BRUSH
THE
DIRT
OFF
YOUR
SHOULDERS
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Unit
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“Jack The Dripper” was
killing it in the art world.
•Jackson McCoy was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912, the youngest of five sons. (Took the
last name of his neighbors after he was adopted by them).
•Introduced to the use of liquid paint in 1936 at an experimental workshop operated in
New York City
•He later used paint pouring as one of several techniques on canvases of the early 1940s
•By 1947 he began painting with his canvases laid out on the studio floor, and he
developed what was later called his "drip" technique, turning to synthetic resin-based
paints called alkyd enamels, which, at that time, was a novel medium.
•He used hardened brushes, sticks, and even basting syringes as paint applicators.
•Pollock's technique of pouring and dripping paint is thought to be one of the origins of
the term action painting
•By 1960 he was considered to be the most important figure in the art world, to the most
important art movement in the US during the century.
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Jackson Pollock struggled with his emotions
•Adopted by his neighbors when both of
his parents died within a year of each
other.
•Had to change High Schools after being
expelled from one High School.
•Fought depression in his twenties
•Had a very volatile personality.
•It is now hypothesized that he may have
suffered from bipolar disorder.
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Jackson Pollock (How he worked)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EncR_T0faKM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bICqvmKL5s
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Jackson Pollock
“I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.”
-Jackson Pollock
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Jackson Pollock Work
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Janet Sobel
•Born in the Ukraine, she began painting in 1937
•She produced both non-objective abstractions and figurative art work.
•Considered by some to be the original drip painter.
•Even Jackson Pollock admitted that his work was influenced by her.
(http://www.jackson-pollock.org/biography.jsp)
•Her career was short due to Jackson Pollock’s popularity.
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Janet Sobel’s Work
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Day 1: Reggaeton
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Day 1: Reggaeton
•Roots in Latin and Caribbean music.
•Formally known as “Spanish Reggae” in the 1970s
•Reggaeton can be translated as “Big Reggae”.
•Invented, shaped and made known in Puerto Rico
where it got its name.
•Gained mainstream exposure in 2004 where it
spread to North America, Europe, Asia and African
audiences.
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Day 1: Reggaeton (cont.)
•Blends musical influences of Jamaican dancehall
and Trinidadian soca with Salsa, Bomba, Latin HipHop and Electronica.
•Vocals include rapping and singing typically in
Spanish.
•Has its own specific beat and rhythm or “riddim”
which is referred to as “Dem Bow”.
•“Dem Bow” is a rhythm with heavy influence of
Caribbean beats like soca relying heavily on the
snare drum.
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EXPRESS YOURSELF!
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Day 2: Country
Female Country Artist Carrie Underwood
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Day 2: Country
•Originated in the rural regions of the Southern United
States in the 1920s.
•Roots in American folk music, Western music and
Blues.
•Consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally
simple forms and harmonies.
•Mostly sting instruments such as banjos, electric and
acoustic guitars, fiddles & harmonicas (not a string
instrument…I know).
•Gained popularity in the 1940s and used to be called
“Hillbilly Music”.
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Day 2: Country (cont.)
•In 2009 Country music was the most listened to
genre during rush hour & second popular during
the morning commute.
•There are 6 generations of Country Music. We are
currently in the 6th.
•First generation (1920s): Hillbilly Music
•Second generation (1930s-1440s): Hillbilly Boogie
and Honky Tonk
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Day 2: Country (cont.)
•Third generation (1950s-1960s): Rockabilly, Country
Soul & Country Rock.
•Fourth generation (1970s-1980s): Outlaw Country
(Willie Nelson) , Country Pop (Dolly Parton) & Truck
Driving Country
•Fifth generation (1990s): Garth Brooks made country
music a global phenomenon. Also artists like Reba
McEntire, Faith Hill and LeAnn Rimes.
•Sixth generation (2000s-present): Crossover Country
Music. Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift & Tim McGraw.
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EXPRESS YOURSELF!
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Day 3: Pop
Japanese Pop Group Glay
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Day 3: Pop
•An abbreviation of “popular”.
•Originated in the 1950s deriving form rock and roll.
•Very eclectic, often borrowing elements from other
styles including urban, dance, rock, Latin and country.
•Written in a basic format: often verse-chorus
structure. Also melodic tunes and catchy hooks.
•The sub genre “power pop” feature electric guitars,
drums & bass.
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Day 3: Pop (cont.)
•Originated in the 1970s
•DJs began isolating the percussive breaks of
popular songs.
•Has recently appropriated spoken passages from
rap.
•Harmony in pop music is often “that of classical
European tonality”, on more simple.
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Day 4: Hip-Hop
Female Hip-Hop Group The Sequence8th Grade Unit
Day 4: Hip-Hop
•Also called rap music
•Consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly
accompanies rapping.
•Rapping- a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is
chanted.
