Transcript of Popular music genres What are they & who make them ?
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- Popular music genres What are they & who make them ?
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- Pop music Pop music : abbreviation of popular , child of the
rock and roll, borned in the 1950s. No really definitions about it,
it's a simple medium length song, with a chorus and rhythmic
elements but not classified as any other genre of music.
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- Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal from the album Bad (1987) Also
known as the King of the pop, because he was the most famous artist
of all time and the artist who sold the most of albums and single,
behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley. Fun fact : he had an
amusement park, neverland, in his garden. Other artists : Prince ;
George Michael ; Lionel Richie
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- Heavy Metal Heavy metal : it's a genre of rock music develloped
at the end of 1960s. It's characterized by highly amplified
distortion, a massive sound, extended electric guitar solos. Also,
they don't sing, they shout.
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- Motrhead Ace of Spades Their lyrics typically cover such topics
as war, good versus evil, abuse of power, promiscuous sex,
substance abuse, and, most famously, gambling.The name "Motrhead"
is a reference to users of the drug amphetamine Other artists :
Judas Priest ; Iron Maiden ; Black Sabbath
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- RnB RnB : Rhythm and Blues, first popular African-American
music in the 1940s. It was described in the past as records
marketed predominantly to urban African Americans who sang their
triumphs of failures in life, now it's an urbane, rocking, jazz
based music with a heavy, insistent beat about anything.
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- Usher Yeah! (featuring Lil Jon, Ludacris) Usher Terry Raymond
IV is one of the best-selling artists in American music history,
having sold over 23 million copies in the United States alone. To
date, he has sold over 65 million records worldwide and won 8
granny awards. He founded a non-profit charity organization which
aims to "provide young people with a new look on life through
education and real-world experience". Other artists : Akon ; Chris
Brown ; Neyo
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- Reggae Reggae : Came from Jamaica in the late 1960s,easily
recognizable elements are offbeat rhythms; staccato chords played
by a guitar or piano (or both) on the offbeats of the measure and a
bass guitar, with a slow tempo and a call and reponse.
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- Bob Marley Jammin Starting out in 1963 with the group the
Wailers, he forged a distinctive songwriting and vocal style that
would later resonate with audiences worldwide. After the Wailers
disbanded in 1974, Marley pursued a solo career which established
his worldwide reputation and produced his status as one of the
world's best-selling artists of all time, with sales of more than
75 million records. He was a committed Rastafari who infused his
music with a sense of spirituality. Other artists : Peter tosh ;
Bunny wailer ; Jimy cliff
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- Rapping Rapping is "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". It is
often associated with and a primary ingredient of hip hop music.
The early rapping of hip-hop developed out of announcements made
over the microphone at parties, mostly in the African-American
community. To successfully deliver a rap, a rapper must also
develop vocal presence, enunciation, and breath control.
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- Eminem Lose yourself He is the best-selling artist of the 2000s
in the United States. Eminem has opened his own record label Shady
Records with his manager Paul Rosenberg. He also has his own radio
channel, Shade 45. At the beginning of his career, while struggling
to succeed in a predominantly black industry, Eminem gained the
approval of underground hip hop audiences. Other artists : Jay Z ;
Kanye West ; Lil Wayne
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- Electronic music Electronic music regroups a lot of different
music genres. It became extremely popular with the appearance of
the synthesizer in the 70s. Electronically produced music became
prevalent in the popular domain by the 1990s because of the advent
of affordable music technology. Contemporary electronic music
includes many varieties and ranges from experimental art music to
popular forms such as electronic dance music. Its most popular
varieties are : Dubstep, Electro, Chillstep, Drum and Bass,
House
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- Daft Punk One More Time Daft Punk is a French electronic music
duo consisting of musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas
Bangalter. The group is known for emphasizing using visual and
story components associated with their musical productions, and for
using disguises while in public and/or performing; specifically
ornate helmets and gloves to assume robot personas in most of their
public appearances since 2001. The duo rarely grant interviews or
appear on television. Other artists : David Guetta ; Calvin Harris
; C2C
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- Rock music Rock music originated as "rock and roll" in the
United States in the 1950s, and developed into a range of different
styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom
and the United States. Musically, rock has centered on the electric
guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar
and drums. Rock music has also embodied and served as the vehicle
for cultural and social movements.
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- Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin were an English
rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of
guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist
John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. They are widely
considered one of the most successful, innovative, and influential
rock groups in history. The group disbanded following Bonham's
death from alcohol-related asphyxia in 1980. Other artists : The
Beatles ; The Rolling Stones ; The Beach Boys
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- Jazz Jazz is a genre of music that originated in African
American communities during the late 19th and early 20th century.
It emerged in many parts of the United States in the form of
independent popular musical styles. Jazz has proved to be very
difficult to define, since it encompasses such a wide range of
music spanning a period of over 100 years, but improvisation is
consistently regarded as being one of its key elements.
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- Ray Charles I got a woman He pioneered the genre of soul music
during the 1950s by combining rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues
styles into the music he recorded. Charles was blind from the age
of seven and was sometimes referred as The Genius. He notably
supported the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr. in
the 1960s. Other artists : Louis Armstrong ; Duke Ellington ; Miles
Davis
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- Classical music Classical music is, once again, very difficult
to define given the extremely broad variety of forms, styles,
genres, and historical periods generally perceived as being
described by the term. Its most known periods are the The symphony
orchestra is the most widely known medium for classical music and
includes members of the string, woodwind, brass, and percussion
families of instruments.
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- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Turkish March Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.
Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood.
Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age
of five and performed before European royalty. He composed over 600
works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante,
chamber, operatic, and choral music. Other artists : Bach ;
Beethoven ; Haydn
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- Disco Disco is a genre of music that was most popular in the
1970s, though it has since enjoyed brief resurgences. The disco
sound has soaring, often reverberated vocals over a steady beat.
Many non-disco artists recorded disco songs at the height of
disco's popularity, and films such as Saturday Night Fever and
Thank God It's Friday contributed to disco's rise in mainstream
popularity.
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- Chic Everybody dance Chic is an American band that was
organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard
Edwards. The group regarded themselves as a rock band for the disco
movement "that made good on hippie peace, love and freedom".
Rodgers stated that Daft Punk is interested in working on at least
one song of some unreleased material with him. He notably co-wrote
the famous hit Get Lucky. Other artists : Donna Summer ; Tantra ;
The Clash
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- A few questions Do you often listen to music ? On the radio or
on the Internet ? What genre ? How important do you think music is
in a countrys culture ? Do you listen to every genres or just a few
of them ?