Music Genres and History

Music

• Music is old

• Universal language

• Music and musical devices in history

• Snare marchers

• WWII radio

• Civil rights marchers

Genres

• Rock and Roll

• Jazz

• gospel

• Rap

Music facts

• Rock and roll was is an alternative name for rock

• Jazz is the music you hear in elevators

• Beats in rap are usually made by a machine

• Gospel music is referred to as religious music

Rock and Roll

• Developed in the 1960’s

• Partying and drugs

• Led Zeppelin and the Beatles

Jazz

• Jazz was brought to attention the 1920’s and 30’s

• prohibition law and speakeasies

• Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington

Gospel

• Sung throughout time

• Religious music by all denominations

• Stereotypical

Rap

• Rap acquired its name in the 1980’s

• Started in cities

• The leading rap artists are: Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West

• Hip-Hop

Plus and Minus

• positive and negative

• Lyrics and messages

Job shadowing

• Music Studio

• Running a studio

• The programs

Studio work

• Scott Franson

• Studio work is extreme guess and check work

• Trying out new sounds

• precursors