Themales Amerikaanse Muziek

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

Music in America

In today's lesson, we will be taking a look at music in America

Contents

• - The History of Music in America
• - Pop Music
• - The growth of Music
• - The evolution of Music
• - Quiz 

The history of music in America starts with the Native Americans

- Highly varied (hundreds of ethnic groups, each with their unique style)

- Mostly religious music that worships their gods.

By the 16th century, a lot of settlers came from Europe and brought new kinds of folk music.

Shortly after the Europeans arrived, the importation of Africans as slaves happened. 

They brought their music with them which was just as varied as the Native Americans.

American Music

American music became a melting pot of lots of different kinds of music. It's a mixture of African, European and Native American music.

Even more types of music became popular in America when people from all over the world came to live there.

Pop Music

Pop(ular) Music as we know it now originated in the 1930s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Pop music is meant to appeal to a wide audience and is known for being accessible. More often than not, themes in pop music are relatable to many different kinds of people.

Which pop genres do you know?

Blues

 The Blues is a music genre originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

Blues music is characterized by its lyrics, bass lines, and instrumentation.

Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, and improvisation.

Country

Country (also called country and western) originated in the southern regions of the United States.

 First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing stories about working-class and blue-collar American life.

Rock & Roll

Rock and roll evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It is a mixture of African-American music such as jazz, rhythm and blues, gospel and country music.

R&R had a large influence on American lifestyles, fashion, attitudes and language.

Rock

In the mid-60s Rock developed from R&R into a range of different styles. It is centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers.

New genres that emerged are heavy metal, glam rock, punk rock, grunge and indie rock.

Disco

Disco is a dance music genre and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars.

Hip hop

Hip hop (or rap) originated in the early 1970s from the African American community. It started out as an anti-drug and anti-violence genre consisting of stylized rhythmic music (usually built around drum beats) that often accompanies rapping, a rhythmic delivery of poetic speech.

Hip-Hop was also a cultural movement that started in the Bronx in the 1970s. It consisted of four elements.

Two of these elements, rapping and DJing, make up Hip-Hop music.

This is the DJ that brought Hip-Hop to America from Jamaica.

EDM

Started in the 1980s in America and grew from there.

Genres such as Hardstyle, House and Dubstep all evolved from the original Electronic Dance Music.

What is your favorite genre?

The growth of music

American and English music was influenced by so many different cultures. Because of this it had a very wide appeal.

It spread all over the world in the 1950s and to this day we still listen to countless English and American artists. 

The growth of music

The camera and music videos also had a big influence on music. Music could now not only be listened to on the radio, but also enjoyed on TV and, more recently, platforms like YouTube.

This lead to many new types of music being shared from all over the world. The most famous example would be K-Pop, which is one of the biggest genres right now.

Most Streamed artists of the 2010s

Amount of streams shown where available.

1	Drake (28 Billion streams)
2	Ed Sheeran
3	Post Malone
4	Ariana Grande
5	Eminem

Who is your favorite artist from America?

Do you remember?

Which ethnic group started the history of music in America?

1. Africans
2. European Settlers
3. Native Americans
4. The British

What kinds of new music were brought in by European settles in the 16th century?

1. Raggae
2. Pop Music
3. Folk Music
4. Sea Shanties

When did pop music as we know it start to grow?

1. 1920s
2. 1930s
3. 1940s
4. 1950s

Which famous Rock & Roll artist was depicted in one of the previous slides?

1. Elvis Presley
2. Johnny Cash
3. Kurt Cobain
4. Jerry Lee Lewis

Where did Hip-Hop start in America?

1. Compton
2. Chicago
3. Atlanta
4. The Bronx

Where did the DJ that brought Hip-Hop to America come from?

1. Portugal
2. Jamaica
3. Madagascar
4. Senegal

Which one of these genres is NOT a part of EDM?

1. Dubstep
2. Hardstyle
3. Blues
4. House