Music Lesson 5: Popular Music Flashcards
1
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- People’s Music
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Pop Music
2
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Distinct Characteristics of Pop music
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• ACCESSIBILITY AND CATCHINESS
• DIVERSITY OF GENRES
• INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGY
• CULTURAL REFLECTION
3
Q
- Light, simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed of short stanzas and adapted for singing.
- Sentimental or romantic character, having 2 or more stanzas all sang to the same melody.
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Ballad
4
Q
- It is a black popular music of the 1950’s.
- It is a combination of different
popular music genres like jazz, gospel and blues. - In quadruple meter with danceable speed.
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Rhythm and blues
5
Q
- Evolved in the 1950’s from a
-Combination of rnb and country-western music characteristics.
- Famous performers were Ray Charles and James Brown.
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Rock n Roll
6
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King of Rock n Roll
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Elvis Presley
7
Q
Famous songs of Elvis Presley
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“Love me Tender”
“Hound Dog”
“Heartbreak Hotel”
8
Q
This British rock group was formed in 1960 in Liverpool, England .
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Beatles
9
Q
Members of The Beatles
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Paul McCartney
John Lennon,
George Harrison
Ringo Starr.
10
Q
Famous songs of The Beatles
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Love me do
I want to hold your hand
Twist and shout,
Hey jude
Yesterday
Let it be
Yellow Submarine
11
Q
- A style of pop music in the 1970’s and is a distinguished form of dance music.
- Derived from French DISCOTHEQUE, which means a type of dance-oriented nightclub that first appeared in the 1960’s.
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Disco
12
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- A spoken word delivered quickly in rhymed verses.
- It is a rock music that evolved in the 1970’s.
- Accompanied by hip-hop music.
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Rap
13
Q
- Started in the late 1980’s and early
1990’s. - It is a do-it-yourself type of music of different musical bands.
- Refers to its distinction from typical rock music, which is expressed by
distorting the guitar sound in a different and defiant attitude.
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Alternative
