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1 Deans Community High School Music Department
Listening popular music

2 List as many different styles of popular music as you can …
For your Intermediate 2 exam you have to be able to recognise different styles of popular music … Many of these styles you will have heard of before … but you may not have heard any examples of music in those styles The SQA go back more than 100 years when they talk about popular music and most of the styles they expect you to recognise come from the years List as many different styles of popular music as you can …

3 Ragtime Blues Jazz Dixieland Boogie-Woogie Swing Rock Pop Country Soul
popular music Ragtime Blues Jazz Dixieland Boogie-Woogie Swing Rock Pop Country Soul Latin American Samba / Salsa

4 ragtime popular music Ragtime music developed in the southern states of the USA in the late 1890s It is a mixture of European music (the march) and Afro-American music (syncopated melodies) Ragtime music was written down (not improvised) and played on the piano The most important and well-known composer of ragtime music was Scott Joplin ( ) Scott Joplin

5 ragtime popular music Features of Ragtime music piano music
‘on the beat’ left hand accompaniment march-like (‘oom pah’) syncopated melody in right hand regular 16 bar melodies (4 bars X 4) extracts Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin: The Entertainer Scott Joplin: Bethena

6 ragtime popular music Example of ‘on beat’ LH
Example of ‘syncopated’ RH

7 blues popular music The blues was a type of folk music that grew out of a mixture of African and European music It first developed in the southern states, (the slave states) of the USA The blues told of the feelings, fears and hopes of the singer Originally the blues was performed by one singer usually accompanied by guitar or banjo Some of the notes of the scale were ‘bent’ (sung below pitch) and this gives the blues its special flavour

8 blues popular music Features of Blues music use of the ‘blues’ scale
3rd and 7th of the scale sung ‘flat’ ‘12 bar blues’ structure improvised slide guitar extracts ??

9 blues popular music Example of blues scale 12 bar blues chord pattern
blue note blue note 12 bar blues chord pattern I IV V

10 jazz popular music Jazz developed in the first two decades of the 1900s in New Orleans Like Ragtime and Blues it was a mixture of African and European music Many different types of music probably influenced how jazz developed … including: Ragtime/Blues Marches Hymns/Spirituals Work songs Minstrel show music Early jazz was not written down, it was ‘improvised’ Jazz bands often used instruments left over from the marching bands of the civil war

11 jazz popular music Features of Jazz use of the ‘blues’ scale
3rd and 7th of the scale sung ‘flat’ ‘12 bar blues’ structure improvisation extracts ??

12 dixieland popular music
Dixieland Jazz or Traditional Jazz was the first type of Jazz Dixieland Jazz groups were small - around 6 players cornet, clarinet, banjo/piano, trombone, string bass, drums most of the early jazz musicians were not formally trained the jazz was improvised - relying on the skill of the performers often used ‘12 bar blues’ form often each player had a chance to improvise on the main tune

13 dixieland popular music Some important early dixie players were:
Jelly Roll Morton Louis Armstrong Joe King Oliver Bix Beiderbecke

14 dixieland popular music Features of Dixieland Jazz
use of the ‘blues’ scale ‘12 bar blues’ structure equal emphasis on all 4 beats improvisation small group of players extracts ??

15 boogie-woogie popular music
Boogie-Woogie was a style of jazz that was nearly always played by solo piano It had a strong, driving, ‘ostinato’ type bass pattern in the left hand The right hand improvised using a blues scale Boogie-woogie usually used the 12 bar blues form A Boogie-Woogie Bassline

16 boogie-woogie popular music Features of Boogie-woogie
usually for solo piano strong, ‘driving’ left hand riffs improvised melodies in right hand ‘12 bar blues’ structure improvisation extracts Meade Lux Lewis: Honky Tonk Train Blues Jimmy Blythe: Chicago Stomp Jools Holland: Let the Boogie Woogie Roll

