Post on 02-Jan-2016
BY MARIA KOMAROVA
Music in the United States
Contents
General information about music in the US;RagtimeBlues
Bluegrass Blues-rock Boogie-Woogie Delta blues Rhythm and blues Rock and roll
JazzCountry musicPop musicHip HopConcert venues
General information about music in the US
A new stage in the history and the development of the culture of the American
people begins after the Civil War. Work songs of blacks, blues, ragtime, jazz and so on
became very popular in the USA after the liberation of blacks from slavery.
Ragtime
alternately spelled Ragged-timeits peak popularity between 1897 and 1918;typical instruments: Mainly piano, sometimes
banjo;
Scott Joplin
Blues
Stylistic origins: African American folk musicWork songs;
Cultural origins: Late 19th century, southern United States; John Lomax
Typical instruments: Guitar Piano Harmonica Drums Saxophone
Bluegrass music
is a form of American roots music.has roots in Scottish, English, Welsh, and
Irish traditional music. was inspired by the music of Immigrants
and African-Americans,particularly through genres such as jazz and blues.
A 5-string Banjo
Blues-rock
is a hybrid musical genre combining blues and rock and roll styles;
electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar
Boogie-woogie
is a style of piano-based blues that became very popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s,
guitar and piano
Colin Ross Quartet
Delta blues
is one of the earliest styles of blues music. originated in the Mississippi delta (from
Memphis to Vicksburg). guitar and harmonica are the dominant
instruments.
Robert Leroy Johnson
Rhythm and blues
often abbreviated to R&Boriginated in the 1940s;Typical instruments: Bo Diddly
Drum kit Double bass Saxophone Piano Organ Electric guitar
Rock and roll
(often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll)originated and evolved in the United States
during the late 1940s and early 1950s,Typical instruments: Electric guitar, string
bass or later bass guitar, drums, piano, saxophone.
Jazz
is a music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States;
Typical instruments: The King & Carter Jazzing Orchestra
Saxophone Trombone Bass Guitar Louis Armstrong
Flute Piano Double bass Banjo
Country music
country and Western;is a blend of popular musical forms originally
found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains;
Typical instruments: Roy Acuff Guitar Fiddle Piano Harmonica Drums Mandolin Banjo
Pop music
is commercially recorded music, usually consisting of relatively short and
simple love songs Tiffany Darwish
Michael Jackson
Hip hop
originated in the working class communities of New York City, in the late 1970s;
DJ Afrika Bambaataa first outlined the four pillars of hip-hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking, graffiti writing;
RAP refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics with a strong rhythmic accompaniment"
Concert venues
Carnegie Hall (Midtown Manhattan in New York City)
Kodak Theatre (the Hollywood) Walt Disney Concert Hall
(the Los Angeles Music Center)