Black History Genres and Traditions
This is a music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th century, within African-American communities. Its African musical basis is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation and the swung note. Typical Instruments include Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Trumpet, Clarinet and Trombone What Genre is it? A) Classical B) Jazz C) Folk
What is Jazz Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGHT40qkysw Start at 23 Minutes
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What is "Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer-songwriter, dancer, and businessman. Often referred to as "The King of Pop", or by his initials MJ. Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. He was the eighth of ten children in an African-American working-class family who lived in a 3-room house in Gary, an industrial city near Chicago. He and 4 of his siblings created the group "The Jackson 5".
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What is "ABC" - The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana. They were one of the first black teen idols to appeal equally to white audiences.
What instrument did the famous black jazz musician, Duke Ellington play?
The Piano.
This genre of music developed in the United States during the slavery era and American Protestantism. The hymns sung by the white settlers and the spirituals sung by the blacks evolved through the centuries to what is known as ___________ music. What genre is it? A) Folk B) Classical C) Gospel
What is C) Gospel Music
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What is "One Love" - Bob Marley Nesta Robert Marley OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter who achieved international fame through a series of crossover reggae albums. Bob Marley was born in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica. He was a European-Jamaican of British heritage.
What instrument did the famous black musician Jimi Hendrix play?
What is Guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPtv14q9ZDg He is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music."
This is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.It incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American Culture. What genre is it? A. Folk, B. Blues, C. Country
What is B. Blues music ?
Play BB King's The Thrill is Gone!
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What is "Respect" - Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer and musician. Franklin has been described as "the voice of the civil rights movement, the voice of black America" and a "symbol of black equality".
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M
What is What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
Released at the height of the Vietnam War, "What's Going On" is a call for peace, protesting both the war as well as violent police responses to antiwar protests.
Alicia Keys, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, that is best know for playing which instrument?
What is the Piano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN01vHhFZdA
In the mid 1950's-Who was a man of vision, drive, talent, and determination, became a boxer, songwriter, producer, director, entrepreneur, and founded —the hit-making enterprise.
Who was A. Clive Davis, B. Berry Gordy, C. Leonard Chess
Who was the Founder of Motown Records B. Berry Gordy
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This genre was a type of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular. This genre of music often encapsulates the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy. It focuses heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures. Typical instruments include: Drum kit, bass guitar, saxophone, horns, piano, organ, electric guitar, vocals, background vocals What is the Genre: A) Rhythm and Blues (R&B) B) Pop Music C) Country Music
What is Rhythm and Blues (R&B) Music. Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NESbSLWHe8 (Start around 40 seconds)
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What is "Move your Body" - Beyonce Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, simply known as Beyoncé, (born September 4, 1981)is an American recording artist and actress. She was the lead singer of the R&B group Destiny's Child before going solo. Beyonce is of African decent. In 2001 she become the first African-American woman songwriter to win the Pop Songwriter of the Year award.
Name the two black male musicians that played the piano and who were blind. (Half the points for each one you can name)
Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thls_tMuFkchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9gXgiHSskk Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an African American singer-songwriter, musician and composer known as Ray Charles. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company. Stevie Wonder, known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an African American musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.He has been blind since shortly after birth.