•Rapping not a required component of hip-hop music.
•key sylistic elements in hip-hop culture include:
Mcing/rapping, Djing/scratching, break dancing and
graffiti writing, sampling and beatboxing.
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Day 4: Hip-Hop
•Also called rap music
•Consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly
accompanies rapping.
•Rapping- a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is
chanted.
•Rapping not a required component of hip-hop music.
•key sylistic elements in hip-hop culture include:
Mcing/rapping, Djing/scratching, break dancing and
graffiti writing, sampling and beatboxing.
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Day 4: Hip-Hop (cont.)
•Originated in the 1970s when DJs began isolating
the percussive breaks of popular songs.
•DJ Kool Herc (considered the father of hip-hop).
He began using two turntable to extend the breaks.
•Hip Hop began to evolve when sampling
technology and drum machines became widely
available to the general public in the 1980s
•Rapping or Mcing was incorporated in the early
80s and is almost always in 4/4 time signature.
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Day 4: Hip-Hop (cont.)
•Rapping also brought about the incorporation of
synthesizers, drum machines and live bands.
•Rappers may write, memorize, or improvise
(freestyle) their lyrics.
•In the early 80s The Sequence was the first all
female group to release a rap record.
•Hip Hop culture gets it’s influence from almost
every genre of music imaginable.
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Day 4: Hip-Hop Brief Timeline after the 80s
•New School Hip-Hop (1983-9184): Run D.M.C and LL Cool J. Notable for boasts about
rapping and social political commentary, both delivered in an aggressive and selfassertive style. Influenced by rock music.
•Golden Age Hip-Hop (Mid 1980-1990s): Innovation, Influence, Diversity and Quality.
Strong themes of Afro centrism and political militancy. Strong Jazz influence. Public
Enemy
•Gangta Rap or West Coast Hip Hop (Mid 1980s origins): Reflects the violent lifestyles
of inner-city American black youths. Co-Pioneered by Ice-T. Most commercially
lucrative subgenre of hip hop in the late 1980s and early 90s.
•Mainstream Hip Hop (1990s-): 1990 “The year that hip hop exploded” – Billboard
editor Paul Grein. MC Hammer, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan, etc. Best selling
genre of the mid-1990s. “Rap is the rock n’ roll of the day. Rock n’ roll was about
attitude, rebellion, a big beat, sex and sometimes, social comment. If that’s what
you’re looking for now, you’re going to find it here”. – Bill Adler, Time 1990.
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Day 5: Classical
Juan Crisóstomo “The Spanish Mozart”
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Day 5: Classical
•Rooted in the traditions of Western music
•Roughly the 11th century till now.
•Central norms came between 1550 and 1900.
•Staff notation used since the 16th century to prescribe
to the performer the pitch, speed, meter, individual
rhythms and exact execution of a piece of music.
•The term “classical music” did not appear until the
early 19th century in an attempt to label the period
form Bach to Beethoven as a golden age.
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Day 5: Classical (cont.)
•Noted for its development of highly sophisticated
forms of instrumental music: concerto, symphony,
opera, etc.
•Composers and performers of classical music are
faced with goals of technical mastery.
•Western classical music’s origins go back as far as
the ancient Egyptian orchestra, which goes back to
the ancient Greeks and even the Roman Empire
(476 AD).
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Day 5: Brief timeline of Classical music periods.
•Early Music Period (500-1400): multi-voiced music
•Renaissance (1400-1600): greater use of instrumentation, multiple
interweaving melodic lines and first use of bass instruments. Social dancing
became more widespread. String instruments such as the viol emerged, as
well as a wider variety of brass and reed instruments. 15th century printing
enabled the standardization of descriptions and specifications of
instruments and instruction in their use.
•Common Practice Period including Baroque (1600-1750): Classical music
took shape. Baroque music characterized by the use of complex tonal
counterpoint and use of a continuous bass line. Music became more
complex by comparison. Keyboard music played on the harpsichord and
pipe organ became increasingly popular. The violin family took the form
generally seen today. Bach.
•Classical (1750-1820): Piano became the predominant keyboard
instrument. The basic elements of an orchestra became somewhat
standardized. Opera continued to develop.
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Day 5: Brief timeline of Classical music periods.
•Romantic (1804-1949): characterized by increased attention to
expressive and emotional elements paralleling art of that time. High
demand for pianos and piano builders. Many symphony orchestras
founded during this period. Brass instruments took a larger role due
to the introduction of rotary valves. This allowed them to play a
wider range of notes.
•Modern and Contemporary period (1900-2000): rejection of most
common period practices. Musician trying to achieve greater levels
of control in their composition process. Birth of electronic music in
this genre. The personal computer had become an essential
component of the electronic musician’s equipment,
superseding analog synthesizers and fulfilling the traditional
functions of composition and scoring, synthesis and sound
processing, sampling of audio input, and control over external
equipment.
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