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Popular music takes into account a range
of styles from the twentieth and twenty
first centuries. These include: Blues,
Gospel, Ragtime , Jazz and Swing
• Other styles include: Rock n Roll, Pop ,
reggae, Rap and Celtic Rock.
Gospel Music
Gospe
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• Examples of Gospel
Music
Oh Happy Day
This little li ht of mine
love is our love
The old landmark
Ragtime
• In the extract
of the score you
can see that the
bass line is
mostly quaver
notes jumping
about.
• The melody in
the treble clef is
however much
more syncopated.
< American civil war in
the late 1800’s resulted
in the abolishment of
slavery in 1865.
< Army marching
bands were broken
up and their
instruments sold off
cheaply.
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Jazz ii•o
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< The instruments “
were sold off and
the black people
took up these
instruments and
formed bands.
< They played their
own versions of
European march-
tunes but made
them more fun.
< The songs that they
played they
‘Jazzed’ up by:
< Using syncopated rhythms
< bending the pitch of notes
(the blues scale)
< making things up as they went
along — Improvisation.
• The earliest type of jazz, often known
as Dixieland Jazz or tradional Jazz
originated in New Orleans in the early
1900’s. By 1920 this had become very
popular.
• Early Jazz would be played by small
groups of musicians. The common
instruments used then were: clarinet,
trumpet, trombone, double bass, piano
and drumkit.
• Improvisation plays a major role in Jazz
music with musicians often taking
individual turns to make up their own
version of the music during a
performance.
• The very first Jazz recording in 1917
was of a song called ’. In the
song you can clearly hear each of the
melody instruments improvising.
SwÏ
Famous Band
leaders
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Benny
Goodman
Glenn Miller
• More modern Jazz and Swing
Performers include:
— piano/vocals
- singer
—piano
—
trumpet
-
saxophon
e
< The Rat Pack was the term given to a
group of entertainers and friends who
made music, films and hung out
together. The most famous members
were:
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< Frank inatra
<Dean Martin
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< Samm Davis Jnr. — Drumkit
/vibes
Rock and
• Rollis a style of music which
‘Rock and Roll’
became popular in the 1950. It was made
famous by artists such as ‘Bill Haley and
the Comets’, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry and
of course Elvis Presley.
• Rock around the Clock — Bill Haley
• That'll be the day - Buddy Holly
• Johnny B Goode — from Back to the Future
Elvis Presley 1950’s
• Elvis had his first No1 song in 1956 with
Jail House Rock. He went on to become a
international superstar and to be known as
the ‘King’ of Rock and Roll.
• Jail House Rock
• American Trilogy
• A little less conversation
The Beatles 1960’s
• In the 1960’s a band from Liverpool called
the Beatles were formed. They would go on
to become one of the biggest band s of all
time.
• Twist and shout
• Help
• Penn lane
Abba 1970’s
• The 1970’s saw a change in the type of music
which was be heard and disco music became
popular. Abba , a group from Sweden, were to
dominate the charts for many years and to sell
millions of records worldwide.
• Waterloo
• Mamma Mia
• Dancing Queen
The 1980’s
• The 1980’s are remembered not just for the music
but also for the outfits and haircuts!
• Culture Club andau Ballet Madonna
• The use of synthesisers became popular and pop
videos became important due to the launch of
MTV.
• Axel F
• Aha — take on Me
• Dire Straits — for nothin
Mone
The 1990’s
Pop music in the 1990’s saw the continuation
of teen pop and dance pop music.
In the UK there was lots of musical rivalry
between
Oasis and Blur and Girl Power was promoted
by
The Spice Girls. Take That’ were also to
dominate Oasis The S ice G r s
Blur
the charts
Britne S ears Take That
The 00’s
Noughties
• Top Selling Artists of the
2000’s
Britney Spears Beyonce
Rhianna Adele
ColdPlay Justin Bieber
Ed Sherran Bruno Mars
Notable usicians/Bands
Other Pop bands/Artists not mentioned but
most definitely of interest and worth exploring
include:
Eminem Nirvana Greenday
James Blunt
