Popular Music

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1800s

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Popular Music

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differs according to the time and place

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Pop music

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used to describe another sub-genre within popular music characterized by simple melodies and danceable rhythms.

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pop music

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slow song

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ballad

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rock ballads, soul ballads, and country ballads

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ballad

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storytelling elements and subjects such as love and relationships.

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ballad

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Other key features of ballads are:

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expressive vocal performance—ornamentation, melisma, long-held notes

slow tempo and simple meters

a verse-chorus structure

light instrumental accompaniment

Question 8

“_____” by the Beatles, “I __________” by Whitney

Houston, “______” by John Legend

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Yesterday
Will Always Love You
All of Me

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“traditional pop standards”

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standards

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pre-date the advent of rock & roll in the 1950s

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standard

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characterized by orchestral arrangements and more emphasis on vocal performance.

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“The Great American Songbook”

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Frank Sinatra (“_________”), Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, and Johnny Mathis.

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Fly Me to the Moon

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United States in the 1950s

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rock and roll

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blues and country music

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r n r

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fast rhythms and heavy reliance on the guitar

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r n r

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rhythm section comprised of a drum set, bass guitar, one or two guitars, and occasionally a piano.

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r n r

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• a disc-jockey from Cleveland, Ohio.

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Alan Freed

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• (“Heartbreak Hotel,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “That’s Alright Mama”)

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Elvis Presley

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Bill Black - (____)

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bass

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Scotty Moore (___).

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guitar

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Chuck Berry _________ __________

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(“Johnny B. Goode”, “Roll Over Beethoven”),

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Buddy Holly (“_______”).

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Words of Love

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and The Beatles (“_______”, “________”).

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Please Please Me
A Hard Day’s Night

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disco dance music in the ____

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1970s

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syncopation similar to funk, sweet melodies with lyrics pertaining to partying, upbeat tracks from Motown, and rhythms similar to salsa.

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disco

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“Never Can Say Goodbye” by ______ in ___

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Gloria Gaynor 1974

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Bee Gees (________ soundtrack)

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Saturday Night Fever

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(“D’ya Think I’m Sexy?”),

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Rod Stewart

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alternative rock in

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1990s

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characterized by highly distorted guitars and served as a “_____” to what rock music had become in the ______

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response 1980s

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Beatles and the high-energy music of ______

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Led Zeppelin

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Artists of this genre, like punk acts in the ‘80s, rejected ________.

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commercialism and the mainstream

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Seattle - “____”

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grunge

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Nirvana (“_____”), Pearl Jam (“_____”), and Soundgarden (“______”)

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Nevermind Ten Badmotorfinger