2.09 Review Questions 1. What is popular music? This is any music since industrialization in the mid-1800s that is in line with the tastes and preferences of the middle class. 2. What theme does pop music typically use in the lyrics? Describe one pop song that uses this theme. Why is this theme such a popular one? 3. What is disco? What are the characteristics of this music? A blend of soul music and funk‚ set to 4/4 time syncopated rhythm‚ making it easily danceable. Most disco
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Imagine going to Hollywood‚ and ones experience goes from great to awful. This happens Eddie‚ a character in a poem “Into the Great Wide Open” by Tom Petty. Eddie just got out of highschool‚ he moved to Hollywood in hope to accomplish his dream career‚ a rockstar. “Into the Great Wide Open” a poem by Tom Petty‚ tells a story about the life of a one hit wonder‚ using a shifting tone in a realistic fashion. “Into the Great Wide Open” delineates the rise and fall of a one hit wonder named Eddie. Eddie
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Brazil is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. And it is the fifth largest country of population and Portuguese as an official language. The music of Brazil has many regional music styles which was influenced by the African‚ European and Amerindian forms. During 500 years of history‚ Brazillian music developed a unique and original music‚ such as modinha‚ brega‚ frevo‚ funk carioca‚ maracatu‚ choro‚ trpicalia‚ gaucho pagoda‚ sertanejo‚ MPB‚ bossa nova‚ samba and new music
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Ahmet Ertegun who was from atlantic records went to the Birdland nightclub to see Billy Ward and the Dominoes‚ mostly to hear Ward’s lead singer Clyde McPhatter. When the Dominoes performed‚ Clyde McPhatter was missing so Ahmet went backstage to find out where he was. Billy Ward informed him that he had fired McPhatter for breaking group rules. Ahmet left to find McPhatter‚ and an hour later he located McPhatter in a rented room in Harlem rehearsing a new group. Ertegun signed Clyde McPhatter and
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Affects of Music We take sounds and create the music we hear every day. Our development on music is effected by people around us. We take the context of songs and relate it back to our own lives. People dislike certain types of music because they can’t relate or enjoy the sound. Although music affects us all differently‚ all melodies have a similar meaning. Everyone’s choice of music is greatly affected by influences. The genre we get into is all caused for the same reasons; family‚ friends
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The Beatles Imagine yourself as a teen in the 1960’s. John F. Kennedy has recently been assassinated and the country is devastated. You turn on some new music released by the Beatles and suddenly‚ you are lost in the music that is sweeping the nation. You almost forget the fact that the popular president has been assassinated. The Beatles’ and many other artists’ music is still listened to and replicated today. The Beatles were a group of four men that created very popular music in the 1960’s. The
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Speaking from my experiences‚ I can tell you that I appreciate many genres of music. For example‚ I adore rock music; rock is my favorite music because of its complex rhythm‚ chromatic elements‚ and tonal nuances. Since most of country music has evolved into a rock music hybrid‚ I also take pleasure in listening to it. The blues are intoxicating to me as I let go of any problems that I may have. I find listening to the tonic triad of jazz to be soothing; no other music can mimic jazz’s harmonic
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On February 7th‚ 1964‚ Great Britain was known for a lot of things: tea‚ spiffy tailoring‚ the Queen. “Exciting musical exports‚” however‚ was not high on the list. Everything changed 50 years ago today when four young British musicians landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and detonated a cultural explosion. I refer‚ of course‚ to the thrilling arrival in America of that one-of-a-kind band that we have all come to know and love‚ this great band that transformed American music
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In every great musical‚ there is a showtune that defines it. Where would Dorothy be without Somewhere Over the Rainbow? Similarly‚ for every decade of show there is an occurring theme. Showtunes can be recognized by decade through a multitude of things‚ including; vocal sound‚ instruments used‚ and tone. Many things in showtunes have changed throughout the course of time while some have stayed the same. Each decade does have very important aspects‚ and here is why; In the 1960’s‚ showtunes
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Joan Sebastian‚ a Mexican singer‚ has been an influential figure in the music world with his passionate ranchera songs. His CD‚ Joan Sebastian con Mariachi‚ features various songs that deal with the theme of lost and unrequited love. In Peter Manuel’s Popular Music of the Non-Western World‚ he observes that a large number of Mexican music originates from other countries when he says‚ “the vast majority of the popular music produced in Mexico has been and continues to be based on imported styles”
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