Music Styles

Brainstorm some musical styles:

Rap Pop Country OperaHip Hop Rock n Roll 60s,70s, 80s, Heavy MetalJazz Classical Vocal Music BluesInstrumental New School Old School Soft RockNursery Rhymes Church Music Punk Rock Service MusicScreamo Emo Indie Classic RockPolka Greek Irish/Celtic AmericanaFolk Italian Latino Acoustic Piano music Theme Song Jingle Disco/DanceBeat Box/Percussion Marching Band

GenresGenre means – A specific styles of music.

Genres can also be used to classify books, movies, television, art, etc.

What would be some genres for…

Books Movies Television Art

Music GenresMusical Genres can be classified into large groups and then further divided into other subcategories.

For example, from our class list of music styles we listed styles such as:

Rock

Pop

Classical/Art Music

Jazz

Gospel/Christian

Country

R&B

Hip Hop/Rap

Blues

Folk/Cultural

Music GenresThose styles can be further divided into other genres within those categories.

Classical Music or Art Music refers to music that written in a traditional western art music form.

Classical music is also categorized by time period and usually tie in with literature and visual art.

Classical/Art Music subcategories are:

Medieval Music – 1150-1400

Renaissance Music – 1400-1600

Baroque Music – 1600-1750

Classical Music – 1750-1830

Romantic Music – 1830-1900

Contemporary – 1900- Present

Music GenresFolk/Cultural Music refers to music of a country or nation.

Each country or civilization has their own particular music as well as styles within that sound.

Here are just a few of the different types of Folk/Cultural Music :

American Folk music

African

Japanese

India

Chinese

Irish Folk

Tribal/Native American

Arabian/Middle Eastern

European Folk

Music GenresGospel/Christian Music - Music of religious nature, typically called Sacred

Music of religious nature varies from Church to Church as well as culture to culture.

Different types of Gospel/Christian Music

Gospel- of the African/American culture and typically sung in Baptist Churches

Contemporary Christian – Pop or contemporary style of music used in various Christian Churches.

Christian Rock - Rock style of music used in various Christian Churches.

Christian Rap – Rap music, religious in nature, and used in various Churches. Designed to encourage listeners of this style of understand it’s lyrical content.

Hymns/Traditional – Standard hymn songs used in various churches and faiths.

Music GenresCountry music began as an extension of the rural regions of the South and can be considered a mix of American folk music and Western cowboy.

Country music also has many different styles within the overall Country theme.

These genres include:

Appalachian folk

Bluegrass

Classic Country

Christian Country

Country Rock

Country Rap

Country PopRockabilly

Southern Rock

Hillbilly

Honky Tonk Music

New Country

Western Swing

Country Western Music Word Bank

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Music Genres

The Blues are a style of music that originated in the African American Communities

As Africans were brought to this country and forced into slavery, they brought with them their culture and style of music. The blues reflect the hardships and difficulties

of slavery and the life they now were forced to lead.

In the 1900s, the Blues had developed into a standard musical form and they continued to develop further into the 1930s.

The blues began to divide into two different sounds: the country or rural blues and the city or urban blues.

With the development of the electric guitar in the late 1940s/early 1950s, a newer style of blues was being heard and even played on the radio.

Eventually, this style grew further and began to branch off into a new sound, one calledRock ’n’ Roll

Singing The Blues Word Bank

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Music GenresJazz is an American style of music that originated at the beginning of the 1900s in African/American communities of the southern United States.

Jazz is a mix of African and European music traditions infused with blues notes, improvisation, and syncopation.

There are several different styles of Jazz mixing in different national and regional cultures.

These styles include: New Orleans Jazz

Big Band Swing

Kansas City Jazz

Bebop

West Coast Jazz

Latin Jazz

Afro-Cuban Jazz

Cool Jazz

Urban Jazz

Music GenresRock ‘n’ Roll was developed during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The term

Rock ‘n’ Roll came from a combination of the rockabilly and blues music.

Rock ‘n’ Roll’s development was also enhanced by the technological changes in music such as the amplifier, electric guitar, and microphone.

The first officially recognized Rock ‘n’ Roll song was the tune” Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and his Comets in 1954.

But in 1951 it was Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed who first coined the phrase “Rock ‘n’ Roll” while playing the rhythm and blues records of many great performers.

Alan Freed first began his career in Akron and then moved to Cleveland before finally working in New York for the larger radio stations.

Alan Freed was also one of the first to promote concerts and dancesfeaturing the music he was playing on the radio.

Alan Freed Website

Music GenresThere are several different great musicians and performers of the early Rock ’n’ Roll era.

Bill Haley and his Comets Jimmy Preston Chuck Berry

Little Richard Jerry Lee Lewis Elvis Presley

Music Genres

Rock ‘n’ Roll History Timeline

Cleveland and Rock ‘n’ Roll History

Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame

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Music Genres

The Sound of the 60’s

Although there was the British Invasion (musically speaking) during the 1960s, there were also other forms of music which began to break out during this time.

Many of America’s youth felt the growing pressures of our nation’s efforts to keep peace in the world while protecting and fighting for our Civil Liberties.

The music of this time also reflected many of these views.

The Rolling Stones Bob Dylan and Joan BaezJimi Hendrix

Music Genres

American folk music began a revival throughout the 1960s with artist such as ….

Woody GuthrieJoni Mitchell

Pete Seeger

Peter, Paul, and Mary

Joan Baez