammy forBest New Artist against JustinBieber in 2011.

Spalding is a brilliant acousticbass player and singer. Shealso writes and arranges herown songs.

Esperanza is being called thehope for jazz because not only

is her music truly great, butvery accessible to people whoarent musicians.

What difference do you hearbetween Esperanza Spaldingsmusic and Louis Armstrongsmusic?

Esperanza Spalding


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1. Who is the King of the Blues?

2. Why is Esperanza Spalding being called the hope for

jazz?

3. What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?

4. What is jazzs most unique quality?


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Country music isthree chords and thetruth

Country music is a popularAmerican music style thatbegan in the rural South in the1920s.

It takes its roots from Western

cowboy and folk music.

Country music tends to havesimple forms and harmonies,and is most often accompaniedby string instruments (banjoes,guitars, and fiddles).

Country music


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The Queen ofCountry

Music

Dolly Parton is one of the mostsuccessful female countryartists of all time, with more #1hits than any other musician inthis genre.

Parton was born in Tennesseein 1946.

Although now a famous singer,Partons first success was as asongwriter, writing two top tenhits in 1967.

Parton is now rich and famous,but grew up, in her words,dirty poor. Her family lived ina one room, broken down cabinin rural Tennessee.

Dolly Parton


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Our nextgenre is

Rock and roll originated in theUS during the late 1940s andearly 1950s.

It is a combination of blues,country, jazz, and gospel music.

Although its origins aredebated by historians of music,most agree that it began in theSouthern United States.

Rock and roll began its declinein popularity in the late 1950sand early 1960s. Even in thisshort period of time, rock androll influenced much of themusic that came after it.

Rock and Roll


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The King ofRock and Roll

Elvis Aaron Presley is one ofAmericas cultural icons and iswidely known only as Elvis.

He was born in 1935 inMississippi, but eventually

moved to Memphis, Tennessee,where he began his career.

Elvis was one of the originatorsof rockabilly, an up tempofusion of country and rhythmand blues.

Elvis had hits in many differentgenres: country, pop ballads,gospel and blues.

He is the best selling solo artistin the history of popular music.

Elvis Presley


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1. Where in America did country music begin?

2. Who is the Queen of Country Music?

3. Rock and Roll is a combination of which musical genres?

4. Elvis is the originator of which genre?(hint: its not Rock and Roll)

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And now tosomethingdifferent

Rhythm and blues is a genrethat originated in AfricanAmerican communities in the1940s.

It has been described as

urbane, rocking, jazz basedmusic with a heavy, insistentbeat

Today it is called R&B and isvery different today than it waswhen it started.

Lets take a listen to En Voguesinging My Lovin (YoureNever Gonna Get It)

Rhythm and Blues


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The legendary

record label

Motown is one of Americasmost influential record labels.

Although still in existence,Motowns most influentialperiod was from 1959-1972.

Motown was based in the cityof Detroit.

The Motown Sound is soulmusic with a distinct popinfluence.

Motowns artists have included

Stevie Wonder, The Supremes,The Jackson 5 and many more!

Motown was important in theracial integration of popularmusic because of its crosscultural success.

Motown


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Sorrow is so easy toexpress and yet so hardto tell Joni Mitchell

American folk music wasrevived as a popular genre inthe 1940s.

From the beginning, folk musicsongs were written to protestvarious inequalities in American

society.

American folk music of the1960s played an important rolein the Civil Rights Movement.

The sound of folk music tendsto be softer, with acoustic

guitars and melodic vocals.

Joni Mitchell, pictured here, isone of folks most innovativeartists. The song we arehearing is California. Listento the lyrics and discuss whatshe is singing about.

Folk


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Although it isimpossible to define,our next genre can becalled.

This is a genre that is hard todefine because its roots are inso many different types ofmusic.

This group, with the famous

cellist Yo-Yo Ma, is proud thattheir music fits no genre.

All the musicians in this groupare masters at theirinstruments.

The instruments you arehearing are mandolin, cello,acoustic bass, and violin .

Listen to their song Here andHeaven and decide whichgenres you hear.

New Folk


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1. What is the name of the legendary record label that

produced cross cultural hits?

2. What does R&B stand for? Describe the music.

3. What did American folk music protest against?

4. Why is it difficult to put New Folk into one genre?

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And nowsomethingcompletelydifferent

Funk began in the mid-1960swhen African Americanmusicians combined soul, jazz,and R&B music into adanceable form of music.

Funk emphasizes a strong,rhythmic groove rather thanmelody.

The bass line is the central partof every funk song.

We are now listening to Stevie

Wonder, one of the greatestsongwriters of all time. Thissong is entitled Black Man.

Funk


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One of thefounding fathers

of funk

James Brown is one of the mostinfluential figures in all ofAmericas musical history.

He influenced the developmentof many different musical

genres.

James Brown is the worldsmost sampled artist; thismeans that different musiciansand producers have takenpieces of his songs, and createdtheir own songs from them.

Listen to Browns Get Up OffaThat Thing and discuss whichof todays popular genres hemay have influenced.

James Brown


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James Browninfluenced ournext genre

The roots of rap can be tracedback to West Africanstorytellers; they would deliverstories rhythmically, over adrum beat.

It originated in the 1970s inAfrican American communitiesin New York City, specificallythe Bronx.

Sugarhill Gangs RappersDelight was released in 1979and is the first rap single to be a

Top 40 hit.

Lets listen to RappersDelight and discuss thedifferences between this songand the rap you hear today.

Rap

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All of this

brings us to ourfinal genre

The word pop stands forpopular music.

Each generation has its ownpopular music.

Todays pop artists come from avariety of different backgrounds:hip hop, techno, and countrymusic can all be heard in thesenew pop artists.

Beyonce is one of the worldsbiggest pop artists today.

She has an all-female band whichtours with her and performs in hervideos. Many of the women inthis band are also talented jazzmusicians.

What do you think Beyoncesmusical influences are?

Pop


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1. Which instrument is the central part of every

funk song?

2. Which funk artist is one of the most influentialmusicians of all time?

3. When did Rappers Delight come out?

4. Describe Beyonces band.

And now we come to


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