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A music genre of adaptation, assimilation,innovation, and experimentation of different music
forms and techniques, __ consists of music that is famous at a certain time. A global phenomenon propelled by technological developments, Pop music covers combinations of music forms, styles, and genres that vary each decade and on every continent.
Popular Music
The start of Popular music coincided with the publishing of __.
notated sheet music
originated in the African-American communities of St. Louis, Louisiana during the 1890s.
This popular music with jazz elements has influences from march music of the post-Romantic period, but with a twist of syncopation or ragged African rhythms.
Ragtime
The Entertainer by the “King of Ragtime” __, is one of the most famous ragtime pieces, with its happy comic melodies and rhythm.
Scott Joplin
1.__ combines Euro-African music elements and improvisations, with a fixed rhythmic and harmonic foundation. If Europe boasts of Baroque and Classical music, then America has __. Born from Negro musicians in the taverns and French quarters of New Orleans, blues forms and ragtime blended together to form __, which means 2.__ or 3.__.
- Jazz
- pep
- energy
is one of the pioneers of Jazz.
According to music majors, Jazz is one of the hardest music genres to play. Intellectuals around the world have hailed Jazz-as “one of America’s original and greatest art forms.”
Louis Armstrong
consists of a more or less 17-person ensemble consisting of five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones, and a rhythm section of a drum set, bass, piano, and guitar.
Big Band
Singers who worked with Big Band often served as band leaders. Many of them were also classically trained.
By the 1930s, improvisation had become a larger part of Big Band, making it associated with __—an up-tempo dance style with a trademark shuffling “__” rhythm.
swing
is a jazz singing style that started in the
US during the 20s. It was named after the very sound it creates, and “__” is one of them.
Bebop
emerged in the 1950s, combining blues, country, and folk music with mainstream rock music that everyone enjoyed. When white musicians started borrowing rhythms from African-American music, the taste of the audience somehow shifted from Classical music or orchestras to Pop music.
Pop Music
is a form of pop rock that originated in the late 60s in Southern California and the
UK. The singers are usually the songwriters themselves, creating simple retainable melodies with lavish productions. It then transformed into synthesized music that targeted an adult audience.
Soft rock or light rock
are associated with literature and poetry, aside from music. A __ in music is a song that tells a story, which can be a sad or happy love song. As a music genre, a __ is also distinguished by its lyrics, apart from its musical traits.
ballads
music offers improvisation and crossing over of genres, where jazz standards can enter the pop repertoire, or blues standards can enter rock. People say that good music never dies, as some songs’ lifetimes exceed many decades. This is proven by music that was given many versions. Through the “__” genre, songs are relived in many styles for different generations.
Standards
1.__ music was at its peak before the century 20th century ended. This cultural movement started when New York DJs began isolating percussion rhythms from music, and talking over and between songs—2.__ music, with its personalized lyrics and catchy rhythmic syllables, was another leap in the evolution of blues, nurtured in the African-American community.
- Hip-hop
- Rap
is beat-driven dance music born from the invention of digital recording in the 70s, which permitted pop music to expand even more. Electronic sounds and synthesizers gave birth to subgenres like dance-pop and techno.
Disco
