Black History Month Full of Music

Black History Genres and Traditions

100

This is a music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th century, within African-American communities. Its roots lie in the combining by African-Americans of certain European harmony and form elements, with their existing African-based music. 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

200

This genre of music first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. This genre of music incorporates some of the musical elements of rhythm and blues (R&B), jazz, mento, calypso, African, and Latin American music, as well as other genres. Instruments that are typically played in this musical genre include: Bass, drums, guitar, organ, brass instrument, melodica. This genre of music is played in 4/4 time. What genre is it? A) Hip Hop B) Classical C) Reggae

What is C) Reggae http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGizyia26GM

300

This genre of music is characterized by "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". This genre of music is similar to spoken word poetry, the main difference is that it is performed in time to a beat. This genre of music is often associated with hip hop music.

What is Rapping or Rap music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkOVUIG-W-g

400

In the mid 1960's this festival was born, introducing new audiences to an interactive parade and raising the profile of African/Black/Caribbean foods, arts, culture, music and dance. It has now grown to become the largest such event in the world, bringing in thousands of people to share in the experience. It is held in the beginning of August in Toronto.

What is Caribana

500

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)

Black History Music (1)

100

Name that Tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5vz6iwV38U

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".

200

Name that Tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3giaIzONA

What is "I wanna dance with somebody" - Whitney Houston Whitney Houston was an American recording artist, singer, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time. Houston was one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 200 million records worldwide. She was of African American, Native American, and Dutch descent. Bonus 100: http://www.youtube.com/watchv=3JWTaaS7LdU

300

Name that tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0

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".

400

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgcovIu3k9o (Start at 38 Seconds)

What is "The World's Greatest" - R. Kelly Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967), known professionally as R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is often referred to as King of R&B (Rhythm and Blues). R. Kelly was one of the best-selling music artists in the United States with 40 million albums sold as well as only the fifth black artist to crack the top 50 of the same list. Some of his songs have been described as "the greatest power moves in black music history." BONUS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbUpPVOEkdA

500

Name the Artist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYP4MgxDV2U

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.

Black History Music (2)

100

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho7796-au8U (Start at 16 Seconds)

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.

200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCK3luJOHho

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.

300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFKMNtd6E2g

What is "Stay" - Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), known by her stage name Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist, actress, and fashion designer. She was born in Saint Michael, Barbados. Rihanna's music contains strong influences of Caribbean music, including reggae and dancehall. She is often inspired by her Caribbean roots. She stated that while growing up in Barbados she listened to reggae music a lot. Rihanna is heavily influenced by the Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley. She stated, "He's one of my favorite artists of all time...he really paved the way for every other artist out of the Caribbean".

400

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB7L1BIDELc

What is "Waving Flag" - Young Artists for Haiti "Wavin' Flag" is a song by Somali-Canadian artist K'naan The original single written for Somalia and aspirations of its people for freedom was a hit in Canada and reached #2 on the Canadian Hot 100 After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, a remake of the song by a super group of Canadian artists, credited as Young Artists for Haiti, became a charity single again in Canada reaching #1 on the Canadian Hot 100.

500

Name that Tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaCHLRB-4Oo

Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston Kisean Anderson (born February 3, 1990), better known by his stage name Sean Kingston, is a Jamaican-American rapper, singer and songwriter. Since Sean is a Jamaican singer, he got his stage name "Kingston" from the capital of Jamaica called Kingston, Jamaica.

Black History Instruments

100

What instrument did the famous jazz musician, Oscar Peterson" play?

The Piano. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R42fm4lm2Q Oscar Peterson played the piano in a way that very few others have matched. Regarded by many in his lifetime as the greatest jazz pianist in the world, he had a profound influence on Canadian music. Peterson was born in Montreal of Caribbean parents in 1925. Peterson was also a composer. Among Peterson's innumerable awards and honours were Grammy Awards, the International Jazz Hall of Fame Award, Junos, the Order of Canada, the Order of Arts and Letters in France, the Governor General's Performing Arts Award (1992), and numerous honorary degrees. Few Canadians can match his accomplishment or his recognition. Peterson died in 2007.

200

What instrument did the famous rock 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."

300

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

400

BONUS: Give us one fact you know and or have learned about Black History over the past week. This can be about anything.

100 BONUS points for a fact.

500

These two male musicians both played the piano and were blind.

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.