UNIT 2 - LESSON 2 - POPULAR MUSIC MPAEH 10

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1. BORCELLE
UNIT 2 - LESSON 2:
POPULAR MUSIC
we’ll be discussing about popular music in 20th century
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ORIGINS OF POPULAR MUSIC
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01/20

2. Popular Music
Popular music is said to be the music
of the majority, something appreciated
or has appealed many.
Pop music originates from various
other musical genres such as ragtime,
jazz, big band orchestra, blues and rock
and roll. Pop music is also influenced
by African American culture. It
incorporates elements of these genres
and continues to evolve with what is
current and popular to generate new
music.

3. Ballad - Ballad is a traditional folk music performed by a soloist
that expresses a tale in a strophic form. It is transferred from one
generation to another by oral performances rather than written
works.
Rhythm and Blues - Also known as r&b or RnB, is a black popular
music of the 1950s. It is a combination of different popular music
genres like jazz, gospel, and blues. It is in quadruple meter with
danceable speed.
Rock and Roll or “Rock ‘n’ Roll” - It is a popular style evolved in
the 1950s from a combination of rhythm and blues and country-
western music characteristics. Famous performers of rock 'n' roll were
Ray Charles and James Brown.
Genre and Popular Music

4. Elvis Presley
He was born on Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8,
1935.
In 1954, Elvis began his singing career with the
legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late
1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor.
By 1956, he was an international sensation. With a
sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse
musical influences and blurred and challenged the
social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in
a whole new era of American music and popular
culture.
Elvis Presley was known as the "King of Rock and
Roll".
Presley's hit songs were
- "Love Me Tender"
- "Hound Dog"
- "Jail House Rock"
- "Heartbreak Hotel"

5. The Beatles
The Beatles, was formed in 1960 in Liverpool,
England
The rock group was the most influential
performers in the history of rock 'n' roll.
The group consisted of Paul McCartney, John
Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
Each member of The Beatles was a
songwriter. They wrote lyrics and tunes that
children and parents could appreciate. They
performed varied musical styles like rhythm
blues, gospel, country blues, novelty songs,
and Broadway music.
The group disbanded despite the peak of
their popularity and financial achievement in
1970. But each member returned in the music
industry with his own band, and each
achieved different degrees of success.

6. Disco is a style of popular music in the 1970s
and is a distinguished form of a dance music.
Its name is derived from French discotheque
/di·skow·tek/, which means a type of dance-
oriented nightclub that first appeared in the
1960s
DISCO

7. Rap - Rap is a spoken word delivered quickly in rhymed verses.
It is a rock music that evolved in the 1970s. It is accompanied
by hip-hop music.
Broadway Musical - It is the counterpart of opera in the popular music.
Broadway is located in the district of New York City and is the center of
more than thirty theaters that provide stage plays and musicals..
Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II
collaborated in making Broadway musicals. Some of their
blockbuster musicals are South Pacific (1949), The King and I
(1951), and The Sound of Music (1959).
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8. Jazz Music
Jazz was developed in America and was predominantly created by the black
American musicians. It was around 1917 when it had been developed and
became popular during the early 1900. It is said that it was based on the
musicians' innovation of performance and not in muical notation.
Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response
vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Late 19th century, New Orleans, U.S. As
jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical
cultures, which gave rise to different styles.
Jazz performances vary based on traditions and functions. The musicians
performed in the streets, bars, and dance halls of New Orleans and other
southern cities. Some musical instruments of the marching band were also
used in jazz bands. Jazz, considered as music for dancing, became intended
for listening. It influenced piano pieces in which it became popular and
appreciated by many.

9. Components of
Jazz
In jazz ensemble, a soloist plays
the improvised pattern. Usually, he
creates jazz patterns following the
chord of the piece, or in an ad
libitum style. Improvisation is
based on harmonic pattern or
series of chords. This is repeated
over and over while the
improvisor or the soloist creates
melodies about it.
Rhythmic and syncopated patterns
are the most significant features
of jazz. Jazz performer delivers
parts of steady beats in a swing
and relaxed style. Jazz
characteristics are felt from
percussion instruments and bass
player.
Quadruple is the usual meter used
in jazz. Syncopation is used by
putting emphasis or accents on
the weak beats. Swing is applied
by playing a series of notes
unequally. There is flexibility in
pitch in the jazz melodies. Jazz
music is written in basic notations
but performed differently.

