Because people in the United States come from all different parts of the globe, American music represents many ______________.
cultures
Different types of music have different characteristics. Another name for musical characteristics is _______________.
Musical styles
Rock, heavy metal, top 40, rap and reggae are type of __________.
popular music
__________ was the birthplace of jazz.
New Orleans
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Schubert
Composers in the Classical period were inspired by the simple, uncluttered architecture of ________ ________.
Ancient Greece
Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has won Grammies for both ____________ and __________ styles of music.
Jazz and Classical
The ______________, invented by Thomas Edison, made music more accessible to everyone.
Phonograph
Several common elements can be found in music from all over the world. Name one of these elements.
Melody, timbre, rhythm
We do not know much about ancient music, because it was not _________ or __________.
written down or recorded
African __________ expressed brotherhood, pride, and tribal unity. They were often prohibited by colonial rulers.
Lali
The blending of Spanish, Indian, and African cultures in Mexico is known by the Spanish term _______.
"La Bamba" is sones jarochos, or traditional song from the state of ________, in Mexico.
Veracruz
The requinto jarocho, jarana guitarron, and vihuela are types of ______ used in Mexican music.
guitars or instruments
In ____________, singers are accompanied by different types of stringed instruments or flutes.
Peking opera
Two external characteristics of music are ________ and ________.
Origin, use.
Which elements of Peking and Western Opera are similar?
Both act out stories using singing with accompaniment
Which elements of Peking and Western opera are different?
Peking opera adds other elements such as acrobatics, martial arts, and uses different kinds of instruments. There are also different singing styles. Chest vs nasal cavity.
The phonograph revolutionized the way people listen to music. What are other inventions that have dramatically changed people's lives.
Automobile, Telephone, Computer.... be able to explain why.
Compare American traditions to the warrior dances of Africa.
Parades, playing team sports
What are the rhythmic differences between " La Bamba" and "La Negra?"
"La Bamba is in a feeling of four. "La Negra" alternates between a feeling of two and of three.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Who is this Musician and what types of music did they perform?
Wynton Marsalis, Jazz and Classical
Name three jazz artists.
Wynton Marsalis, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett
Name a title of a piece of classical music.
Bach: Suite No. 1 in G major for unaccompanied cello
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
Bizet: Carmen
Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
Etc....