music

• CKV
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Learning goals

1. You know the music genres.

2. You know what instruments are typically classical and whatinstruments are used in popmusic.

What is the first music genre that pops up in your memory?

1. Write down the title of one of your favourite song.
2 Add keywords to describe this song.
3 Let your partner listen to the song and let him/her write down his or her five keywords to this song
4 Compare the keywords and discuss the differences

a. Did you ever play or do you play an instrument? Did/do you like it or not?
If you do what instrument?

b. If you could choose an instrument to play at this moment, what instrument would that be, and why?

GENRES IN MUSIC

Classical music

Classical music or Western art music is the educated music produced by, or rooted in, Western religous and  music traditions, roughly from the Middle Ages to the present day

Jazz

Jazz is an improvisational style of music influenced by West African rhythms that originated in the African American community of New Orleans. Originally, the word jazz meant a "highly energetic dance". 

Rock

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that is traditionally characterized by a line-up of guitar, bass guitar and drums, supplemented with vocals and/or other instruments.

Urban contemporary

also known as urban music is a music format that comes from the USA. In the USA it is mainly associated with black and latin genres such as hip hop, pop rap, r&b, lation pop and caribbean music.

Dance

Electronic dance music also known as EDM is a range of shocking electronic music genres made mainly for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. EDM is generally produced for playback by DJs who create selections of tracks, called a mix.

1. Do you know this composition of Mozart and if
you do where did you come across it?

There is a lot of improvisation in Jazz.
What is improvisation?

Listen to this song . For years it has been
the number 1 in the Top 2000.
Do you understand why people vote for
this song to be the best? Explain.

Urban is a cultural art form mostly used by non- white people. How come?

In 2013 Martin Garrix became well known
with this dancetrack. Do you consider a
DJ to be a real musician or not? Explain

MUSIC EXPAND

In expand we listen to music from the individual (alone) and cooperative (together) 

dimension

You can play music alone (solo).Watch the video (top)

To play together you must interact with each other. An orchestra is usually led by 

a conductor, especially if there is a choir involved. Watch the second video.

In an orchestra the so-called classical instruments play, these are:

Strings: violin, viola, cello, bass violin

Woodwinds: flute, oboe, bassoon, saxophone

Brass: trumpet, trombone, horn, tuba

Percussion: f.e. timpani, xylophone, bass drum, gong

Pop instruments are: Electric guitar, bass guitar, drum kit, (electr.) piano, keyboard, synthesizer

1. Sometimes there is a mix of pop and classical. Watch this
performance of Within Temptation
a. Discribe what classical and what pop instruments you hear in the
video.
b. Write down your opinion about the colloboration between classical
and pop music.