MUSIC IN OUR CULTURE
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Culture is the customs, ideas, tastes and beliefs
acquired through a person’s background
Culture is the sum total of one’s lifestyle
Culture can be expressed many ways
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Clothing
Food
Speech
Arts
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The kinds of music you like reveal something
about who you are
As humans, we can like more than one type of
music
Music style refers to
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The distinct manner or character of musical
expression
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Direction – Number your paper from one to twenty and
match the music with its style. Write the letter and the name
on your paper.
American folk song
Native American
Baroque
Big Band (swing)
Bluegrass
Blues
Classical (period)
Country and Western
Dixieland
Gospel
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Heavy Metal (rock)
Hymn
March
Mariachi (Mexican)
Minimalist (20th Century)
Musical Theater (Broadway)
Ragtime
Rap
Renaissance (period)
Romantic (period)
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Jazz
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African American
invention
Developed around New
Orleans late 1800s
Improvised
Simple, heartfelt music
Intended for small
audiences and dancing
Small instrument
ensemble – piano, winds,
drums, bass
Famous musicians
 Louis Armstrong
 Joseph “King” Oliver
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Classical
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European music from
1750 – 1820
Simple, clear melodies
Harmonic background
Homophonic music
Dramatic changes in
loud/soft, high/low,
fast/slow
Symphony orchestra –
strings, woodwind, brass
Concerto – work in three
sections (movements) for
solo instrument and
orchestra
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Directions : Listen to the two musical
selections, one from classical and the other
from jazz. Write the similarities and
differences you hear on a sheet of paper.
Classical – Allegro movement from Concerto in
D Major for Trumpet and Orchestra by Michael
Haydn
Jazz – “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To”
by Cole Porter (performed by Ella Fitzgerald)
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The ability to hear musical characteristics and
to describe them in words
1. Determine the means (sources of the sound, size of
the group)
 2. Describe the musical expression (rhythm, melody,
mood)
 3. Determine the order of the piece (amount of
repetition and contrast)
 4. Determine the possible origin (where, when and
by whom the music was created)
 5. Characterize the use of this music (its function or
purpose and intended audience)
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