POP MUSIC
the American genre "pop" music is short for what word?
Popular
What period in American history was folk music created?
Any time before the 1900s
African-American music was started by this group of people
African slaves
Brass, Woodwinds, Strings, and Percussion
Which instrument was created by John Phillip Sousa?
The Sousaphone
The American genre, "pop" music is described as music you can ___ to?
Dance
in 1850, the majority of American citizens were of what descent?
European
Why did slaves' work songs lack instruments like piano or guitar?
Slaves did not have access to instruments
How do the instruments in the brass family make sound?
buzzing with a mouthpiece
Instead of drums, slaves used ___ as percussion (hint: multiple answers are correct)
Stomping, clapping, or tools
What would be considered "pop" music in the 1800s?
Classical music
Who is the "father" of American folk music?
Stephen Foster
What do we call songs slaves would sing while they worked?
"Field Hollers"
Plucking, or with a bow
What type of events have a marching band? (Hint: multiple answers are correct)
Football games, parades, Disneyland, Fourth of July, the military
In what places is American popular music influential? (Hint: think outside of America)
Everywhere
Why was American folk music relatable to so many people?
The message included themes of work, love, life, and death, which appealed to the working class
What is the style of dance that combined Irish clogging and African American juba dance?
Tap dancing
Which musical family is the piano apart of?
The percussion family
Name three brass instruments (Hint: multiple answers are correct)
Tuba, trumpet, trombone, horn, bugle, sousaphone
What groups of people influenced American popular music?
African-Americans, immigrants, Europeans
Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen
Field hollers and other work songs eventually developed into a genre known as
the blues
What musical family is the saxophone apart of?
The woodwind familt
John Philip Sousa's most famous song, often played for the military, is called "The Stars and Stripes ____"
Forever