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FROM BLUES TO POP MUSIC
BLUES
BLUES originated in African-American communities in the “Deep South” of the USA around the end of the 19th
century.
The word BLUES means melancholy and sadness.
The genre developed from a fusion of traditional
African musicAfrican music
and European folk music.Folk Music
JAZZ
Jazz also originated in African American
Communities in New Orleans, US, in the late 19th century
It blends African and European
music sensibilities
New Orleans
Jazz makes heavy use of IMPROVISATION, POLYRHYTHMS,
SYNCOPATION and SWING.In other words: It has
unrhythmical sounds that become a regular pattern.
MILES DAVIS Kind of Blue
MILES DAVIS
Jazz is mainly instrumental, but there are famous
jazz singers
Ella Fitzgerald Summertime (jazz)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – A Night in Tunisia (jazz)
Art Blakey
RHYTHM AND BLUES
It originated in the 1940s from urban African Americans.
It encapsulates the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and happiness.
The bands consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, saxophone and sometimes background vocalists.
The Supremes – baby love (R&B)
The Supremes
Soul
Soul originated in the US in the 1950s.
It combines elements of African-American
gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz.
Soul arose out of the black experience in America:
Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps, and improvised
body moves, are an important characteristic of soul music
The Commodores Easy (soul)
The commodores
Contemporary Soul: Jammie Collum What A Difference A Day Made
Jamie Collum
ROCK AND ROLL
It originated in the US in the late 1940s.
It was a combination of blues, boogie woogie, jump blues,
jazz, and gospel music. Also Western swing and
country music.
The name Rock and Roll comes from ROCKING AND ROLLING,
which describes the movement of a ship on the
ocean, similar to the spiritual fervor of black church rituals
and a sexual analogy.
Early rock and roll styles used the piano or the saxophone as the lead instrument. But they were replaced later by the guitar.
Can you think of the most famous rock and
roller?
ELVIS PRESLEY
Contemporary R&RBruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
Bruce Springsteen
Contemporary rock:ELO (Electric Light Orchestra)-last train to
London
ELO
FUNK
The word FUNK referred to a strong odor, derived from
Latin “fumigare”
Funk is a genre that originated in the 1960s.
African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul, jazz and R&B.
Earth, Wind& Fire – Boogie Wonderland (funk)
Earth, wind and fire
James Brown – Play that funky music white boy
James Brown (funk)
POP MUSIC
Pop music derives from the word
“POPULAR”It originated in the Western
World during the 50s and 60s, deriving from rock and
roll.
The Beatles is the most important band of pop
Many critics consider that all types of music
in the 20th century are somehow a form
of pop music
The Beatles – Don´t let me down (pop)
The Beatles
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