MUSIC 2Q

Popular music

Is a term that refers to a number of Contemporary musical styles having a wide appeal to large audiences most especially to young people.

Popular music

Also known as pop music, this style is often written and advertised commercially to general public to achieve mass distribution and sales.

Pop music

This genre was developed in the 20th century intended for entertainment and mass consumption through live performances, radio, videos, recordings, and/or similar media.

ballad, standard, rock and roll, disco, pop, alternative

Types of popular music

Ballad

Came from the French Chanson Balladee or “Ballade” which originally refers to dancing song. It is a sentimental and popular song that tells story in a short stanza and simple words, with repetition and refrain.

Standard

a song that remained popular for several decades and performed by different musicians or bands. It is usually in a slow or moderate tempo and characterized by singable melodies within a range.

Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Matt Monro

Some of important proponents of standard music includes

Rock and roll

Originated from Africa and developed in the United States during the late 1940s to the 1950. It is a mixture of country music, Rhythm and Blues, Jazz and gospel music played with an Electric guitar, bass guitar, a drum set and often with a piano or keyboard.

Elvis Presley

was considered the “King of Rock and Roll” in 1950 with his famous songs Heartbreak Hotel and Blue Suede shoes.

The Beatles

Rock and Roll was influenced by British group **____________**who was considered the most famous and successful band in the world.

Disco

Is a style of dance music popular in the 1970s consisting of the elements of funk, soul, pop and salsa. The Disco came form the French word “Discotheque” which means a library of phonograph records. Accompanied by strings, horns, electric guitars, electric piano or sythesizers.

• Some known hits and performers in 1970s include: Dancing Queen by ABBA, Stayin’ Alive by Bee Gees, Boogie wonderland by Earth Wind and fire, Hot stuff by Donna Summer and YMCA by the Village People

Pop music

Some of the famous pop singers and their songs are: Neil Sedaka (laughter in the rain), Diana Ross (stop in the name of love), Stevie Wonder (You are the sunshine of my life), Elton John (Mandy).

• Recent pop superstars are: Michael Jackson who is known as “The King of Pop” (off the wall, bad, dangerous, HIStory) Celine Dion (My heart will go on), Madonna (Material girl) ETC.

Alternative music

A style of music that developed from the independent music underground of the 1890s.

• This genre was regarded as more electrical, original, or challenging than most popular music.

• Some bands are Every Avenue, MGMT, and the Naked and Famous.

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE: As Africa changed in response to European colonisation and globalisation, the role of music changed as well.

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TRUE OR FALSE: Also the result of the African slave trade and migrations, the music and dance of Africa have influenced a number of musical styles and genres.

Maracatu

Is an ancient Carnival tradition found in Penambuco in the Northeastern Brazil. It has rooted from the music and tradition of African slaves who worked in sugar farms and Penambuco states.

Blues

Is a style of music in the late 19th century, originated from African-Americans in the Southern US that often expresses mirrors the deep emotion of black Americans from injustices or feelings of sadness, longing, and loss.

• Strong four-time meter, typically in a twelve-bar structure, a three-line stanza in which the second line repeats the first, with frequent minor intervals and blue notes.

Soul

A popular music genre in the late 1950s and early 1960s originated in the United States. It incorporates the elements of African-American gospel music, Rhythm and blues, and jazz and characterized by a strong beat and emphasis on singing. Some important features of soul music are its catchy rhythm, stressed by handclaps and extemporaneous body movements.

Spiritual

Religious folk songs of the African- American derived from the king James Bible’s translation of Ephesians 5:19 “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord” It was created by African slaves in the United States imparting Christian values and hardships of slavery.

Call-and-response

Is a style of music composition wherein a vocalist or instrumentalist sings or plays a phrase and another vocalist or instrumentalist echoes with one phrase. It is a musical style where the leader sings a line and answered by a chorus. The soloist usually improvises while the chorus stays the same.

Call-and-response

Kye kye kule is an example of?

Chordophones, idiophones, aerophones and membraphones.

Classification of African instrument

Idiophones

are musical instruments that produce sounds striking, shaking, or scraping.

Djembe

is a single-headed open goblet drum played with bare hands.

Shekere

is a beaded handmade rattle.

• Agbe a very large beaded calabash traditionally owned and played by professional musicians in Nigeria.

Membranophones

are musical instruments which have vibrating animal membranes.

Talking drum

is one of the most respected drum in Southern Nigeria similar to Kalangu drum of Northern Nigeria.

Chordophones

are musical instruments that produce sounds from the vibration of strings.

Kora

most famous stringed instrument similar to a guitar. Long-necked harp with 21 strings placed on a gourd covered with skin of an animal.

Musical bow

is the oldest and widely used string instrument in Africa.

Aerophones

musical instruments that produce sounds by a vibrating air.

Kudu Horn

wind instrument used for signals.

Trumpets

made from variety of materials such as wood, metal, horns, tusks, and grourds.

Lamellaphone

generated by plucking flexible tuned tongues of metal, wood, cane or any material attached in a board resonator.

Mbira

thumb piano or Finger xylophone is Zimbabwe’s most important instrument played in religious and social celebrations.