Various Styles of Music

Spiritual• Africans were

brought over from Africa to work. They were treated as slaves.

• Spirituals had dual meaning: as a way to express hope of being freed people one day

Spiritual• and a way to disguise

the way to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

• Ex. Follow the Drinking Gourd = Big Dipper star constellation that points to the North.

Blues• Lyrics about hard

times and personal troubles

• Can sound “blue” – slow and sad

• Can be humorous and lively

• BB King – King of the Blues “How Blue Can You Get?”

Jazz

• Cool and laid-back• OR Fast and intense• Sometimes joined by

singers, sometimes just instruments

• Lots of Solos• Jazz high school band

“Jam A-Ditty”

Swing

• Played by Big Band• Dance music 1920’s – 1940’s• Tommy Dorsey• Glenn Miller• Duke Ellington“It Don’t Mean a Thing (If you ain’t got that swing)”

Gospel

• Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life

• “Oh Happy Day” from Sister Act 2

Hip-Hop

• Sharing their own personal life stories,

• Important events in their lives, or • Social problems they wish to make a

public statement about• I’ll Be Missing You - The Police• I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy, Faith

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Orchestra

• String, Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion Families

• “Symphony #5” by Beethoven

Ballet

• Story told through dance and music (usually played by the Orchestra

• Nutcracker Ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky• “Tea Dance” (guess the country)

Chamber Music

• Small group of Orchestra instruments

• J.S. Bach

Band

• NO String Family• Woodwind, Brass,

and Percussion Families

• John Philip Sousa “Stars and Stripes Forever”

• Marine Band

Opera• Drama set to music• Only singing• Aria – solo song• Richard Wagner “Ride of the Valkyries”

Act 3 of Die Walkure• Mozart “

Queen of the Night” • (2:08 in)

Operetta• Singing and Talking – Play

with many songs• Different from Opera –

shorter and lighter – not as serious

• Gilbert and Sullivan “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General” from “Pirates of Penzance”

• (1 minute in)

Musical Theatre

• Singing and Talking and Dancing• Broadway shows: “Defying Gravity” from Wicked by Stephen Schwartz

Choral

• Group of people singing• George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah”

Keyboard or Piano

• Solo – one person• Piano Concerto No.

23 – 2nd Movement by Mozart – piano playing with orchestra

• Nocturne No. 20 in C# minor – F. Chopin

Songs

• Vocal Songs – many genres• Solo, Duet, Trio, Quartet, etc…• Classical - Clara Schuman• Country – Patsy Cline• Crooner – Michael Buble• Jazz – Ella Fitzgerald

Any Questions

• Or need to review anything?

• Test next class…