Big Changes!
Types of Music
Urban Sounds
Rock is Born
The Rock Band
100

Great social and economic change in the 19th-20th centuries that transformed music and society.

Industrial Revolution

100

Traditional music is transmitted...

Orally

100

Type of music like pop or rock, aimed at the general public and considered a global phenomenon.

Urban popular music

100

The two main musical styles considered direct predecessors of rock and roll.

Rhythm and Blues and Country

100

Instrument that became a clear hallmark of the rock and roll sound.

Electric guitar

200

Technological innovation that allowed a singer's voice or a guitar's sound to be heard in large outdoor spaces.

Sound Amplification Systems (electric)

200

Urban popular music is learned...

In non-academic settings or self-taught

200

Two traditional musical styles that emerged from the contact of African heritage with European music.

Gospel and Blues

200

Decade in the 20th century when rock and roll became a major social and cultural.

1950s

200

Percussion instrument that is fundamental in a rock band to maintain the rhythm and energy of the songs.

Drums

300

The phonograph and gramophone are examples of these devices that allowed listening to recorded music.

Recording/Playback Devices

300

Traditional music is created by...

Anonymous / Community members, over time it becomes the heritage of the people who interpret it.

300

U.S. city where jazz emerged in the early 20th century.

New Orleans

300

Traditional music from the western U.S. and Canada, featuring guitar and violin, which was a predecessor to rock.

Country

300

Electric instrument that replaced the double bass in rock bands to play the low rhythmic foundation.

Electric bass

400

These two mass media helped spread musical novelties to the general public during the 20th century.

Radio and Television

400

Classical music is transmitted and preserved through...

Sheet music (or Scores)

400

Fundamental element of jazz that allows musicians to create spontaneous variations on a melody.

Improvisation

400

Musical styles in which Rhythm and Blues, one of the parents of rock, was rooted.

Blues and Jazz

400

The catchy melodies of rock and roll songs often followed this common musical structure of repeating and varying parts.

Verse and Chorus

500

Dominant social class that, after the Industrial Revolution, demanded new forms of musical entertainment and enjoyment.

Bourgeoisie

500

The objective of urban popular music.

To entertain / Have fun

500

Lively and danceable style of jazz that became successful in the 1930s.

Swing

500

Besides seeking a style to identify with, this was the attitude of North American youth in the 1950s towards established customs, finding an outlet in rock and roll.

Rejection (of customs)/Rebellion

500

Rock music typically includes these two characteristic features in its songs, often played by guitars.

Solos and Riffs

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