Music styles

Who is your favorite singer or group?
Which do you prefer, songs

Who is the most famous musician from your country?
What are some

What are your favorite music TV shows or podcasts, if any?
What

Do you mind singing in front of people? What are your

What musicians did you like when you were in junior high

Why do you think music is important and how does it

Do you think the use of drugs by some musicians increases

What’s more important in a song – lyrics, style or melody?

When was the last time you went dancing?
When was the

Traditional Music

When and why has traditional music appeared?
What were first songs and

Indian

Celtic

Armenian

Korean

Religious music

Medieval secular music
Troubadours

Renaissance secular music
Court orchestras and choirs

Classical Art music, 18th-19th century

Started up in 19th century in Southern USA
Was influenced by

Originated from African American communities of New Orleans in the United

Appeared in Southern United States in the 1920s
Music has 6 generations

R&B originated in the 1940s
Record companies used the term to

Soul originated in the United States in the late 1950s and

1920s Dancing Bands
French Charleston Orchestra

Prohibition of alcohol began in 1920, this lead to an underground

Speakeasies weren't the only places that offered a party during the

Nearly every town in the country had some form of dance

Most dance music resembled what we would call Big Band today,

Ma Rainey - See See Rider (Cover 1957)

Ma Rainey was one of the first professional blues recording artists

Bessie Smith, was considered the "Empress of Blues" in the 1920s.

Louis Armstrong - Aint Misbehavin (re-edit 1947)

Armstrong was a popular African American jazz musician who played the

Bix Beiderbecke – Riverboat Shuffle (cover 1956)

A third influential jazz musician of the decade was a white

Art Gillham–Tonight You Belong To Me

The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower

The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that

1940s

Frank Sinatra – Five Minutes More

Billie Holliday - God Bless the Child

R&R is a style that originated and evolved in the United

Elvis Presley - Pretty woman

Elvis Presley is thought to be the "King of Rock 'n'

Elvis was more successful in this endeavor than any other artist

While Elvis is largely responsible for the popularization of rock music,

Latin Music first appeared on US market in early 40s, representing

Originated in UK in 1950s to describe Rock and Roll and

Became widely popular in mid 70-80s as a reaction top popularization

Era of Disco psychologically ended on:

Funk originated in mid 60’s among African American musicians, tapping with

Taking its origin in R&R culture, Rock originated in early 60s,

Also called Country Rock
Incorporates a lot of original, national motives and

Formed during mid-60s crisis from Art Rock, ProgRock has introduced a

Appeared in 1970 as a reaction to rock scene being over-flooded

Appeared in mid-60s as an aggressive version of Hard Rock
Broke into

Coming up since 1970s, electronic music became more affordable and popular

formed in the United States in the 1970s because of the