Unit 12: Listening

Do you love music ? Hey everybody !!! Are you ready ?? let’s try some noisy beats !!! Firstly, we study some music types. • Folk music can have a number of different meanings, but the original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music“. Folk music can also describe a particular kind of popular music which is based on traditional music. • Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times. It was described as something "lasts a long time," or music that has certain instruments like violins, pianos • Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, hokum, and old-time music • Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes. It emerged in African-American communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. • Jazz is an original American musical art form which originated around the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States out of a confluence of African and European music traditions • Rock music is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Many styles of rock music also use keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, mellotron, and synthesizers. Other instruments sometimes utilized in rock include harmonica, violin, flute, banjo, melodica, and timpani. Rock music usually has a strong back beat, and often revolves around the guitar, either solid electric, hollow electric, or acoustic • Pop music is popular music. Pop music is an ample and imprecise category of modern music, a defining characteristic of pop music is that anyone is able to enjoy it We prepare this list for examples. • We will rock you (rock) • All rise (pop) • Bossa bossa (jazz) • Symphony 40 – mozart (classical) • Green field (country) • What a wonderful world (blues) • L'amère dune or ( folk) • Why don’t we take a rest and play games ? • Listen to this song and fill in the blanks. Blowin’ in the wind 1. How many roads must a man walk down Before they call him a man? How many _______ must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? How many times must the cannonballs _______ Before they’re forever _______? Chorus: The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the ________ The answer is blowin’ in the wind. 2. How many years must a ________ exist Before it is washed to the sea? How many years can some people exist Before they’re allowed to be ________? How many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn’t _________? Chorus 3. How many times must a man look up Before he can see the _________? How many _________ must one man have Before he can hear people __________? How many __________ will it take ‘til he knows That too many people have __________ ? Chorus Blowin’ in the wind 1. How many roads must a man walk down Before they call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? How many times must the cannonballs strike Before they’re forever banned? Chorus: The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind The answer is blowin’ in the wind. 2. How many years must a moutain exist Before it is washed to the sea? How many years can some people exist Before they’re allowed to be free? How many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn’t see? Chorus 3. How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? How many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take ‘til he knows That too many people have died ? Chorus Look at your books. Work in groups to circle song titles, names of artist – composers or singers and music types . based on the use of the blue notes. It emerged in African-American communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and. around the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States out of a confluence of African and European music