10. Styles of Jazz
1. Ragtime - It is a jazz style for piano music. It is in duple meter with
syncopation felt on the weak beats. Syncopation is the displacement of an accent
from the strong beat to the weak beat. The Black American musicians were the
ones who popularized this style and considered this as a performance that is
heavily syncopated, both for instrument playing and singing.
2. Blues - It was developed in the 1890s by black Americans. It was a vocal
music style that contains bent notes and note slides by lowering or flatting the
third, fifth, and seventh notes of the major scale. It was usually in three-stanza
of twelve (12) bars, calling it as the 12-bar blues. Basic chords of tonic (I),
subdominant (IV), and dominant (V) were the patterns used in the composition.
3. Big Bands and Swing - Big Band was not literally as standard of today's
marching band, but at least the double size of the New Orleans. The orchestra
of Duke Ellington, who is jazz pianist and arranger, had four trumpets, three
trombones, five reed instruments, and the rhythm section of string bass, guitar,
piano and drums. This group had sixteen players.

11. Swing became the favorite dance music of the 1930s. Swing was said to be
popular jazz style played by the big band around 1930s-1940s. It was very
improvisatory with fast tempo and a danceable beat. Benny Goodman, the "King
of Swing", made this style famous in the 1930s.
4. Bebop - Bebop or bop, is a highly complex modern jazz style played by a
small combo without written music. It was developed in the early 1940s. It
featured difficult chord changes and instrumental virtuosity. Players usually consist
of trumpet, saxophone, piano, double bass, and drums. Famous bebop performers
were saxophonist Charlie Parker Jr. and trumpeter John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie.
5. Cool Jazz - It was related to bop, but more relaxed and soother.
Its pieces were longer than bebop. It evolved during the late 1940s
and early 1950s. Cool jazz band consisting of moderate size of
musicians included new instrumentation of French horn, violoncello or
cello, and flute.
6. Free Jazz - an improvised style of jazz characterized by the absence
of set chord patterns or time patterns. It can be compared with John
Cage's chance music.

12. 7. Jazz Rock - Jazz was not always on its peak in terms of recording
sales. When bebop, cool, or free jazz deteriorated its sales, it was jazz
rock that went the other way. Due to economic status, jazz musicians
had to adopt rhythm styles of the rock rhythm and tone colors. The
combination of jazz and rock was called jazz-fusion.
8. New Orleans Jazz - The first significant jazz was in New Orleans,
Louisiana, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton. He was an American pianist and
songwriter, and other talented black American musicians headed the
style from ragtime to jazz. The free improvisations and upbeat rhythms
of New Orleans jazz were performed by different groups of
instruments, from small-three-to four-combo with accompanied
percussion.

13. Best Players
Ferdinand Jelly
Roll Morton
John Birks
“Dizzy” Gillespi
Charlie Park Jr.

14. Scott Joplin
Born on November 24, 1868
He was "The King of Ragtime,"
who popularized the jazz pieces
"Maple Leaf Rag" and "The
Entertainer". He wrote a number
of original ragtime pieces for
piano, ballet, and opera.

15. BessieSmith
Born on April 15, 1894
Known as the "Empress of the
Blues," was one of the prominent
figures of blues form.
She was a native of Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
One of her famous performances
was "Lost Your Head Blues."

16. Louis Armstrong
He was born on August
4, 1901
He was a famous cornet
and trumpet jazz player,
composer, singer, and
actor.
He was born in New
Orleans in 1898.
He formed his own band
in Chicago, the Hot Fives.

17. Wynton Marsalis
He was a famous trumpet player, was a
native of New Orleans.
He was the son of the pianist Ellis
Marsalis and the younger brother of
saxophonist Branford Marsalis, the leader
of the Tonight Show band in 1990s.
He studied classical repertoire at the
Julliard School in New York City in 1980.
He was the only person to win a
Grammy concurrently as a classical
performer of Haydn trumpet concerto and
a jazz performer for his album "Think of
One."
He won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in
1997 for his oratorio Blood on the Fields.

18. George Gershwin
Born on September 26, 1898
He was a famous composer and a pianist.
He included jazz into the Broadway
musical and classical symphony and
concerto.
He was born in New York. Famous songs
by Gershwin were "Swanee", "Summertime"
and "I Got Rhythm"
He was also famous with his orchestral
compositions. A fusion of jazz styles with
classical genres and forms was called
symphonic jazz.
He created the most famous "Rhapsody in
Blue", a jazz concerto. This piece is a
piano concerto in a form of theme and
variations

20. QUIZ IN MAPEH #3
Multiple choice
1)He was known to be the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
a. Michael Jackson b. Freddie Mercury c.Roy Orbison d. Elvis Presley
2) White people referred to this genre as "Race music"
a. Rock ‘n’ Roll b. Rap c. Rhythm and Blues d. Broadway Musical
3) It is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and
response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation.
a. Ragtime b. Jazz c. Blues d. Bebop
4) The combination of rock and jazz was called
a. Jazz-rock b. Jazz-roll c. Fusion d. Jazz-fusion
5) He was a famous cornet and trumpet jazz player, composer, singer,
and actor.
a. Dizzy Gillespie b. George Gewshin c. Louis Armstrong d. Scott Joplin

21. D1.
A2.
B3.
D4.
C5.
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