17 swing popular music During the 1920s jazz bands gradually became larger with 10 or more players These larger groups needed more organising than the original smaller groups Music began to be written down to avoid the clashes that would happen if all the players improvised together A typical swing band might consist of: Brass: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones Reeds: clarinet, 2 alto/2 tenor saxes Rhythm: piano, guitar, bass, drums

18 swing popular music The brass and the reeds would often alternate - one section having the tune the other providing the accompaniment - then they would swap over The instruments in each group often played together in chords (harmony) giving a smooth, mellow sound Individual instruments might improvise Arrangers were beginning to use ‘added’ chords to give their harmonies a ‘richer’ feel - ‘added 6th’ chords, 7th chords Melodies became more complex, going beyond the simple ‘blues’ scale and using all the notes of the chromatic scale

19 swing popular music Features of Swing
large ensemble: brass, reeds, rhythm instruments used in ‘close’ harmony rich, smooth, mellow sound ‘12 bar blues’ structure mainly written out, notated use of ‘added 6ths’ and 7th chords extracts ??

20 rock popular music Rock music is a form of pop music which usually has a strong driving beat. It was developed in America in the 1960s and combines elements of folk, blues, rock’n’roll and pop music. Lyrics were still aimed at a youth audience but were sometimes more complex talking about political issues. Some early musicians who played rock music are listed below along with the style that influenced them: Bob Dylan; folk music & blues The Beach Boys; rock’n’roll and pop music The Rolling Stones; rock’n’roll The Beatles; pop

21 rock popular music Feature of Rock Music
form of ‘pop’ music with a driving beat change from acoustic to electric sounds often included vocal harmonies simple time, often 4/4 Extracts Bob Dylan: Masters of War The Beach Boys: Fun, Fun, Fun The Rolling Stones: Come On The Beatles: A Hard Days Night

22 rock ‘n’ roll popular music
Rock’n’Roll developed in America in the late 1940s combining elements of blues, boogie-woogie and jazz. It was also a mixture of African and European music but was mainly aimed at a white American audience. In early Rock’n’Roll a saxophone was often the lead instrument but this was later replaced by the electric guitar. A Rock’n’Roll group would usually include: Electric Guitars: 1 lead, 1 rhythm Bass Guitar Drumkit Keyboard: sometimes

23 rock ‘n’ roll popular music Features of Rock’n’Roll
move from acoustic to electric instruments emphasis on 2nd & 4th beats strong, driving bassline use of ‘12 bar blues’ structure lyrics aimed at youth audience extracts Fats Domino: The Fat Man Elvis Presley: That’s All Right (Mama) Bill Hayley: Rock Around the Clock

24 pop popular music Pop music developed in America in the late 1940s and 1950s from a variety of other styles including ‘big band’ and ‘swing’ music and refers to popular music of the day. Frank Sinatra was an artist who crossed over between big band and pop music. Pop music was sold to a wide audience but was aimed at a youth audience. This was reflected in many of the lyrics. Today the term pop music covers a range of different styles such as: Rock Hip Hop Dance R&B Country

25 pop popular music Features of pop music
refers to popular music of the day smoother vocal sound lyrics aimed at youth audience simple time, usually 4/4 Extracts Frank Sinatra: I get a kick out of you The Everley Brothers: All I have to do Cliff Richard: Summer Holiday

26 country popular music On this page some background info about the style …. History Famous names Instruments etc

27 country popular music This page will list some of the concepts associated with this style Will introduce the musical extracts used to exemplify the musical style

28 soul popular music On this page some background info about the style …. History Famous names Instruments etc

29 soul popular music This page will list some of the concepts associated with this style Will introduce the musical extracts used to exemplify the musical style

30 latin american popular music
On this page some background info about the style …. History Famous names Instruments etc

31 latin american popular music
This page will list some of the concepts associated with this style Will introduce the musical extracts used to exemplify the musical style

32 salsa / samba popular music
On this page some background info about the style …. History Famous names Instruments etc

33 salsa / samba popular music
This page will list some of the concepts associated with this style Will introduce the musical extracts used to exemplify the musical style

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